آسف

Arabic

Root
ء س ف (ʔ-s-f)

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَسِفَ (ʔasifa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.sif/

Adjective

آسِف • (ʔāsif) (feminine آسِفَة (ʔāsifa), masculine plural آسِفُون (ʔāsifūn), feminine plural آسِفَات (ʔāsifāt))

  1. sorry
    Synonym: متأسف
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ء س ف (ʔ-s-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.sa.fa/

Verb

آسَفَ • (ʔāsafa) IV, non-past يُؤْسِفُ‎ (yuʔsifu)

  1. to make regret, sadden, distress
Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء س ف
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic آسِف (ʔāsif).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.sef/, [ˈʔæː.sɪf]
  • (file)

Adjective

آسف • (ʔāsef) (feminine آسفة (ʔāsfe))

  1. sorry
    Synonym: (formal) متأسف (mitʔassef)
    انا آسف، نسيت أحكي معك مبارح.
    ʔana ʔāsef, nsīt ʔaḥki maʕak mbāreḥ
    I'm sorry, I forgot to talk with you yesterday.

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