Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
و ف ي (w-f-y)

Compare وَفَى (wafā, to fulfill), وَفَاة (wafāh, death).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَوَفَّى (tawaffā) V, non-past يَتَوَفَّى‎ (yatawaffā)

  1. (transitive) to receive in full
  2. (transitive) to take the life of
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:126:
      وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّاۤ إِلَّاۤ أَنۡ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔایَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَاۤءَتۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَاۤ أَفۡرِغۡ عَلَیۡنَا صَبۡرࣰا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسۡلِمِینَ
      [The two magicians who had believed in the GOD of Moses and Aaron said after Pharaoh sentenced them to death:] "And thou [O Pharaoh] dost not take revenge from us [for any reason] save that we believed in the Signs of our LORD when they came to us. Our LORD! shower us with perseverance, and cause us to die submitting to Thyself as Muslims!"
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to die
Conjugation
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See also
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References
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  • Mace, John (2007) “توفى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Verb

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تُوَفَّى (tuwaffā) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of وَفَّى (waffā)
  2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)
  3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of وَفَّى (waffā)
  4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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تُوفَى (tūfā) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
  2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
  3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)
  4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic تَوَفَّى (tawaffā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /twaf.fa/, [ɪtˈwaf.fa]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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توفّى (twaffa) V (present بتوفّى (bitwaffa))

  1. to die, to pass away
    Synonym: مات (māt)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of توفّى (twaffa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m توفّيت (twaffēt) توفّيت (twaffēt) توفّى (twaffa) توفّينا (twaffēna) توفّيتو (twaffētu) توفّو (twaffu)
f توفّيتي (twaffēti) توفّت (twaffat)
present m بتوفّى (batwaffa) بتتوفّى (btitwaffa) بتوفّى (bitwaffa) منتوفّى (mnitwaffa) بتتوفّو (btitwaffu) بتوفّو (bitwaffu)
f بتتوفّي (btitwaffi) بتتوفّى (btitwaffa)
subjunctive m اتوفّى (atwaffa) تتوفّى (titwaffa) يتوفّى (yitwaffa) نتوفّى (nitwaffa) تتوفّو (titwaffu) يتوفّو (yitwaffu)
f تتوفّي (titwaffi) تتوفّى (titwaffa)
imperative m توفّى (twaffa) توفّو (twaffu)
f توفّي (twaffi)