Arabic

Noun

أَنْفُس • ‎(ʾanfus) m pl, f pl

1. plural of نَفْس ‎(nafs)
   • Qur'an 13:11

     لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَتٌۭ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍۢ سُوٓءًۭا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

     lahū muʿaqqibātun min bayni yadayhi wa-min xalfihī yaḥfaẓūnaū min ʾamri llāhi ʾinna llāha lā yuġayyiru mā bi-qawmin, ḥattā yuġayyirū mā bi-ʾanfusihim wa-ʾiḏā ʾarāda llāhu bi-qawmin sūʾan fa-lā maradda lahū wa-mā lahum min dūnihī min wālin

     For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah . Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

Etymology 2

Elative of نَفِيس ‎(nafīs, “precious”), from the root ن ف س ‎(n-f-s).

Adjective

أَنْفَس • ‎(ʾanfas)

1. elative degree of نَفِيس ‎(nafīs):
   1. more precious; most precious

Declension

References

• “نفس” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 3

Verb

أَنْفَسُ • ‎(ʾanfasu) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَفِسَ ‎(nafisa)

Verb

أَنْفَسَ • ‎(ʾanfasa) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of نَفِسَ ‎(nafisa)

Verb

أَنْفَسْ • ‎(ʾanfas) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفِسَ ‎(nafisa)

Verb

أَنْفُسُ • ‎(ʾanfusu) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَفُسَ ‎(nafusa)

Verb

أَنْفُسَ • ‎(ʾanfusa) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of نَفُسَ ‎(nafusa)

Verb

أَنْفُسْ • ‎(ʾanfus) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفُسَ ‎(nafusa)

Verb

أُنْفَسُ • ‎(ʾunfasu) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نَفِسَ ‎(nafisa)
2. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نُفِسَ ‎(nufisa)

Verb

أُنْفَسَ • ‎(ʾunfasa) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَفِسَ ‎(nafisa)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of نُفِسَ ‎(nufisa)

Verb

أُنْفَسْ • ‎(ʾunfas) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفِسَ ‎(nafisa)
2. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نُفِسَ ‎(nufisa)

Etymology 4

Verb

أُنَفِّسُ • ‎(ʾunaffisu) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَفَّسَ ‎(naffasa)

Verb

أُنَفِّسَ • ‎(ʾunaffisa) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of نَفَّسَ ‎(naffasa)

Verb

أُنَفِّسْ • ‎(ʾunaffis) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَّسَ ‎(naffasa)

Verb

أُنَفَّسُ • ‎(ʾunaffasu) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نَفَّسَ ‎(naffasa)

Verb

أُنَفَّسَ • ‎(ʾunaffasa) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَفَّسَ ‎(naffasa)

Verb

أُنَفَّسْ • ‎(ʾunaffas) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَّسَ ‎(naffasa)