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تَفْصِيل
detail /tafˈsˤiːl/
nounA2#1161 most common
Also: elaboration, specification, detailed account
Example sentences
هَذَا تَفْصِيل مُهِمّ.
This is an important detail.
اِشْرَحْ لِي الدَّرْسَ بِالتَّفْصِيل.
Explain the lesson to me in detail.
لَا أَتَذَكَّرُ كُلَّ تَفْصِيل فِي القِصَّة.
I do not remember every detail in the story.
شَرَحَ المُهَنْدِسُ المَشْرُوعَ بِالتَّفْصِيل أَمَامَ اللَّجْنَة.
The engineer explained the project in detail to the committee.
كُلُّ تَفْصِيل فِي هَذِهِ اللَّوْحَةِ يَكْشِفُ عَنْ مَهَارَةِ الفَنَّان.
Every detail in this painting reveals the artist's skill.
يَتَجَلَّى إِتْقَانُ الرِّوَائِيِّ فِي رَسْمِ كُلِّ تَفْصِيل دَقِيقٍ دُونَ أَنْ يُثْقِلَ السَّرْد.
The novelist's mastery shows in rendering every fine detail without weighing down the narrative.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَفْصِيلٌ | تَفَاصِيلُ |
| Genitive | تَفْصِيلٍ | تَفَاصِيلَ |
| Accusative | تَفْصِيلًا | تَفَاصِيلَ |
| Vocative | يَا تَفْصِيلُ | يَا تَفَاصِيلُ |
Word family
فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala)to detail, elaborate; to tailor cloth
فَصْل (faṣl)separation; chapter; season; class
مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal)detailed
تَفَاصِيل (tafāṣīl)details (plural)
فَاصِل (fāṣil)divider; separator; interval
Etymology
تَفْصِيل is the verbal noun of the form II verb فَصَّلَ, to separate or set out in parts. Its root ف ص ل carries the basic sense of dividing and distinguishing, the same root behind فَصْل, a chapter or season, and فَاصِل, a divider. To give a detail is to break a whole into its parts and lay each one out.
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