عنف

See also: عنق

Arabic

Root
ع ن ف (ʕ n f)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • Noun: IPA(key): /ʕunf/

Noun

عُنْف • (ʕunf) m

  1. violence, force
    Antonyms: رِفْق (rifq), لُطْف (luṭf)
    • Bashshar ibn Burd
      نَفِسَتْهُمْ عَلَيَّ أُمُّ ٱلْمَنَايَا ** فَأَنَامَتْهُمْ بِعُنفٍ فَنَامُوا
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. violence (“action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering”)
    عُنْفٌ أُسْرِيٌّ ― ʕunfun ʔusriyyun ― domestic violence
  3. harshness, severity
    Antonyms: رِفْق (rifq), لِين (līn), لُطْف (luṭf)

Declension

Declension of noun عُنْف (ʕunf)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عُنْف
ʕunf 		الْعُنْف
al-ʕunf 		عُنْف
ʕunf
nominative عُنْفٌ
ʕunfun 		الْعُنْفُ
al-ʕunfu 		عُنْفُ
ʕunfu
accusative عُنْفًا
ʕunfan 		الْعُنْفَ
al-ʕunfa 		عُنْفَ
ʕunfa
genitive عُنْفٍ
ʕunfin 		الْعُنْفِ
al-ʕunfi 		عُنْفِ
ʕunfi

Adjective

عُنُف • (ʕunuf) m pl

  1. masculine plural of عَنِيف (ʕanīf)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْف (ʕunf).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? unf
Iranian reading? onf, anf

Noun

عنف • (onf)

  1. violence, force
    به عنف ― be onf ― by force

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عنف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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