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عَفِن
rotten /ʕaˈfin/
adjectiveB2#4385 most common
Also: putrid, moldy, decayed
Example sentences
هذا الخبز عَفِن.
This bread is rotten.
لا تأكل هذا اللحم العَفِن.
Don't eat this rotten meat.
رائحة البيض العَفِن كريهة جدًا.
The smell of rotten eggs is very foul.
وجدنا تفاحًا عَفِنًا في قعر الصندوق.
We found rotten apples at the bottom of the box.
تراكمت في الزاوية أكوامٌ من الخشب العَفِن الذي أكلته الرطوبة.
Piles of rotten wood eaten away by damp had piled up in the corner.
كانت رائحة الجثة العَفِنة تفوح من البئر المهجور منذ أسابيع.
The smell of the rotten corpse had been drifting from the abandoned well for weeks.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَفِنٌ | عَفِنُونَ |
| Genitive | عَفِنٍ | عَفِنِينَ |
| Accusative | عَفِنًا | عَفِنِينَ |
| Vocative | يا عَفِنُ | يا عَفِنُونَ |
Word family
عَفَنrot, mold, decay
عَفِنَto rot, to go moldy
عَفَّنَto cause to rot, to make moldy
مُتَعَفِّنrotten, moldy (from having rotted over time)
عُفُونةputrefaction, rottenness
Etymology
عَفِن comes from the Arabic root ع ف ن (ʿ-f-n), which covers rotting, decay, and mold. The adjective follows the faʿil pattern, common for words describing a physical or sensory state, here the state of having decayed. The related noun عَفَن means mold or rot itself, and the verb عَفِنَ means to rot or go moldy.
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