See also: عقب

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ع ف ت (ʕ-f-t)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

عَفَتَ (ʕafata) I, non-past يَعْفِتُ‎ (yaʕfitu)

  1. to break by twisting, to wring, to break without severing, to mangle
  2. to speak Arabic with difficulty, to struggle with or mangle the language
Conjugation edit

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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

عَفَتْ (ʕafat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَفَا (ʕafā)

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic عِفَّة (ʕiffa).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? iffat
Dari reading? iffat
Iranian reading? effat
Tajik reading? iffat

Noun edit

عفت ('effat)

  1. chastity, abstinence, modesty