أوفر

See also: اوفر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ف ر (w f r)
8 terms

Elative of وَفِير (wafīr, “abundant”) and وَافِر (wāfir, “abundant, profuse”) and وَفْر (wafr, “abundant, general”). Unusually, declined as if a color or defect adjective (according to Steingass and Almaany; see below). Also compare وَفَّرَ (waffara, “to save, to economize”).

Adjective

أَوْفَر • (ʔawfar) (feminine وَفْرَاء (wafrāʔ), common plural وُفْر (wufr))

elative degree of وَفِير (wafīr), elative degree of وَافِر (wāfir), elative degree of وَفْر (wafr):
1. more abundant; most abundant
2. (transitive) more or most abounding in (something)
3. (transitive) more or most amply supplied with (something)
thriftier; thriftiest

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَوْفَر** (ʔawfar)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَوْفَر ʔawfar	الْأَوْفَر al-ʔawfar	وَفْرَاء wafrāʔ	الْوَفْرَاء al-wafrāʔ
nominative	أَوْفَرُ ʔawfaru	الْأَوْفَرُ al-ʔawfaru	وَفْرَاءُ wafrāʔu	الْوَفْرَاءُ al-wafrāʔu
accusative	أَوْفَرَ ʔawfara	الْأَوْفَرَ al-ʔawfara	وَفْرَاءَ wafrāʔa	الْوَفْرَاءَ al-wafrāʔa
genitive	أَوْفَرَ ʔawfara	الْأَوْفَرِ al-ʔawfari	وَفْرَاءَ wafrāʔa	الْوَفْرَاءِ al-wafrāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَوْفَرَيْن ʔawfarayn	الْأَوْفَرَيْن al-ʔawfarayn	وَفْرَاءَيْن wafrāʔayn	الْوَفْرَاءَيْن al-wafrāʔayn
nominative	أَوْفَرَانِ ʔawfarāni	الْأَوْفَرَانِ al-ʔawfarāni	وَفْرَاءَانِ wafrāʔāni	الْوَفْرَاءَانِ al-wafrāʔāni
accusative	أَوْفَرَيْنِ ʔawfarayni	الْأَوْفَرَيْنِ al-ʔawfarayni	وَفْرَاءَيْنِ wafrāʔayni	الْوَفْرَاءَيْنِ al-wafrāʔayni
genitive	أَوْفَرَيْنِ ʔawfarayni	الْأَوْفَرَيْنِ al-ʔawfarayni	وَفْرَاءَيْنِ wafrāʔayni	الْوَفْرَاءَيْنِ al-wafrāʔayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وُفْر wufr	الْوُفْر al-wufr	وُفْر wufr	الْوُفْر al-wufr
nominative	وُفْرٌ wufrun	الْوُفْرُ al-wufru	وُفْرٌ wufrun	الْوُفْرُ al-wufru
accusative	وُفْرًا wufran	الْوُفْرَ al-wufra	وُفْرًا wufran	الْوُفْرَ al-wufra
genitive	وُفْرٍ wufrin	الْوُفْرِ al-wufri	وُفْرٍ wufrin	الْوُفْرِ al-wufri

References

“أوفر” in Almaany
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أوفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “وفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

أوفر (form I)

أَوْفُرُ (ʔawfuru) /ʔaw.fu.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَفُرَ (wafura)
أَوْفُرَ (ʔawfura) /ʔaw.fu.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَفُرَ (wafura)
أَوْفُرْ (ʔawfur) /ʔaw.fur/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَفُرَ (wafura)
أُوفَرُ (ʔūfaru) /ʔuː.fa.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَفَرَ (wafara)
أُوفَرَ (ʔūfara) /ʔuː.fa.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَفَرَ (wafara)
أُوفَرْ (ʔūfar) /ʔuː.far/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of وَفَرَ (wafara)

Etymology 3

Verb

أوفر (form II)

أُوَفِّرُ (ʔuwaffiru) /ʔu.waf.fi.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of وَفَّرَ (waffara)
أُوَفَّرُ (ʔuwaffaru) /ʔu.waf.fa.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَفَّرَ (waffara)
أُوَفِّرَ (ʔuwaffira) /ʔu.waf.fi.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of وَفَّرَ (waffara)
أُوَفَّرَ (ʔuwaffara) /ʔu.waf.fa.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَفَّرَ (waffara)
أُوَفِّرْ (ʔuwaffir) /ʔu.waf.fir/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَفَّرَ (waffara)
أُوَفَّرْ (ʔuwaffar) /ʔu.waf.far/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of وَفَّرَ (waffara)

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

أوڤر

Etymology

Borrowed from English over.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oː.var/

Adjective

أوفر • (ōvar)

(doing) too much, more than necessary, odee, extra
جد أوڤر تصرفاتك ― Your behaviour is actually too much

مو أوڤر چذي اللبسة؟ ― Isn't that outfit too much?