Arabic

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Root
ء ن ف (ʔ n f)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَأْنَفَ (istaʔnafa) X (non-past يَسْتَأْنِفُ (yastaʔnifu), verbal noun اِسْتِئْنَاف (istiʔnāf))

  1. to apprehend a new beginning of, to start over, to resume
    • 7th century CE, Musnad Abū Bakr as-Siddīq, 2:101:
      يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فِيمَ نَعْمَلُ؟ أَفِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ خَلَا أَوْ مَضَى أَوْ فِي شَيْءٍ يُسْتَأْنَفُ الآنَ؟
      yā rasūla l-lahi, fīma naʕmalu? ʔafī šayʔin qad ḵalā ʔaw maḍā ʔaw fī šayʔin yustaʔnafu al-ʔāna?
      O messenger of God, what are we striving for? Is it a thing that is already in recess or passed or a thing to anticipate?
    1. (law) to appeal

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References

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

Moroccan Arabic

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ء ن ف
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Etymology

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From Arabic اِسْتَأْنَفَ (istaʔnafa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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استأنف (staʔnaf) X (non-past يستأنف (yistaʔnaf), verbal noun استئناف (stiʔnāf), active participle مستأنف (mistaʔnaf))

  1. to resume
    استأنفنا الأشغال فالدار من بعد ما خدنا الرخصة من عند البلدية.
    staʔnafna l-ʔašḡāl f-ed-dār min baʕd mā ḵadna r-ruḵṣa min ʕand el-baladiyya.
    We resumed the work in the house after getting permission from the municipality.
  2. (law) to appeal
    خاصك تستأنف داك الحكم حيت انضريتي.
    ḵāṣṣek tistaʔnaf dāk el-ḥukm ḥīt nḍarrīti.
    You need to appeal that court decision because it wasn't fair.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of استأنف
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m استأنفت (staʔnaft) استأنفتي (staʔnafti) استأنف (staʔnaf) استأنفنا (staʔnafna) استأنفتوا (staʔnaftu) استأنفوا (staʔnfu)
f استأنفت (staʔnfat)
non-past m نستأنف (nistaʔnaf) تستأنف (tistaʔnaf) يستأنف (yistaʔnaf) نستأنفوا (nistaʔnfu) تستأنفوا (tistaʔnfu) يستأنفوا (yistaʔnfu)
f تستأنفي (tistaʔnfi) تستأنف (tistaʔnaf)
imperative m استأنف (staʔnaf) استأنفوا (staʔnfu)
f استأنفي (staʔnfi)