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Also written وصف: وَصْف (description)
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وَصَفَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to describe, to depict
- to prescribe (medicine, treatment)
Words from the root و-ص-ف
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وَصَفَ
· present يَصِفُ
Form I · The plain action
to describe, to depict; to prescribe (medicine, treatment)
وَصَّفَ
· present يُوَصِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to be describable
تَوْصِيف
مُوَصِّف
مُوَصَّف
اِتَّصَفَ
· present يَتَّصِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be characterized or described by
اِتِّصَاف
مُتَّصِف
مُتَّصَف
مُسْتَوْصَف
clinic
وَصْفِيّ
descriptive
وَصَفَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | وَصَفْتُ | أَصِفُ | أَصِفَ | أَصِفْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | وَصَفْتَ | تَصِفُ | تَصِفَ | تَصِفْ | صِفْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | وَصَفْتِ | تَصِفِينَ | تَصِفِي | تَصِفِي | صِفِي |
| هُوَ he | وَصَفَ | يَصِفُ | يَصِفَ | يَصِفْ | — |
| هِيَ she | وَصَفَتْ | تَصِفُ | تَصِفَ | تَصِفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | وَصَفْتُمَا | تَصِفَانِ | تَصِفَا | تَصِفَا | صِفَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | وَصَفَا | يَصِفَانِ | يَصِفَا | يَصِفَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | وَصَفَتَا | تَصِفَانِ | تَصِفَا | تَصِفَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | وَصَفْنَا | نَصِفُ | نَصِفَ | نَصِفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | وَصَفْتُمْ | تَصِفُونَ | تَصِفُوا | تَصِفُوا | صِفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | وَصَفْتُنَّ | تَصِفْنَ | تَصِفْنَ | تَصِفْنَ | صِفْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | وَصَفُوا | يَصِفُونَ | يَصِفُوا | يَصِفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | وَصَفْنَ | يَصِفْنَ | يَصِفْنَ | يَصِفْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | وَصْف، صِفَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | وَاصِف |
| Passive participle | مَوْصُوف |
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