awfā
more, most faithful, more, most complete
أَوْفَى
Word
Noun · pattern أَفْعَلRoot
و ف يIn the library
بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِ وَاتَّقَىٰ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ
The Qurʾān, page 59 →From the same root
- وَفَىَfulfill, carry out
- وَفَّىَsatisfy, fulfill
- وَفِيّfaithful, complete
- وافَىَarrive, provide
- أَوْفَىَfulfill, discharge, pay
- وَفاةdeath
- وافِيloyal
- وافِيsufficient, abundant
- مُوَفِّيcompleting, rounding out, last day
- مَنُوفِيّof, from Manoufiya
- تَوافَىَbe complete, concur
- يُوسُفِيّtangerines
- اِسْتَوْفَىَrecover, fulfill
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries-
1 Form I He fulfilled, performed, kept, or was faithful to, the compact, or covenant, and the promise
[He fulfilled, performed, kept, or was faithful to, the compact, or covenant, and the promise]: act. part. n. وَفِىٌّ; pl. أَوْفِيَآءُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- وَفَآءٌ signifies The being faithful to an engagement, or promise: see 1, last sentence, in art. رعى. ― -b3- وَفَاهُ He paid it: see an ex. (فِى ثَوْبَىْ أَبِى أَنْ أَفِيَهُ) voce ثَوْبٌ. -
وَفَّاهُ حَقَّهُ Form II He paid, or rendered, to him fully, or completely, his right, or due
and ↓ اوفاهُ and ↓ وافاهُ and ↓ توفّاهُ and ↓ استوفاهُ He paid, or rendered, to him fully, or completely, his right, or due. (K. [In the CK, اَوْفاهُ is erroneously put for وَافَاهُ.]) -
وَافَى بِهِ Form III He brought it
He brought it: see a verse cited in art. سجد. ― -b2- See 2. -
أَوْفَى عَلَيْهِ Form IV He looked upon it, looked upon it from above, looked down upon it
He looked upon it, looked upon it from above, looked down upon it; got a view of it; or saw it; syn. أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ, (S, Msb, K, TA,) and اِطَّلَعَ; and اوفى فِيهِ [likewise] signifies اشرف. (TA.) ― -b2- See 2. -
تَوَفَّاهُ ٱللّٰهُ Form V God took his soul
God took his soul, (S, K,) [either at death, or in sleep. See the Kur-án, vi. 60]: or caused him to die. (Msb.) ― -b2- See 2 and 10. -
اِسْتَوْفَاهُ Form X exacted
and ↓ تَوَفَّاهُ He [exacted,] took, or received, it fully, or wholly. (Mgh.) See an ex. voce عَلَى. ― -b2- See 2. ― -b3- اِسْتَوْفَى [He completed] so many years of his age. (A, O, in TA, voce احفر.) -
وَفِىٌّ A fulfiller, performer, or keeper, of the compact, or covenant
: see وَفَى. ― -b2- وَفِىُّ العَهْدِ [A fulfiller, performer, or keeper, of the compact, or covenant. (TA, voce إِلٌّ.)
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