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عُنْف
violence /ˈʕunf/
nounB1#1683 most common
Also: force, brutality, harshness
Example sentences
العُنْفُ سَيِّئٌ.
Violence is bad.
أَنا لا أُحِبُّ العُنْفَ.
I do not like violence.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَرْفُضَ العُنْفَ في المُجْتَمَعِ.
We must reject violence in society.
انْتَشَرَ العُنْفُ في المَدينَةِ بَعْدَ المُباراةِ.
Violence spread through the city after the match.
تُعالِجُ الحُكومَةُ مُشْكِلَةَ العُنْفِ الأُسَرِيِّ بِقَوانينَ جَديدَةٍ.
The government is tackling the problem of domestic violence with new laws.
لا يُمْكِنُ تَبْريرُ العُنْفِ بِأَيِّ ذَريعَةٍ مَهْما كانَتْ.
Violence cannot be justified by any pretext, whatever it may be.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُنْفٌ | None |
| Genitive | عُنْفٍ | None |
| Accusative | عُنْفاً | None |
| Vocative | يا عُنْفُ | None |
Word family
عَنيفviolent, harsh
عَنَّفَto rebuke or treat harshly
تَعْنيفharsh rebuke
عُنْفُوانprime, full vigor
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Arabic root ع-ن-ف (ʿ-n-f), which carries the sense of harshness and severity. It follows the fuʿl pattern used for many abstract nouns. The root also gives the adjective ʿanīf, meaning violent or harsh.
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