وصيف

وصيف

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Egyptian wdpw (“waiter, servant”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wasˁiːf/

Noun

وَصِيف • (waṣīf) m (plural وُصَفَاء‎ (wuṣafāʾ))

1. a young man
2. slave, serf
3. servant

Declension

Declension of noun وَصِيف (waṣīf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَصِيف waṣīf	الْوَصِيف‎ al-waṣīf	وَصِيف waṣīf
Nominative	وَصِيفٌ waṣīfun	الْوَصِيفُ‎ al-waṣīfu	وَصِيفُ waṣīfu
Accusative	وَصِيفًا‎ waṣīfan	الْوَصِيفَ‎ al-waṣīfa	وَصِيفَ waṣīfa
Genitive	وَصِيفٍ waṣīfin	الْوَصِيفِ‎ al-waṣīfi	وَصِيفِ waṣīfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَصِيفَيْن‎ waṣīfayn	الْوَصِيفَيْن‎ al-waṣīfayn	وَصِيفَيْ‎ waṣīfay
Nominative	وَصِيفَانِ‎ waṣīfāni	الْوَصِيفَانِ‎ al-waṣīfāni	وَصِيفَا‎ waṣīfā
Accusative	وَصِيفَيْنِ‎ waṣīfayni	الْوَصِيفَيْنِ‎ al-waṣīfayni	وَصِيفَيْ‎ waṣīfay
Genitive	وَصِيفَيْنِ‎ waṣīfayni	الْوَصِيفَيْنِ‎ al-waṣīfayni	وَصِيفَيْ‎ waṣīfay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُصَفَاء‎ wuṣafāʾ	الْوُصَفَاء‎ al-wuṣafāʾ	وُصَفَاء‎ wuṣafāʾ
Nominative	وُصَفَاءُ‎ wuṣafāʾu	الْوُصَفَاءُ‎ al-wuṣafāʾu	وُصَفَاءُ‎ wuṣafāʾu
Accusative	وُصَفَاءَ‎ wuṣafāʾa	الْوُصَفَاءَ‎ al-wuṣafāʾa	وُصَفَاءَ‎ wuṣafāʾa
Genitive	وُصَفَاءَ‎ wuṣafāʾa	الْوُصَفَاءِ‎ al-wuṣafāʾi	وُصَفَاءِ‎ wuṣafāʾi

References

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32

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Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wsˁiːf/

Noun

وصيف (wṣīf) m

1. slave, serf
2. (derogatory) black man