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و-ظ-ف
jobs and posts
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Words from this root
5 words in 5 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
مُفَعَّل مُوَظَّفٌ
employee, clerk, civil servant
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- Plural
- مُوَظَّفُونَ
- Feminine
- مُوَظَّفَةٌ
فَعِيلَة وَظِيفَةٌ
job, post; function
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- Plural
- وَظَائِفُ
فَعَّلَ وَظَّفَ
to employ, hire
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- Present
- يُوَظِّفُ
تَفْعِيل تَوْظِيفٌ
employment, hiring, recruitment
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فَعْلِيّ وَظِيفِيٌّ
functional; job-related
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- Feminine
- وَظِيفِيَّةٌ
How the patterns shape this root
وَظِيفَة (فَعِيلَة) is a job or post, plural وَظَائِف — and also the function of a thing. Form II وَظَّفَ is to employ: to give someone a post; the person given one is مُوَظَّف (مُفَعَّل), the employee or clerk you meet at every counter, feminine مُوَظَّفَة. تَوْظِيف is recruitment, as on a company's careers page.
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