أف
See also: اف, اڤ, أق, and آق
Arabic
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
أُفٍّ • (ʾuffin)
- denotes repugnance or annoyance; oof, ugh, faugh
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:23:
- وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا
- And your Lord has decreed that you may worship only Him and has decreed kindness to the parents. If either or both ever become aged, do not say to them "Ugh!" and do not berate them, but rather speak to them nobly.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:67:
- أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
- ʾuffin llakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūni llāhiʾafalā taʿqilūna
- Faugh on you and on whatever you worship in place of Allah! Have you lost your minds?
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Related terms
- أَفَّفَ (ʾaffafa)
- تَأَفَّفَ (taʾaffafa)
Descendants
- Egyptian Arabic: إِفّ (iff)
- Gulf Arabic: اُف (uf)
- Moroccan Arabic: أف (ʔuff)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اف (ef, if, üf), اوف (öf)
Verb
أَفِ • (ʾafi) (form I)
- first-person singular non-past active jussive of وَفَى (wafā)