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سَافِل

low

AdjectiveRoot س-ف-ل

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Feminine
سَافِلَة
Masculine plural
سَافِلون
Feminine plural
سَافِلَات
Plural
سَفَلَة

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
elative degree of سَافِل
Noun
سَافِل
contemptible person
Noun
أَسْفَل
lower part

سَافِل in English

Adjective

  1. low
  2. loathsome, despicable, lowly, contemptible

Word origin

Derived from the active participle of سَفُلَ (safula, “to go down”). Compare Hebrew שְׁפֵלָה (shfelá, “lowland”).

Words from the root س-ف-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

اِسْتَفَلَ · present يَسْتَفِلُ

to be or become base, vile, ignoble, mean

اِسْتِفَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَفِل
Active participle
Adjective
elative degree of سَافِل
Adjective
low
سَافِل
Noun
contemptible person
أَسْفَل
Noun · m.
lower part
سَفَالَة
Noun · f.
depravity
سَفِيل
Adjective
despicable
سَفِيل
Noun · m.
lowlife

سَافِل: plural and other forms

Singularسَافِل
Feminineسَافِلَة
Masculine pluralسَافِلون
Feminine pluralسَافِلَات
Pluralسَفَلَة

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