Learn ArabicB1 › وَفَّر

وَفَّر

to provide; to save (money or resources) /wafˈfara/

verbB1#2195 most common

Also: to make available, to economize, to spare

Example sentences

وَفَّرْتُ المال.
I saved money.
هذا العرض يُوَفِّر لك المال.
This offer saves you money.
يُوَفِّر المتجر كل ما تحتاجه.
The store provides everything you need.
وَفَّرَت الشركة فرص عمل جديدة.
The company provided new job opportunities.
سَنُوَفِّر جزءاً من راتبنا كل شهر.
We will save part of our salary every month.
تسعى الحكومة إلى أن تُوَفِّر الخدمات الأساسية لجميع المواطنين.
The government seeks to provide basic services to all citizens.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأُوَفِّروَفَّرْتُسَأُوَفِّر
2sgتُوَفِّروَفَّرْتَسَتُوَفِّر
3sgيُوَفِّروَفَّرَسَيُوَفِّر
1plنُوَفِّروَفَّرْنَاسَنُوَفِّر
2plتُوَفِّرُونَوَفَّرْتُمْسَتُوَفِّرُونَ
3plيُوَفِّرُونَوَفَّرُواسَيُوَفِّرُونَ

Word family

تَوْفيرprovision, saving
تَوَفَّرَto be available, to be plentiful
وَفيرabundant, plentiful
وَفْرةabundance, surplus
مُوَفِّرprovider, one who saves

Etymology

The verb comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root و-ف-ر (w-f-r), which carries the idea of abundance and plenty. In Form II the doubled middle radical gives a causative sense: to make plentiful, and so to provide or to build up a surplus. From that surplus meaning the modern sense of saving money developed.

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