عفيف ʻafīf v.n. fr. عفّ; see ʻiffat
A عفيف ʻafīf (v.n. fr. عفّ; see ʻiffat), m. = P عفيفه ʻafīfa (for A. عفيفة, fem. of ʻafīf), f. adj. Abstinent, continent, chaste, virtuous, decent, modest, decorous;—ʻafīfa, s.f. A chaste woman, a modest woman, &c.
عفف ʻafaf
H عفف ʻafaf = H عف عف ʻaf-ʻaf (onomat.), s.f. An imitative sound (as of a dog barking), bow-wow.
اف uff
A اف uff, intj. (expressive of anxiety, distress of mind, vexation, disgust, &c.), Oh! oh dear! alas! ugh! foh! faugh! fye! pish! pooh!—s.m. Dirt, filth, rubbish; a mere puff or blast of breath, &c. (in this sense the word does not occur alone, but in combination with the verbs kar-denā and ho-jānā; see below):—uff-re, uff-re-uff, intj.=uff:—uff karnā, v.n. To utter the exclamation uff by reason of disquietude, distress, &c.; to heave a sigh, to sigh, lament; to signify disapproval or contempt; to pooh-pooh (at), think lightly (of):—uff kar-denā, v.t. To reduce to dirt or dust, to ruin, destroy, reduce to nothing:—uff na karnā, uff na nikālnā, v.n. To make no sign indicative of distress, vexation, &c., not to breathe a syllable, to endure in silence; to make no sign of sympathy or compassion, to shew perfect indifference to distress, &c.:—uff ho-jānā, v.n. To be reduced to dirt or dust, to become ruined, destroyed, &c.
عف عف ʻaf-ʻaf
H عف عف ʻaf-ʻaf = H عفف ʻafaf (onomat.), s.f. An imitative sound (as of a dog barking), bow-wow.
