# قصف
## Arabic

* Root
* ق ص ف (q ṣ f)
* 2 terms

### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.sˤa.fa/

#### Verb

قَصَفَ • (qaṣafa) I (non-past يَقْصِفُ (yaqṣifu), verbal noun قَصْف (qaṣf))
* (transitive) to break, shatter, smash
* (transitive) to beset, harass, oppress
* (intransitive) to thunder, roar (especially of cannon); to roll, rumble, grumble, peal (of thunder)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.sˤi.fa/

#### Verb

قَصِفَ • (qaṣifa) I (non-past يَقْصَفُ (yaqṣafu), verbal noun قَصَف (qaṣaf))
* (intransitive) to break
* (intransitive) to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
* (intransitive) to be pliable, to be soft and weak (of a stick)
* (intransitive) to bend from its own weight (of a plant)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qasˤf/

#### Noun

قَصْف • (qaṣf) m
* thunder, roar (of cannon)
* bombardment, shelling, bombing
** 2017 December 15, “صور – 4 شهداء في الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة”, in Al-Quds‎, archived from the original on 15 December 2017:ويعاني أبو ثريا من بتر في القدمين إثر قصف إسرائيلي عام 2008، إلا أنّ ذلك لم يمنعه من المشاركة في المواجهات على الحدود.Abu Thuriya suffers a mutilation of the feet following an Israeli bombardment in the year 2008, but this has not held him off in taking his part in action at the borders.

##### Derived terms

* قَصْفَة (qaṣfa)

### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.sˤif/

#### Adjective

قَصِف • (qaṣif)
* fragile

##### Declension
#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “قصف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.sˤa.fa/

#### Verb

قَصَفَ • (qaṣafa) I (non-past يَقْصُفُ (yaqṣufu), verbal noun قَصْف (qaṣf) or قُصُوف (quṣūf))
* (intransitive) to feast, revel, carouse
* (intransitive) to lead a life of opulence

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qasˤf/

#### Noun

قَصْف • (qaṣf) m
* revelry, carousal

##### Declension
## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ق ص ف
* 2 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.sˤaf/

#### Verb

قصف • (gaṣaf) I (non-past يِقْصِف (yigṣif))
* to bombard, to shell, to bomb

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of قصف (gaṣaf) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | قصفت (gaṣaft) | قصفت (gaṣaft) | قصف (gaṣaf) | قصفنا (gaṣafna) | قصفتوا (gaṣaftu) | قصفوا (gaṣafu) |
| past | f | قصفت (gaṣaft) | قصفتي (gaṣafti) | قصفت (gaṣafat) | قصفنا (gaṣafna) | قصفتوا (gaṣaftu) | قصفوا (gaṣafu) |
| non-past | m | أقصف (ʔagṣif) | تقصف (tigṣif) | يقصف (yigṣif) | نقصف (nigṣif) | تقصفوا (tigṣifu) | يقصفوا (yigṣifu) |
| non-past | f | أقصف (ʔagṣif) | تقصفي (tigṣifi) | تقصف (tigṣif) | نقصف (nigṣif) | تقصفوا (tigṣifu) | يقصفوا (yigṣifu) |
| imperative | m | | اقصف (agṣif) | | | اقصفوا (agṣifu) | |
| imperative | f | | اقصفي (agṣifi) | | | اقصفوا (agṣifu) | |

### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصَّفَ (qaṣṣafa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡasˤ.sˤaf/

#### Verb

قصف • (gaṣṣaf) II (non-past يِقَصِّف (yigaṣṣif))
* to cause breakage
* to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of قصف (gaṣṣaf) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | قصفت (gaṣṣaft) | قصفت (gaṣṣaft) | قصف (gaṣṣaf) | قصفنا (gaṣṣafna) | قصفتوا (gaṣṣaftu) | قصفوا (gaṣṣafu) |
| past | f | قصفت (gaṣṣaft) | قصفتي (gaṣṣafti) | قصفت (gaṣṣafat) | قصفنا (gaṣṣafna) | قصفتوا (gaṣṣaftu) | قصفوا (gaṣṣafu) |
| non-past | m | أقصف (ʔagaṣṣif) | تقصف (tigaṣṣif) | يقصف (yigaṣṣif) | نقصف (nigaṣṣif) | تقصفوا (tigaṣṣifu) | يقصفوا (yigaṣṣifu) |
| non-past | f | أقصف (ʔagaṣṣif) | تقصفي (tigaṣṣifi) | تقصف (tigaṣṣif) | نقصف (nigaṣṣif) | تقصفوا (tigaṣṣifu) | يقصفوا (yigaṣṣifu) |
| imperative | m | | قصف (gaṣṣif) | | | قصفوا (gaṣṣifu) | |
| imperative | f | | قصفي (gaṣṣifi) | | | قصفوا (gaṣṣifu) | |

### Etymology 3

From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡasˤf/

#### Noun

قصف • (gaṣf) m
* thunder, roar (of cannon)
* bombardment, shelling, bombing

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.sˤaf/

#### Verb

قصف • (qaṣaf)
* to bombard, to shell, to bomb

### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.sˤef/

#### Noun

قصف • (qáṣef) m
* bombing, shelling, bombardment