وافر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ف ر (w-f-r)

Derived from the active participle of وَفَرَ (wafara, “to be abundant”) and وَفُرَ (wafura, “(same)”).

Adjective

وَافِر • (wāfir) (feminine وَافِرَة (wāfira), elative أَوْفَر (ʔawfar))

1. abundant
2. profuse
3. abounding in (+ genitive)

Declension

Declension of adjective وَافِر (wāfir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَافِر wāfir	الْوَافِر al-wāfir	وَافِرَة wāfira	الْوَافِرَة al-wāfira
Nominative	وَافِرٌ wāfirun	الْوَافِرُ al-wāfiru	وَافِرَةٌ wāfiratun	الْوَافِرَةُ al-wāfiratu
Accusative	وَافِرًا wāfiran	الْوَافِرَ al-wāfira	وَافِرَةً wāfiratan	الْوَافِرَةَ al-wāfirata
Genitive	وَافِرٍ wāfirin	الْوَافِرِ al-wāfiri	وَافِرَةٍ wāfiratin	الْوَافِرَةِ al-wāfirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَافِرَيْن wāfirayn	الْوَافِرَيْن al-wāfirayn	وَافِرَتَيْن wāfiratayn	الْوَافِرَتَيْن al-wāfiratayn
Nominative	وَافِرَانِ wāfirāni	الْوَافِرَانِ al-wāfirāni	وَافِرَتَانِ wāfiratāni	الْوَافِرَتَانِ al-wāfiratāni
Accusative	وَافِرَيْنِ wāfirayni	الْوَافِرَيْنِ al-wāfirayni	وَافِرَتَيْنِ wāfiratayni	الْوَافِرَتَيْنِ al-wāfiratayni
Genitive	وَافِرَيْنِ wāfirayni	الْوَافِرَيْنِ al-wāfirayni	وَافِرَتَيْنِ wāfiratayni	الْوَافِرَتَيْنِ al-wāfiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	وَافِرَات wāfirāt	الْوَافِرَات al-wāfirāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	وَافِرَاتٌ wāfirātun	الْوَافِرَاتُ al-wāfirātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	وَافِرَاتٍ wāfirātin	الْوَافِرَاتِ al-wāfirāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	وَافِرَاتٍ wāfirātin	الْوَافِرَاتِ al-wāfirāti

References

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