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أَسْفَل
bottom /ˈʔas.fal/
nounA1#409 most common
Also: lowest part, underside, lower part
Example sentences
اكتب اسمك في أَسْفَل الصفحة.
Write your name at the bottom of the page.
الحقيبة في أَسْفَل الخزانة.
The bag is at the bottom of the cupboard.
نزلنا إلى أَسْفَل الجبل قبل الغروب.
We went down to the bottom of the mountain before sunset.
وقّع المدير في أَسْفَل العقد بعد قراءته.
The manager signed at the bottom of the contract after reading it.
يقع المطعم في أَسْفَل البناية، تحت مكاتب الشركة.
The restaurant is at the bottom of the building, below the company offices.
كلما هبطنا إلى أَسْفَل الوادي، ازداد البرد قسوة.
The further down we went toward the bottom of the valley, the harsher the cold became.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَسْفَلُ | أَسَافِلُ |
| Genitive | أَسْفَلَ | أَسَافِلَ |
| Accusative | أَسْفَلَ | أَسَافِلَ |
| Vocative | يا أَسْفَلُ | يا أَسَافِلُ |
Word family
سَفَلَto be low, sink
سُفْلَىlower (feminine)
سَافِلlow, vile
أَسَافِلlowest parts; the dregs (of people)
سُفْلlower part, underside
Etymology
أَسْفَل is the elative form of the root s-f-l, which means to be low or to sink. It serves as both an adjective (lower, lowest) and a noun (the bottom). The root is old and shared across the Semitic languages, where the same three consonants carry the sense of lowness.
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