وصف

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ص ف (w-ṣ-f).

Verb

1. to describe, to depict

Etymology 2

Noun

وَصْف • (waṣf) m (plural أَوْصَاف (ʔawṣāf))

1. verbal noun of وَصَفَ (waṣafa) (form I)
2. description
3. praise, eulogy
4. quality
5. laudatory epithet
6. virtue, merit
7. adjective, attribute
8. prescription

Declension

Declension of noun وَصْف (waṣf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَصْف waṣf	الْوَصْف al-waṣf	وَصْف waṣf
Nominative	وَصْفٌ waṣfun	الْوَصْفُ al-waṣfu	وَصْفُ waṣfu
Accusative	وَصْفًا waṣfan	الْوَصْفَ al-waṣfa	وَصْفَ waṣfa
Genitive	وَصْفٍ waṣfin	الْوَصْفِ al-waṣfi	وَصْفِ waṣfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَصْفَيْن waṣfayn	الْوَصْفَيْن al-waṣfayn	وَصْفَيْ waṣfay
Nominative	وَصْفَانِ waṣfāni	الْوَصْفَانِ al-waṣfāni	وَصْفَا waṣfā
Accusative	وَصْفَيْنِ waṣfayni	الْوَصْفَيْنِ al-waṣfayni	وَصْفَيْ waṣfay
Genitive	وَصْفَيْنِ waṣfayni	الْوَصْفَيْنِ al-waṣfayni	وَصْفَيْ waṣfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْصَاف ʔawṣāf	الْأَوْصَاف al-ʔawṣāf	أَوْصَاف ʔawṣāf
Nominative	أَوْصَافٌ ʔawṣāfun	الْأَوْصَافُ al-ʔawṣāfu	أَوْصَافُ ʔawṣāfu
Accusative	أَوْصَافًا ʔawṣāfan	الْأَوْصَافَ al-ʔawṣāfa	أَوْصَافَ ʔawṣāfa
Genitive	أَوْصَافٍ ʔawṣāfin	الْأَوْصَافِ al-ʔawṣāfi	أَوْصَافِ ʔawṣāfi

References

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