صَرْف
diverting
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Highlights
Present tense
يَصْرِفُ
Verbal noun
صَرْف
Active participle
صَارِف
Passive participle
مَصْرُوف
Most common words from the same root
صَرَفَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to turn
- to divert, to turn away, to avert
- to dismiss, to send away
- to inflect (a noun) with tanween
- to change (money)
- to spend (money, time)
- to embellish (a speech)
- to deliver, distribute
Word origin
Compare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܨܵܪܹܦ (ṣārēp) and Hebrew צָרַף (tsaráf).
Words from the root ص-ر-ف
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
صَرَفَ
· present يَصْرِفُ
Form I · The plain action
to turn; to divert, to turn away, to avert; to dismiss, to send away
صَرَّفَ
· present يُصَرِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to explain; to inflect; to conduct, to do
تَصْرِيف
drainage
مُصَرِّف
مُصَرَّف
تَصَرَّفَ
· present يَتَصَرَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to behave, to act; to use
behavior
مُتَصَرِّف
اِنْصَرَفَ
· present يَنْصَرِفُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to leave, to depart, to go away; to neglect; to abandon, to relinquish
اِنْصِرَاف
مُنْصَرِف
مُنْصَرَف
مُصَرَّف
Form
exchanged; drained; compiled (of code)
مُصَرِّف
Form
compiler
مَصْرِفِيّ
bank
صِرْف
pure
صِرَافَة
money exchange
إِصْرَاف
صَرَفَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | صَرَفْتُ | أَصْرِفُ | أَصْرِفَ | أَصْرِفْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | صَرَفْتَ | تَصْرِفُ | تَصْرِفَ | تَصْرِفْ | اِصْرِفْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | صَرَفْتِ | تَصْرِفِينَ | تَصْرِفِي | تَصْرِفِي | اِصْرِفِي |
| هُوَ he | صَرَفَ | يَصْرِفُ | يَصْرِفَ | يَصْرِفْ | — |
| هِيَ she | صَرَفَتْ | تَصْرِفُ | تَصْرِفَ | تَصْرِفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | صَرَفْتُمَا | تَصْرِفَانِ | تَصْرِفَا | تَصْرِفَا | اِصْرِفَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | صَرَفَا | يَصْرِفَانِ | يَصْرِفَا | يَصْرِفَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | صَرَفَتَا | تَصْرِفَانِ | تَصْرِفَا | تَصْرِفَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | صَرَفْنَا | نَصْرِفُ | نَصْرِفَ | نَصْرِفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | صَرَفْتُمْ | تَصْرِفُونَ | تَصْرِفُوا | تَصْرِفُوا | اِصْرِفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | صَرَفْتُنَّ | تَصْرِفْنَ | تَصْرِفْنَ | تَصْرِفْنَ | اِصْرِفْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | صَرَفُوا | يَصْرِفُونَ | يَصْرِفُوا | يَصْرِفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | صَرَفْنَ | يَصْرِفْنَ | يَصْرِفْنَ | يَصْرِفْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | صَرْف |
|---|---|
| Active participle | صَارِف |
| Passive participle | مَصْرُوف |
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