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ع ف ف (ʿayn fā fā) arabic root word meaning.


There are 4 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root ʿayn fā fā (ع ف ف) occurs four times in the Quran, in two derived forms:
    • three times as the form X verb yastaʿfif (يَسْتَعْفِفْ)
    • 1 times as the form V verbal noun taʿaffuf (تَّعَفُّف)



to abstain from what is unlawful, be abstinent, restrain. (The verb is of the assimilated type. In genitive cases shadda is removed and cluster is pronounced separelt as in 4:6 ta'affuf - modest/abstinence)

All words derived from ʿayn fā fā root word

WordMeaningArabic
(2:273:16) l-taʿafufi
(their) restraint		التَّعَفُّفِ
(4:6:23) falyastaʿfif
then he should refrain		فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْ
(24:33:1) walyastaʿfifi
And let be chaste		وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ
(24:60:18) yastaʿfif'na
they modestly refrain		يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ
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