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سافِل
base /ˈsaː.fil/
adjectiveB1#1995 most common
Also: vile, low, despicable
Example sentences
هو رجل سافِل.
He is a base man.
هذا تصرف سافِل.
This is a vile act.
لا أتكلم مع الناس السافِلين.
I do not talk to low people.
كان سلوكه سافِلاً في الاجتماع.
His behavior was despicable at the meeting.
لجأ إلى أساليب سافِلة ليكسب المال بأي ثمن.
He resorted to base methods to earn money at any cost.
لن يرتقي من يظل يتشبث بغرائز سافِلة ويحتقر كل قيمة نبيلة.
One who keeps clinging to base instincts and scorns every noble value will not rise.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سافِلٌ | سافِلونَ |
| Genitive | سافِلٍ | سافِلينَ |
| Accusative | سافِلاً | سافِلينَ |
| Vocative | يا سافِلُ | يا سافِلونَ |
Word family
أسفلlower, bottom
سُفليlower, nether
سَفالةbaseness, vileness
سَفَلةrabble, base people
سَفُلَto be low, to be base
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root s-f-l, meaning to be low or beneath. As the active participle of this root, سافِل describes something or someone in a low position, and the sense shifted from physical lowness to moral baseness. The same root gives أسفل, the lower part or bottom.
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