Arabic edit

Root
ق ص ف (q-ṣ-f)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

قَصَفَ (qaṣafa) I, non-past يَقْصِفُ‎ (yaqṣifu)

  1. (transitive) to break, shatter, smash
  2. (transitive) to beset, harass, oppress
  3. (intransitive) to thunder, roar (especially of cannon); to roll, rumble, grumble, peal (of thunder)
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

قَصِفَ (qaṣifa) I, non-past يَقْصِفُ‎ (yaqṣifu)

  1. (intransitive) to break
  2. (intransitive) to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
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Pronunciation 3 edit

Verb edit

قَصَفَ (qaṣafa) I, non-past يَقْصُفُ‎ (yaqṣufu)

  1. (intransitive) to feast, revel, carouse
  2. (intransitive) to lead a life of opulence
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 4 edit

Noun edit

قَصْف (qaṣfm

  1. thunder, roar (of cannon)
  2. bombardment, shelling, bombing
  3. revelry, carousal
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Pronunciation 5 edit

Adjective edit

قَصِف (qaṣif)

  1. fragile
Declension edit

References edit

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

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ص ف
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قصف (gaṣaf) I (non-past يِقْصِف (yigṣif))

  1. to bombard, to shell, to bomb
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قصف (gaṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصفت (gaṣaft) قصفت (gaṣaft) قصف (gaṣaf) قصفنا (gaṣafna) قصفتوا (gaṣaftu) قصفوا (gaṣafu)
f قصفتي (gaṣafti) قصفت (gaṣafat)
non-past m أقصف (ʔagṣif) تقصف (tigṣif) يقصف (yigṣif) نقصف (nigṣif) تقصفوا (tigṣifu) يقصفوا (yigṣifu)
f تقصفي (tigṣifi) تقصف (tigṣif)
imperative m اقصف (agṣif) اقصفوا (agṣifu)
f اقصفي (agṣifi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic قَصَّفَ (qaṣṣafa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قصف (gaṣṣaf) II (non-past يِقَصِّف (yigaṣṣif))

  1. to cause breakage
  2. to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قصف (gaṣṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصفت (gaṣṣaft) قصفت (gaṣṣaft) قصف (gaṣṣaf) قصفنا (gaṣṣafna) قصفتوا (gaṣṣaftu) قصفوا (gaṣṣafu)
f قصفتي (gaṣṣafti) قصفت (gaṣṣafat)
non-past m أقصف (ʔagaṣṣif) تقصف (tigaṣṣif) يقصف (yigaṣṣif) نقصف (nigaṣṣif) تقصفوا (tigaṣṣifu) يقصفوا (yigaṣṣifu)
f تقصفي (tigaṣṣifi) تقصف (tigaṣṣif)
imperative m قصف (gaṣṣif) قصفوا (gaṣṣifu)
f قصفي (gaṣṣifi)

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قصف (gaṣfm

  1. thunder, roar (of cannon)
  2. bombardment, shelling, bombing