زفير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ز ف ر‎ (z-f-r). Possibly related to the Greek word Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “west wind”), which is also the origin of the English word zephyr (“light breeze”).

Noun

زَفِير • (zafīr) m (plural أَزْفَار‎ (ʔazfār))

verbal noun of زَفَرَ‎ (zafara) (form I)
exhalation
Antonym: شَهِيق‎ (šahīq)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:106:
  
  ‏فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ‎
  faʔammā allaḏīna šaqū fafī n-nāri lahum fīhā zafīrun
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- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:100:
  
  ‏لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ‎
  lahum fīhā zafīrun wahum fīhā lā yasmaʕūna
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Declension of noun زَفِير (zafīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَفِير zafīr	الزَّفِير‎ az-zafīr	زَفِير zafīr
Nominative	زَفِيرٌ zafīrun	الزَّفِيرُ‎ az-zafīru	زَفِيرُ zafīru
Accusative	زَفِيرًا‎ zafīran	الزَّفِيرَ‎ az-zafīra	زَفِيرَ zafīra
Genitive	زَفِيرٍ zafīrin	الزَّفِيرِ‎ az-zafīri	زَفِيرِ zafīri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَفِيرَيْن‎ zafīrayn	الزَّفِيرَيْن‎ az-zafīrayn	زَفِيرَيْ‎ zafīray
Nominative	زَفِيرَانِ‎ zafīrāni	الزَّفِيرَانِ‎ az-zafīrāni	زَفِيرَا‎ zafīrā
Accusative	زَفِيرَيْنِ‎ zafīrayni	الزَّفِيرَيْنِ‎ az-zafīrayni	زَفِيرَيْ‎ zafīray
Genitive	زَفِيرَيْنِ‎ zafīrayni	الزَّفِيرَيْنِ‎ az-zafīrayni	زَفِيرَيْ‎ zafīray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَزْفَار‎ ʔazfār	الْأَزْفَار‎ al-ʔazfār	أَزْفَار‎ ʔazfār
Nominative	أَزْفَارٌ‎ ʔazfārun	الْأَزْفَارُ‎ al-ʔazfāru	أَزْفَارُ‎ ʔazfāru
Accusative	أَزْفَارًا‎ ʔazfāran	الْأَزْفَارَ‎ al-ʔazfāra	أَزْفَارَ‎ ʔazfāra
Genitive	أَزْفَارٍ‎ ʔazfārin	الْأَزْفَارِ‎ al-ʔazfāri	أَزْفَارِ‎ ʔazfāri

Hypernyms

اِسْتِنْشَاق‎ (istinšāq)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَفِير‎ (zafīr).

Pronunciation

(Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /zəˈfiːr/

Noun

زَفير • (zafīr)

exhalation, expiration
Antonym: شهيق‎ (šahīq)

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