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قَرَف
disgust /ˈqa.raf/
nounB1#2254 most common
Also: nausea, revulsion, loathing
Example sentences
هٰذا قَرَف.
This is disgusting.
أَشْعُرُ بِالقَرَفِ مِنْ هٰذا الطَّعامِ.
I feel disgust at this food.
مَنْظَرُ المَكانِ أَصابَني بِالقَرَفِ.
The sight of the place filled me with disgust.
لا أُطيقُ هٰذا القَرَفَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ في العَمَلِ.
I can't stand this disgust every day at work.
نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ بِقَرَفٍ ثُمَّ اِبْتَعَدَ دونَ كَلِمَةٍ.
He looked at him with disgust, then walked away without a word.
يُخْفي وَراءَ اِبْتِسامَتِهِ قَرَفاً عَميقاً مِنْ نِفاقِ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ.
Behind his smile he hides a deep disgust at the hypocrisy of those around him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَرَفٌ | — |
| Genitive | قَرَفٍ | — |
| Accusative | قَرَفاً | — |
| Vocative | يا قَرَفُ | — |
Word family
مُقْرِفdisgusting, revolting
قَرْفانdisgusted, fed up (colloquial)
قَرَّفَto disgust, to sicken
قِرْفbark, rind; cinnamon
أَقْرَفَto be or become disgusting
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ق-ر-ف, whose core sense is to peel or scrape off bark or skin. The related noun قِرْف means bark or rind, and by extension cinnamon. The sense of disgust developed from the idea of something that turns the stomach, as if the lining were being scraped raw.
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