عفت

See also: عقب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ف ت (ʿ-f-t)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.fa.ta/

Verb

عَفَتَ (ʿafata) I, non-past يَعْفِتُ‎ (yaʿfitu)

  1. to break by twisting, to wring, to break without severing, to mangle
  2. to speak Arabic with difficulty, to struggle with or mangle the language
Conjugation

References

Verb

عَفَتْ (ʿafat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَفَا (ʿafā)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عِفَّة (ʿiffa), from ع ف ف (ʿ-f-f) meaning to abstain, to hold back.

Noun

عفت (transliteration needed)

  1. chastity, abstinence, modesty
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