عصف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ص ف‎ (ʕ-ṣ-f).

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤa.fa/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /ʕasˤf/

Verb

عَصَفَ • (ʕaṣafa) I, non-past يَعْصِفُ‎‎ (yaʕṣifu)

  1. to blow, to blast, to gust
  2. (figurative) to ravage, to plague, to rupture on, to hit, to overtake
    • 2017 November 15, “روسيا تصف اتهامات مدريد لها بالتدخل في كاتالونيا بـ"الهستيريا"‎”, in Al-Quds‎, archived from the original on 15 November 2017:
      ‏وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرغي لافروف رأى أن مدريد تحاول ابعاد الأنظار عن أسوأ أزمة سياسية تعصف باسبانيا منذ عقود.‎‎
      The Russian Minister of the Exterior Sergey Lavrov observed that Madrid tries to keep the spotlight aloof from the worst political crisis which has ruptured on her in decades [by claiming a Russian involvement in causing the Catalonia crisis].

Conjugation

Noun

عَصْف • (ʕaṣf) m

  1. verbal noun of عَصَفَ (ʕaṣafa) (form I)
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 105:5:
      ‏فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ‎
      fajaʕalahum kaʕaṣfin mmaʔkūlin
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

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