قصف

Arabic

Root
ق ص ف (q-ṣ-f)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤa.fa/

Verb

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

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤi.fa/

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to break
  2. (intransitive) to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤa.fa/

Verb

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

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

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /qasˤf/

Noun

قَصْف • (qaṣf) m

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

Pronunciation 5

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤif/

Adjective

قَصِف • (qaṣif)

  1. fragile
Declension

References

  • 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

Root
ق ص ف
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.sˤaf/

Verb

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

  1. to bombard, to shell, to bomb
Conjugation
    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

From Arabic قَصَّفَ (qaṣṣafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡasˤ.sˤaf/

Verb

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

  1. to cause breakage
  2. to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
Conjugation
    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

From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡasˤf/

Noun

قصف • (gaṣf) m

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤaf/

Verb

قصف • (qaṣaf)

  1. to bombard, to shell, to bomb

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤef/

Noun

قصف • (qáṣef) m

  1. bombing, shelling, bombardment
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