Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: عفو (ʿfw)

Examining Root: عفو (ʿfw)

Definition:
To forgive/pardon, abound, pass over, forgo, grow, multiply, obliterate all traces, remit, give more than what is due, relinquish right or remit in whole or in part.
afina (oblique pl. of afin) - forgiving.
afuwwan - very forgiving, name of Allah.
afwun - forgiveness, indulgence, surplus, superfluity. ya'fu - to pardon.
ufiya - he is pardoned.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 35

Lemmata Based on This Root: 4

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 27

Form
I:	27
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	24
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	3

Person
1st:	3
2nd:	7
3rd:	17

Number
Singular:	17
Dual:	0
Plural:	10

Noun: 8

Case
Nominative:	2
Accusative:	5
Genitive:	1

Gender
Masculine:	8
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	7
Dual:	0
Plural:	1

Formula
Appears in 52 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 20 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 7 Length 4: 2 Length 5: 2	Length 3: 26 Length 4: 13 Length 5: 2	Length 3: 14 Length 4: 6 Length 5: 0

Glosses for this Root
(May) Allah forgive (x6) Oft-Pardoning (x3) and overlooking (x3) you pardon (x2) (is) surely, Oft-Pardoning (x2) The surplus (x2) But forgive (x2) and those who pardon (x1) We pardon (x1) and He forgave (x1) And pardon (x1) pardon (x1)	So forgive (x1) forgoes (x1) We forgave (x1) but He pardons (x1) they increased (x1) is pardoned (x1) you forgo (x1) then We forgave them (x1) And let them pardon (x1) they (women) forgo (it) (x1)

Verse List

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