إسراف

See also: اسراف

Arabic

Root
س ر ف (s r f)
4 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔis.raːf/
Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

إِسْرَاف • (ʔisrāf) m

verbal noun of أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa) (form IV)
any form of excess
Synonym: إِفْرَاط (ʔifrāṭ)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:147:
  رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا
  “Our Lord! Forgive our sins and excesses.
(especially) excessive spending, extravagance, squander, prodigality
Synonym: تَبْذِير (tabḏīr)

Declension

Declension of noun **إِسْرَاف** (ʔisrāf)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِسْرَاف ʔisrāf	الْإِسْرَاف al-ʔisrāf	إِسْرَاف ʔisrāf
nominative	إِسْرَافٌ ʔisrāfun	الْإِسْرَافُ al-ʔisrāfu	إِسْرَافُ ʔisrāfu
accusative	إِسْرَافًا ʔisrāfan	الْإِسْرَافَ al-ʔisrāfa	إِسْرَافَ ʔisrāfa
genitive	إِسْرَافٍ ʔisrāfin	الْإِسْرَافِ al-ʔisrāfi	إِسْرَافِ ʔisrāfi

Derived terms

مُسْرِف (musrif)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: israf
→ Kazakh: ысырап (ysyrap)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اسراف
- Turkish: israf
→ Persian: اسراف
→ Urdu: اسراف (isrāf)
→ Uzbek: isrof