نفيس

See also: نقيس, نفيش, and نفیس

Arabic

Root
ن ف س (n-f-s)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb نَفُسَ (nafusa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.fiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Adjective

نَفِيس • (nafīs) (feminine نَفِيسَة (nafīsa), common plural نِفَاس (nifās), elative أَنْفَس (ʔanfas))

1. precious, costly, valuable, good

   قدمت لها هدية نفيسة في عيد ميلادها.

   Qudimat lahā hadiyatun nafīsah fī ʿīd mīlādihā.

   I gave her a precious gift on her birthday.

Declension

Declension of adjective نَفِيس (nafīs)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَفِيس nafīs	النَّفِيس an-nafīs	نَفِيسَة nafīsa	النَّفِيسَة an-nafīsa
Nominative	نَفِيسٌ nafīsun	النَّفِيسُ an-nafīsu	نَفِيسَةٌ nafīsatun	النَّفِيسَةُ an-nafīsatu
Accusative	نَفِيسًا nafīsan	النَّفِيسَ an-nafīsa	نَفِيسَةً nafīsatan	النَّفِيسَةَ an-nafīsata
Genitive	نَفِيسٍ nafīsin	النَّفِيسِ an-nafīsi	نَفِيسَةٍ nafīsatin	النَّفِيسَةِ an-nafīsati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَفِيسَيْن nafīsayn	النَّفِيسَيْن an-nafīsayn	نَفِيسَتَيْن nafīsatayn	النَّفِيسَتَيْن an-nafīsatayn
Nominative	نَفِيسَانِ nafīsāni	النَّفِيسَانِ an-nafīsāni	نَفِيسَتَانِ nafīsatāni	النَّفِيسَتَانِ an-nafīsatāni
Accusative	نَفِيسَيْنِ nafīsayni	النَّفِيسَيْنِ an-nafīsayni	نَفِيسَتَيْنِ nafīsatayni	النَّفِيسَتَيْنِ an-nafīsatayni
Genitive	نَفِيسَيْنِ nafīsayni	النَّفِيسَيْنِ an-nafīsayni	نَفِيسَتَيْنِ nafīsatayni	النَّفِيسَتَيْنِ an-nafīsatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نِفَاس nifās	النِّفَاس an-nifās	نِفَاس nifās	النِّفَاس an-nifās
Nominative	نِفَاسٌ nifāsun	النِّفَاسُ an-nifāsu	نِفَاسٌ nifāsun	النِّفَاسُ an-nifāsu
Accusative	نِفَاسًا nifāsan	النِّفَاسَ an-nifāsa	نِفَاسًا nifāsan	النِّفَاسَ an-nifāsa
Genitive	نِفَاسٍ nifāsin	النِّفَاسِ an-nifāsi	نِفَاسٍ nifāsin	النِّفَاسِ an-nifāsi

Descendants

• → Bengali: নফিস (nophiś), নাফিস (naphiś)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نفیس (nefis)

  > Turkish: nefis (inherited)

• → Uyghur: نەپىس (nepis)
• → Uzbek: nafis

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نفيس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen