ع ف و

ع ف و • (ʕ-f-w)

1. related to forgiveness

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَفَا‎ (ʕafā, “to obliterate, to eliminate the past mistakes, to forgive, to excuse, to desist”)
  • Verbal noun: عَفْو‎ (ʕafw, “pardon, forgiveness, remission of sins, amnesty, absolution”)
  • Active participle: عَافٍ‎ (ʕāfin)
  • Passive participle: مَعْفُوّ‎ (maʕfuww)
• Form IV: أَعْفَى‎ (ʔaʕfā, “to exempt”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْفَاء‎ (ʔiʕfāʔ, “exemption”)
  • Active participle: مُعْفٍ‎ (muʕfin)
  • Passive participle: مُعْفًى‎ (muʕfan)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْفَى‎ (istaʕfā, “to request a pardon; to resign”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْفَاء‎ (istiʕfāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْفٍ‎ (mustaʕfin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْفًى‎ (mustaʕfan)

Nouns

• عَافِيَة‎ (ʕāfiya)

• Wehr, Hans (1960), “ع ف و”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz