Body & healthRoot 8 of 12 in this field
ن-ف-س
self, soul, breath
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Words from this root
8 words in 8 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعْل نَفْسٌ
self; soul; a person
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- Plural
- أَنْفُسٌ
نَفْسِي myself; بِنَفْسِهِ by himself; نَفْسُ الشَّيْءِ the same thing
فَعَل نَفَسٌ
a breath
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- Plural
- أَنْفَاسٌ
تَفَعَّلَ تَنَفَّسَ
to breathe
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- Present
- يَتَنَفَّسُ
- Command
- تَنَفَّسْ
تَنَفَّسْ بِعُمْقٍ breathe deeply
تَفَعُّل تَنَفُّسٌ
breathing, respiration
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فَعْلِيّ نَفْسِيٌّ
psychological, mental
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- Feminine
- نَفْسِيَّةٌ
طَبِيبٌ نَفْسِيٌّ psychiatrist
فَاعَلَ نَافَسَ
to compete with
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- Present
- يُنَافِسُ
مُفَاعَلَة مُنَافَسَةٌ
competition
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- Plural
- مُنَافَسَاتٌ
فَعِيل Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
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precious
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- Feminine
- نَفِيسَةٌ
How the patterns shape this root
Two words differ by one vowel: نَفْس, the self or soul (نَفْسِي, myself; نَفْسُ الشَّيْءِ, the same thing), and نَفَس, a breath. Form V تَنَفَّسَ is to breathe — تَنَفَّسْ بِعُمْقٍ, breathe deeply, says the doctor — and تَنَفُّس is respiration. نَفْسِيّ is psychological: a طَبِيبٌ نَفْسِيٌّ is a psychiatrist. Form III نَافَسَ is to compete — to want the same precious thing, نَفِيس — and مُنَافَسَة is competition.
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