ع ف ن

ع ف ن • (ʿ-f-n)

1. related to putrefaction and mildew

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَفَنَ‎ (ʿafana, “to rot, to putrefy”)
  • Verbal noun: عَفَن‎ (ʿafan, “decay, decomposition, stench”)
  • Active participle: عَافِن‎ (ʿāfin)
  • Passive participle: مَعْفُون‎ (maʿfūn)
• Form II: عَفَّنَ‎ (ʿaffana, “to decay, to go awry”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْفِين‎ (taʿfīn, “something septic”)
  • Active participle: مُعَفِّن‎ (muʿaffin, “mouldy, putrefactive”)
  • Passive participle: مُعَفَّن‎ (muʿaffan)
• Form V: تَعَفَّنَ‎ (taʿaffana, “(reflexive) to rot, to putrefy”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَفُّن‎ (taʿaffun)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَفِّن‎ (mutaʿaffin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَفَّن‎ (mutaʿaffan)

Nouns and adjectives

• عَفِين‎ (ʿafīn, “corrupted, rotten”)
• عُفُونَة‎ (ʿufūna, “decay, decomposition”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ع ف ن”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 784
• Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE) لسان العرب لإبن منظور
• Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE) تكملة المعاجم العربية لرينهارت دوزي