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مُؤْسِف
regrettable /ˈmuʔsif/
adjectiveB1#2066 most common
Also: unfortunate, distressing, saddening
Example sentences
هٰذا مُؤْسِف.
This is regrettable.
الخَبَر مُؤْسِف جِدًّا.
The news is very unfortunate.
كانَ أَداء الفَريق مُؤْسِفًا.
The team's performance was disappointing.
مِنَ المُؤْسِف أَنَّكَ لَم تَحْضُرِ الاجْتِماع.
It is regrettable that you did not attend the meeting.
تَرَكَتِ الحادِثَة انْطِباعًا مُؤْسِفًا لَدى جَميع الحاضِرين.
The incident left a regrettable impression on everyone present.
رَغْمَ الجُهود المَبْذولَة، ظَلَّتِ النَّتائِج مُؤْسِفَة إِلى حَدٍّ يَصْعُبُ تَبْريرُه.
Despite the effort spent, the results remained regrettable to a degree hard to justify.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُؤْسِفٌ | مُؤْسِفونَ |
| Genitive | مُؤْسِفٍ | مُؤْسِفينَ |
| Accusative | مُؤْسِفًا | مُؤْسِفينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُؤْسِفُ | يا مُؤْسِفونَ |
Word family
أَسَفregret, sorrowآسِفsorry, regretful
آسَفَto sadden, to cause regret
تَأَسَّفَto feel regret, to be sorry
مَأْسوفlamented, mourned
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root أ-س-ف (ʔ-s-f), which carries the sense of sorrow and regret. The base noun أَسَف means grief or regret. The form IV verb آسَفَ means to sadden or to cause regret, and مُؤْسِف is its active participle, so it names something that produces sorrow.
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