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تَصَرَّف
to behave, to act /taˈsˤarrafa/
verbA2#771 most common
Also: to conduct oneself, to dispose of (something), to handle a matter as one sees fit
Example sentences
تَصَرَّفَ بِأَدَبٍ.
He behaved politely.
كَيْفَ تَصَرَّفْتَ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ الْيَوْمَ؟
How did you behave at school today?
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَتَصَرَّفَ بِحِكْمَةٍ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْقِفِ.
We must act wisely in this situation.
تَصَرَّفَ الْمُدِيرُ فِي أَمْوَالِ الشَّرِكَةِ دُونَ إِذْنٍ.
The manager disposed of the company's funds without permission.
عِنْدَمَا فُوجِئَ بِالسُّؤَالِ، تَصَرَّفَ بِسُرْعَةٍ وَأَنْقَذَ الْمَوْقِفَ.
When he was caught off guard by the question, he acted quickly and saved the situation.
لَا يَحِقُّ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتَصَرَّفَ فِي الْمِلْكِيَّةِ الْعَامَّةِ وَكَأَنَّهَا مِلْكٌ خَاصٌّ بِهِ.
No one has the right to dispose of public property as if it were their own.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَصَرَّفُ | تَصَرَّفْتُ | سَأَتَصَرَّفُ |
| 2sg | تَتَصَرَّفُ | تَصَرَّفْتَ | سَتَتَصَرَّفُ |
| 3sg | يَتَصَرَّفُ | تَصَرَّفَ | سَيَتَصَرَّفُ |
| 1pl | نَتَصَرَّفُ | تَصَرَّفْنَا | سَنَتَصَرَّفُ |
| 2pl | تَتَصَرَّفُونَ | تَصَرَّفْتُمْ | سَتَتَصَرَّفُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَصَرَّفُونَ | تَصَرَّفُوا | سَيَتَصَرَّفُونَ |
Word family
تَصَرُّفbehavior, conduct; disposal
صَرَفَto spend; to turn away, dismiss
مُتَصَرِّفone who acts; (historical) Ottoman district governor
تَصْرِيفgrammatical conjugation; disposal; drainage
مَصْرِفbank; drainage outletEtymology
تَصَرَّف belongs to the root ص-ر-ف, whose core sense is turning, diverting, and spending. It is the Form V (reflexive) stem, so it means to turn or handle matters for oneself, hence to behave or to dispose of something freely. The same root gives صَرْف (money exchange, grammatical inflection) and مَصْرِف (bank).
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