See also: رقص and ر ق ص

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ر ف ض (r-f-ḍ)

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

رَفَضَ (rafaḍa) I, non-past يَرْفُضُ or يَرْفِضُ‎ (yarfuḍu or yarfiḍu)

  1. to reject, to refuse, to decline, to deny
    Antonym: قَبِلَ (qabila)
    رَفَضَ الشَّابُ العَرْضَ الوَظِيفِيَ لِأَسْبَابٍ شَخْصِيَّةٍ.
    rafaḍa š-šābu l-ʕarḍa l-waẓīfiya liʔasbābin šaḵṣiyyatin.
    The young man refused the job offer for personal reasons.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

رَفْض (rafḍm

  1. verbal noun of رَفَضَ (rafaḍa) (form I)
  2. refusal
  3. rejection
  4. denial
  5. repudiation, exclusion
Declension edit
References edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ر ف ض
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَفَضَ (rafaḍa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ra.fadˤ/, [ˈrˤɑ.fɑdˤ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

رفض (rafaḍ) I (present برفض (borfoḍ))

  1. to refuse, to reject
    Antonym: قبل (ʔibil)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of رفض (rafaḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رفضت (rafaḍt) رفضت (rafaḍt) رفض (rafaḍ) رفضنا (rafaḍna) رفضتو (rafaḍtu) رفضو (rafaḍu)
f رفضتي (rafaḍti) رفضت (rafḍat)
present m برفض (barfoḍ) بترفض (btorfoḍ) برفض (borfoḍ) منرفض (mnorfoḍ) بترفضو (btorfoḍu) برفضو (borfoḍu)
f بترفضي (btorfoḍi) بترفض (btorfoḍ)
subjunctive m أرفض (ʔarfoḍ) ترفض (torfoḍ) يرفض (yorfoḍ) نرفض (norfoḍ) ترفضو (torfoḍu) يرفضو (yorfoḍu)
f ترفضي (torfoḍi) ترفض (torfoḍ)
imperative m ارفض (orfoḍ) ارفضو (orfoḍu)
f ارفضي (orfoḍi)