قصف

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ص ف (q-ṣ-f)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

قَصَفَ (qaṣafa) I, non-past يَقْصِفُ‎ (yaqṣifu)

  1. (transitive) to break, shatter, smash
  2. (transitive) to beset, harass, oppress
  3. (intransitive) to thunder, roar (especially of cannon); to roll, rumble, grumble, peal (of thunder)
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Pronunciation 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

قَصِفَ (qaṣifa) I, non-past يَقْصِفُ‎ (yaqṣifu)

  1. (intransitive) to break
  2. (intransitive) to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
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Pronunciation 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

قَصَفَ (qaṣafa) I, non-past يَقْصُفُ‎ (yaqṣufu)

  1. (intransitive) to feast, revel, carouse
  2. (intransitive) to lead a life of opulence
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Pronunciation 4[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَصْف (qaṣfm

  1. thunder, roar (of cannon)
  2. bombardment, shelling, bombing
  3. revelry, carousal
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Pronunciation 5[edit]

Adjective[edit]

قَصِف (qaṣif)

  1. fragile
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References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قصف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ص ف
2 terms

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

قصف (gaṣaf) I (non-past يِقْصِف (yigṣif))

  1. to bombard, to shell, to bomb
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of قصف (gaṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصفت (gaṣaft) قصفت (gaṣaft) قصف (gaṣaf) قصفنا (gaṣafna) قصفتوا (gaṣaftu) قصفوا (gaṣafu)
f قصفتي (gaṣafti) قصفت (gaṣafat)
non-past m أقصف (ʔagṣif) تقصف (tigṣif) يقصف (yigṣif) نقصف (nigṣif) تقصفوا (tigṣifu) يقصفوا (yigṣifu)
f تقصفي (tigṣifi) تقصف (tigṣif)
imperative m اقصف (agṣif) اقصفوا (agṣifu)
f اقصفي (agṣifi)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic قَصَّفَ (qaṣṣafa).

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Verb[edit]

قصف (gaṣṣaf) II (non-past يِقَصِّف (yigaṣṣif))

  1. to cause breakage
  2. to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of قصف (gaṣṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصفت (gaṣṣaft) قصفت (gaṣṣaft) قصف (gaṣṣaf) قصفنا (gaṣṣafna) قصفتوا (gaṣṣaftu) قصفوا (gaṣṣafu)
f قصفتي (gaṣṣafti) قصفت (gaṣṣafat)
non-past m أقصف (ʔagaṣṣif) تقصف (tigaṣṣif) يقصف (yigaṣṣif) نقصف (nigaṣṣif) تقصفوا (tigaṣṣifu) يقصفوا (yigaṣṣifu)
f تقصفي (tigaṣṣifi) تقصف (tigaṣṣif)
imperative m قصف (gaṣṣif) قصفوا (gaṣṣifu)
f قصفي (gaṣṣifi)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قصف (gaṣfm

  1. thunder, roar (of cannon)
  2. bombardment, shelling, bombing