ع ف ن

ع ف ن • (ʕ-f-n)

1. related to putrefaction and mildew

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَفَنَ‎ (ʕafana, “to rot, to putrefy”)
  • Verbal noun: عَفَن‎ (ʕafan, “decay, decomposition, stench”)
  • Active participle: عَافِن‎ (ʕāfin)
  • Passive participle: مَعْفُون‎ (maʕfūn)
• Form II: عَفَّنَ‎ (ʕaffana, “to decay, to go awry”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْفِين‎ (taʕfīn, “something septic”)
  • Active participle: مُعَفِّن‎ (muʕaffin, “mouldy, putrefactive”)
  • Passive participle: مُعَفَّن‎ (muʕaffan)
• Form V: تَعَفَّنَ‎ (taʕaffana, “(reflexive) to rot, to putrefy”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَفُّن‎ (taʕaffun)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَفِّن‎ (mutaʕaffin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَفَّن‎ (mutaʕaffan)

Nouns and adjectives

• عَفِين‎ (ʕafīn, “corrupted, rotten”)
• عُفُونَة‎ (ʕufūna, “decay, decomposition”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ع ف ن”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 784
• Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE) لسان العرب لإبن منظور
• Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE) تكملة المعاجم العربية لرينهارت دوزي