Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
س ر ف (s-r-f)

Verb edit

أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa) IV, non-past يُسْرِفُ‎ (yusrifu)

  1. to be extravagant, wasteful
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:141:
      كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
      Eat of the fruit they bear and pay the dues at harvest, but do not waste. Surely the Lord does not like the wasteful.
  2. to exceed
  3. to transgress
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:127:
      وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ
      This is how We reward whoever transgresses.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

أُسْرُف (ʔusrufm

  1. alternative form of أُسْرُب (ʔusrub, lead, plumbum)
Declension edit