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مُتَأَسِّف
sorry /mu.taʔˈas.sif/
adjectiveB1#2359 most common
Also: regretful, apologetic
Example sentences
أنا مُتَأَسِّف.
I'm sorry.
هي مُتَأَسِّفة جداً على الخطأ.
She is very sorry about the mistake.
كان مُتَأَسِّفاً لأنه تأخر عن الاجتماع.
He was sorry because he was late for the meeting.
نحن مُتَأَسِّفون لعدم قدرتنا على تلبية طلبكم.
We are sorry that we cannot fulfill your request.
أعلنت الشركة أنها مُتَأَسِّفة بشدة للإزعاج الذي سبّبته للعملاء.
The company announced that it deeply regrets the inconvenience it caused customers.
على الرغم من كونه مُتَأَسِّفاً في الظاهر، لم تعكس نبرة صوته أي ندم حقيقي.
Although he seemed sorry on the surface, the tone of his voice reflected no real regret.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُتَأَسِّفٌ | مُتَأَسِّفُونَ |
| Genitive | مُتَأَسِّفٍ | مُتَأَسِّفِينَ |
| Accusative | مُتَأَسِّفاً | مُتَأَسِّفِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُتَأَسِّفُ | يَا مُتَأَسِّفُونَ |
Word family
أَسِفَto be sorry, to grieve
تَأَسَّفَto express regret, to apologize
أَسَفregret, sorrowآسِفsorry (plain, common form)مُؤْسِفregrettable, unfortunateEtymology
مُتَأَسِّف comes from the Semitic root ء-س-ف (ʾ-s-f), which carries the sense of sorrow and grief. The word is the active participle of the Form V verb تَأَسَّفَ, a reflexive pattern built on this root that means to express regret or apologize. The Form V shape adds a sense of active, outward display to the root's core feeling of sorrow, which is why مُتَأَسِّف reads as someone actively showing regret, not just feeling it inwardly.
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