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و-ص-ف

The Arabic root و-ص-ف (w-s-f)

Form I verb وَصَفَ: to describe

10 words in the dictionary are built from و-ص-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I
to describe
Noun
prescription
Noun
description
Noun
صِفَة
quality
Noun
مُسْتَوْصَف
clinic
Verb · Form II
وَصَّفَ
to be describable

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

وَصَفَ · present يَصِفُ
Form I · The plain action

to describe, to depict; to prescribe (medicine, treatment)

Verbal noun
description
صِفَة
Verbal noun
quality
وَاصِف
Active participle
one who describes
مَوْصُوف
Passive participle
described
Derived noun
prescription
وَصَّفَ · present يُوَصِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to be describable

تَوْصِيف
Verbal noun
مُوَصِّف
Active participle
مُوَصَّف
Passive participle
اِتَّصَفَ · present يَتَّصِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be characterized or described by

اِتِّصَاف
Verbal noun
مُتَّصِف
Active participle
مُتَّصَف
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

مُسْتَوْصَف
Noun
clinic
وَصْفِيّ
Adjective
descriptive

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