أَنْفَاس sighs in Arabic
أَنْفَاس is how you say “sighs” in Arabic.
Root ن ف س n-f-s. noun (broken plural of نَفَسٌ, "breath"). anfās.
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Meaning of sighs in Arabic
- sighs audible breaths released outward, as in longing, relief, or exhaustion
- breaths the plain plural of نَفَسٌ, tied to the verb تنفّس, 'to breathe, draw breath'
Example sentence
ويرسلها مع أنفاس الأسف حتى جاءه توقيع فتاب عليه
And he sent them with sighs of regret until a decree came to him, and He accepted his repentance.
أَنْفَاسِ sighs
anfas means 'breaths, sighs' (plural of nafas), heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
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How it is used
أَنْفَاس is simply the plural of نَفَسٌ ("breath"), so it denotes individual breaths — and, by extension, the audible sighs a person lets out. The same root gives تنفّس ("to breathe"), showing respiration as the thread running through this word.
Words from the same root
- نَفَسٌ breath (singular of anfās)
- تنفّس to breathe, draw breath
- نفّس to relieve grief or ease a burden
- نافس to vie for, desire with emulation
- نَفِيسٌ precious, excellent, highly prized
- نِفَاسٌ childbirth
Common questions
- How do you say "sighs" in Arabic?
- أَنْفَاس (anfās).
- What is the singular of أنفاس؟
- نَفَسٌ (nafas), meaning "breath" — أنفاس is its plural.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).