Arabic edit

Root
ء س ف (ʔ-s-f)

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَسِفَ (ʔasifa).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

آسِف (ʔāsif) (feminine آسِفَة (ʔāsifa), masculine plural آسِفُون (ʔāsifūn), feminine plural آسِفَات (ʔāsifāt))

  1. sorry
    Synonym: متأسف
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ء س ف (ʔ-s-f)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

آسَفَ (ʔāsafa) IV, non-past يُؤْسِفُ‎ (yuʔsifu)

  1. to make regret, sadden, distress
Conjugation edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ء س ف
3 terms

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic آسِف (ʔāsif).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.sef/, [ˈʔæː.sɪf]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

آسف (ʔāsef) (feminine آسفة (ʔāsfe))

  1. sorry
    Synonym: (formal) متأسف (mitʔassef)
    انا آسف، نسيت أحكي معك مبارح.
    ʔana ʔāsef, nsīt ʔaḥki maʕak mbāreḥ
    I'm sorry, I forgot to talk with you yesterday.

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