عنيف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ن ف‎ (ʕ-n-f); compare عَنُفَ‎ (ʕanufa, “to treat harshly and violently”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.niːf/
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Adjective

عَنِيف • (ʕanīf) (feminine عَنِيفَة‎ (ʕanīfa), masculine plural عَنِيفُون‎ (ʕanīfūn) or عُنُف‎ (ʕunuf), feminine plural عَنِيفَات‎ (ʕanīfāt), elative أَعْنَف‎ (ʔaʕnaf))

  1. violent
  2. oppressive
  3. cruel, fierce
  4. severe
  5. harsh
  6. blunt
  7. rugged
  8. strenuous

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عنيف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “عنف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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