ع ف ن

ع ف ن • (ʕ-f-n)

1. related to putrefaction and mildew

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَفَنَ (ʕafana, “to rot, to putrefy”)
  • Verbal noun: عَفَن (ʕafan, “decay, decomposition, stench”)
  • Active participle: عَافِن (ʕāfin)
  • Passive participle: مَعْفُون (maʕfūn)
• Form II: عَفَّنَ (ʕaffana, “to decay, to go awry”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْفِين (taʕfīn, “something septic”)
  • Active participle: مُعَفِّن (muʕaffin, “mouldy, putrefactive”)
  • Passive participle: مُعَفَّن (muʕaffan)
• Form V: تَعَفَّنَ (taʕaffana, “(reflexive) to rot, to putrefy”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَفُّن (taʕaffun)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَفِّن (mutaʕaffin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَفَّن (mutaʕaffan)

Nouns and adjectives

• عَفِين (ʕafīn, “corrupted, rotten”)
• عُفُونَة (ʕufūna, “decay, decomposition”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “ع ف ن”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎ (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 784
• Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE) لسان العرب لإبن منظور
• Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE) تكملة المعاجم العربية لرينهارت دوزي