ن ف س

Arabic

Root

ن ف س • (n f s)

1. related to breathing
2. related to self

Derived terms

• Form I: نَفُسَ (nafusa, “to become precious”)
  • Verbal noun: نَفَاسَة (nafāsa)
  • Active participle: نَافِس (nāfis)
• Form I: نَفَسَ (nafasa, “to envy”)
  • Verbal noun: نَفْس (nafs)
  • Active participle: نَافِس (nāfis)
  • Passive participle: مَنْفُوس (manfūs)
• Form I: نَفِسَ (nafisa, “to give birth”)
  • Verbal noun: نِفَاس (nifās)
  • Active participle: نَافِس (nāfis)
  • Passive participle: مَنْفُوس (manfūs)
• Form II: نَفَّسَ (naffasa, “to relieve”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْفِيس (tanfīs)
  • Active participle: مُنَفِّس (munaffis)
  • Passive participle: مُنَفَّس (munaffas)
• Form III: نَافَسَ (nāfasa, “to compete (with)”)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَافَسَة (munāfasa), نِفَاس (nifās)
  • Active participle: مُنَافِس (munāfis)
  • Passive participle: مُنَافَس (munāfas)
• Form V: تَنَفَّسَ (tanaffasa, “to breath”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَفُّس (tanaffus)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَفِّس (mutanaffis)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَفَّس (mutanaffas)
• Form VI: تَنَافَسَ (tanāfasa, “to compete”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَافُس (tanāfus)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَافِس (mutanāfis)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَافَس (mutanāfas)

• نَفْس (nafs, “the self; same”)
• نَفِيس (nafīs, “precious”)
• نَفْسِيّ (nafsiyy, “psychiatric, mental”)
• نَفْسَانِيّ (nafsāniyy, “psychiatric, mental”)
• نَفْسِيَّة (nafsiyya, “psyche”)
• مَنْفَس (manfas, “air hole, breather, vent”)
• تَنَفُّسِيّ (tanaffusiyy, “related to breathing”)
• نِفَاس (nifās, “postpartum period”)
• نَافِس (nāfis, “a woman in postpartum period”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ن ف س • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to the self and breathing

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form II: نفّس (naffas, “to exhale, deflate”)
  • Active Participle: منفّس (mnaffes, “deflated”)
• Form III: نافس (nāfas, “to compete with someone”)
  • Noun Form: منافسة (munāfase, “competition”)
  • Active Participle: منافس (mnāfes, “opponent”)
• Form V: تنفّس (tnaffas, “to breathe, inhale”)
  • Noun Form: تنفّس (tnaffos, “breathing”)
• Form VI: تنافس (tnāfas, “to compete with each other”)

Nouns

• نفس (nafs, “the self; the same”)
• نفس (nafas, “breath, breathing”)

Adjectives

• نفسي (nafsi, “mental”)
• نفساني (nafsāni, “mental”)