توفي

See also: توفى, توڤي, توقي, and توقى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ف ي (w-f-y)

Verb

تُوُفِّيَ • (tuwuffiya) V, non-past يُتَوَفَّى‎ (yutawaffā)

1. to die

   Synonyms: تَوَفَّى (tawaffā), مَاتَ (māta), هَلَكَ (halaka); see also Thesaurus:مات

   Hyponym: اِسْتَشْهَدَ (istašhada)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:5:

     وَمِنْكُم مَن يُتَوَفَّى وَمِنْكُم مَن يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ

     waminkum man yutawaffā waminkum man yuraddu ʔilā ʔarḏali l-ʕumuri

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تُوُفِّيَ

(form-V final-weak passive)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَوَفٍّ tawaffin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَوَفًّى mutawaffan
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تُوُفِّيتُ tuwuffītu	تُوُفِّيتَ tuwuffīta	تُوُفِّيَ tuwuffiya		تُوُفِّيتُمَا tuwuffītumā	تُوُفِّيَا tuwuffiyā		تُوُفِّينَا tuwuffīnā	تُوُفِّيتُمْ tuwuffītum	تُوُفُّوا tuwuffū
	f		تُوُفِّيتِ tuwuffīti	تُوُفِّيَتْ tuwuffiyat			تُوُفِّيَتَا tuwuffiyatā			تُوُفِّيتُنَّ tuwuffītunna	تُوُفِّينَ tuwuffīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُتَوَفَّى ʔutawaffā	تُتَوَفَّى tutawaffā	يُتَوَفَّى yutawaffā		تُتَوَفَّيَانِ tutawaffayāni	يُتَوَفَّيَانِ yutawaffayāni		نُتَوَفَّى nutawaffā	تُتَوَفَّوْنَ tutawaffawna	يُتَوَفَّوْنَ yutawaffawna
	f		تُتَوَفَّيْنَ tutawaffayna	تُتَوَفَّى tutawaffā			تُتَوَفَّيَانِ tutawaffayāni			تُتَوَفَّيْنَ tutawaffayna	يُتَوَفَّيْنَ yutawaffayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُتَوَفَّى ʔutawaffā	تُتَوَفَّى tutawaffā	يُتَوَفَّى yutawaffā		تُتَوَفَّيَا tutawaffayā	يُتَوَفَّيَا yutawaffayā		نُتَوَفَّى nutawaffā	تُتَوَفَّوْا tutawaffaw	يُتَوَفَّوْا yutawaffaw
	f		تُتَوَفَّيْ tutawaffay	تُتَوَفَّى tutawaffā			تُتَوَفَّيَا tutawaffayā			تُتَوَفَّيْنَ tutawaffayna	يُتَوَفَّيْنَ yutawaffayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُتَوَفَّ ʔutawaffa	تُتَوَفَّ tutawaffa	يُتَوَفَّ yutawaffa		تُتَوَفَّيَا tutawaffayā	يُتَوَفَّيَا yutawaffayā		نُتَوَفَّ nutawaffa	تُتَوَفَّوْا tutawaffaw	يُتَوَفَّوْا yutawaffaw
	f		تُتَوَفَّيْ tutawaffay	تُتَوَفَّ tutawaffa			تُتَوَفَّيَا tutawaffayā			تُتَوَفَّيْنَ tutawaffayna	يُتَوَفَّيْنَ yutawaffayna

Related terms

• هَلَكَ (halaka)
• وَافَتْهُ الْمَنِيَّة (wāfathu l-maniyya)
• اِنْتَقَلَ إِِلَى رَحْمَةِ الله (intaqala ʔiilā raḥmati llāh)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “توفي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Noun

تَوَفِّي • (tawaffī) m

1. informal pronunciation of تَوَفٍّ (tawaffin)
2. nominative construct state of تَوَفٍّ (tawaffin)
3. genitive construct state of تَوَفٍّ (tawaffin)
4. (with definite article) nominative definite of تَوَفٍّ (tawaffin)
5. (with definite article) genitive definite of تَوَفٍّ (tawaffin)

Etymology 3

Verb

تُوَفَّيْ • (tuwaffay) (form II)

1. second-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)
2. second-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of وَفَّى (waffā)

Verb

تُوَفِّي • (tuwaffī) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of وَفَّى (waffā)
2. second-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)
3. second-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of وَفَّى (waffā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of وَفَّى (waffā)

Verb

تُوَفِّيَ • (tuwaffiya) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)

Etymology 4

Verb

تُوفَيْ • (tūfay) (form IV)

1. second-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
2. second-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)

Verb

تُوفِي • (tūfī) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
2. second-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
3. second-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)

Verb

تُوفِيَ • (tūfiya) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)

Etymology 5

Verb

تَوَفَّيْ • (tawaffay) (form V)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of تَوَفَّى (tawaffā)

Verb

تُوُفِّيَ • (tuwuffiya) (form V)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of تَوَفَّى (tawaffā)