آسف

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ء س ف (ʔ-s-f)

Etymology 1[edit]

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَسِفَ (ʔasifa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

آسِف (ʔāsif) (feminine آسِفَة (ʔāsifa), masculine plural آسِفُون (ʔāsifūn), feminine plural آسِفَات (ʔāsifāt))

  1. sorry
    Synonym: متأسف
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ء س ف (ʔ-s-f)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

آسَفَ (ʔāsafa) IV, non-past يُؤْسِفُ‎ (yuʔsifu)

  1. to make regret, sadden, distress
Conjugation[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ء س ف
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Arabic آسِف (ʔāsif).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.sef/, [ˈʔæː.sɪf]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

آسف (ʔāsef) (feminine آسفة (ʔāsfe))

  1. sorry
    Synonym: (formal) متأسف (mitʔassef)
    انا آسف، نسيت أحكي معك مبارح.
    ʔana ʔāsef, nsīt ʔaḥki maʕak mbāreḥ
    I'm sorry, I forgot to talk with you yesterday.

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