Arabic - English Dictionary صرَّفَ يصرِّف، تصريفًا، فهو مُصرِّف، والمفعول مُصرَّف
Root: ص ر فSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
صرَّف الأشياءَ
نقلها، بدَّلها، وجَّهها
🇬🇧 Translation:
Moved them, exchanged them, directed them (To distribute/circulate/direct).
صرَّف الأمرَ
بيَّنه وفصَّله
🇬🇧 Translation:
Clarified it and detailed it (To explain/expound).
قسَّمه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Divided/Apportioned it.
صرَّف العُملةَ
صرَفها، حوَّلها وبدَّلها بمثلها.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Exchanged it, converted it and replaced it with its like (To exchange currency).
صرَّف المياهَ
جعلها تجري في قنوات أو أنابيب معيَّنة.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Made it flow in specific channels or pipes (To drain/channel water).
صرَّف الألفاظَ
(نح) اشتقَّ بعضَها من بعض.
🇬🇧 Translation:
(Grammar) Derived some of them from others (To conjugate/inflect words).
Example / Citation:
- " صرَّف البضائعَ : تصرَّف فيها بالبيع
- {وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " sarrafa al-bada'i'a : tasarrafa fiha bil-bay'i
- {wa tasrifi ar-riyahi was-sahabi al-musakhkhari bayna as-sama'i wal-ardi la'ayatin liqawmin ya'qiluna} (Distributed the goods: Disposed of them by selling
- And in the directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason). "