اعتكف

Arabic

Root
ع ك ف (ʕ k f)
3 terms

Verb

اِعْتَكَفَ • (iʕtakafa) VIII (non-past يَعْتَكِفُ (yaʕtakifu), verbal noun اِعْتِكَاف (iʕtikāf))

1. to be busily engaged, attend to with zeal, devote or apply oneself assiduously to God's service (in a mosque)
2. (loosely) to retreat, to isolate, to stick to, to consign oneself [with إِلَى (ʔilā)]

   Near-synonyms: اِنْعَكَفَ (inʕakafa), عَكَفَ (ʕakafa)

   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 179:

     كان برنامجي الاعتكاف في غرفة النوم، وكتابة مقالات.

     My program was to retreat to the bedroom, and write articles.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of اِعْتَكَفَ (VIII, sound, no passive, verbal noun اِعْتِكَاف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						اِعْتِكَاف iʕtikāf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُعْتَكِف muʕtakif
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		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	اِعْتَكَفْتُ iʕtakaftu	اِعْتَكَفْتَ iʕtakafta	اِعْتَكَفَ iʕtakafa		اِعْتَكَفْتُمَا iʕtakaftumā	اِعْتَكَفَا iʕtakafā		اِعْتَكَفْنَا iʕtakafnā	اِعْتَكَفْتُمْ iʕtakaftum	اِعْتَكَفُوا iʕtakafū
	f		اِعْتَكَفْتِ iʕtakafti	اِعْتَكَفَتْ iʕtakafat			اِعْتَكَفَتَا iʕtakafatā			اِعْتَكَفْتُنَّ iʕtakaftunna	اِعْتَكَفْنَ iʕtakafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعْتَكِفُ ʔaʕtakifu	تَعْتَكِفُ taʕtakifu	يَعْتَكِفُ yaʕtakifu		تَعْتَكِفَانِ taʕtakifāni	يَعْتَكِفَانِ yaʕtakifāni		نَعْتَكِفُ naʕtakifu	تَعْتَكِفُونَ taʕtakifūna	يَعْتَكِفُونَ yaʕtakifūna
	f		تَعْتَكِفِينَ taʕtakifīna	تَعْتَكِفُ taʕtakifu			تَعْتَكِفَانِ taʕtakifāni			تَعْتَكِفْنَ taʕtakifna	يَعْتَكِفْنَ yaʕtakifna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعْتَكِفَ ʔaʕtakifa	تَعْتَكِفَ taʕtakifa	يَعْتَكِفَ yaʕtakifa		تَعْتَكِفَا taʕtakifā	يَعْتَكِفَا yaʕtakifā		نَعْتَكِفَ naʕtakifa	تَعْتَكِفُوا taʕtakifū	يَعْتَكِفُوا yaʕtakifū
	f		تَعْتَكِفِي taʕtakifī	تَعْتَكِفَ taʕtakifa			تَعْتَكِفَا taʕtakifā			تَعْتَكِفْنَ taʕtakifna	يَعْتَكِفْنَ yaʕtakifna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعْتَكِفْ ʔaʕtakif	تَعْتَكِفْ taʕtakif	يَعْتَكِفْ yaʕtakif		تَعْتَكِفَا taʕtakifā	يَعْتَكِفَا yaʕtakifā		نَعْتَكِفْ naʕtakif	تَعْتَكِفُوا taʕtakifū	يَعْتَكِفُوا yaʕtakifū
	f		تَعْتَكِفِي taʕtakifī	تَعْتَكِفْ taʕtakif			تَعْتَكِفَا taʕtakifā			تَعْتَكِفْنَ taʕtakifna	يَعْتَكِفْنَ yaʕtakifna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِعْتَكِفْ iʕtakif			اِعْتَكِفَا iʕtakifā				اِعْتَكِفُوا iʕtakifū
	f		اِعْتَكِفِي iʕtakifī							اِعْتَكِفْنَ iʕtakifna