# شاف
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaː.fa/

### Verb

شَافَ • (šāfa) I (non-past يَشُوفُ (yašūfu), verbal noun شَوْف (šawf)) (transitive)
* to look down at; to view
    Synonyms: أَشْرَفَ (ʔašrafa), اِطَّلَع (iṭṭalaʕ)
* (post-Classical) to see
    Synonym: رَأَى (raʔā)

#### Descendants

* → Swahili: -shufu

### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “شاف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “شاف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَافَ (šāfa).

### Verb

شاف • (šāf) I (non-past يشيف (yišīf))
* to see (to perceive with the eyes)
** 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎, N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تَثْنِية [Deuteronomy] 21:11:وَ كَنْ رَاجِلْ مِنْكُو يِشِيفْ مِنْ الْمَسَاجِينْ دَوْل مَرَةْ جَمِيلَةْ وَ عَزَلْهَا لِتَبْقَى لَيَّهْ مَرَةْAnd if a man sees a beautiful woman among the captives and chooses her to be his wife

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 30

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَافَ (šāfa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaːf/

### Verb

شاف • (šāf) I (non-past يشوف (yišūf))
* to see (to perceive with the eyes)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَافَ (šāfa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaːf/

### Verb

شاف • (šāf) I (non-past يِشُوف (yišūf))
* to see (to perceive with the eyes)

#### Conjugation
## Iraqi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شاف (šāf).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaːf/

### Verb

شاف (šāf) I (non-past يشوف (yšūf))
* to see

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of شاف (šāf) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | شفت (šifit) | شفت (šifit) | شاف (šāf) | شفنا (šifna) | شفتو (šiftu) | شافو (šāfaw) |
| past | f | شفت (šifit) | شفتي (šifti) | شافت (šāfat) | شفنا (šifna) | شفتن (šiftan) | شافن (šāfan) |
| present | m | اشوف (ašūf) | تشوف (tšūf) | يشوف (yšūf) | نشوف (nšūf) | تشوفون (tšūfūn) | يشوفون (yšūfūn) |
| present | f | اشوف (ašūf) | تشوفين (tšūfīn) | تشوف (tšūf) | نشوف (nšūf) | تشوفن (tšūfan) | يشوفن (yšūfan) |
| imperative | m | | شوف (šūf) | | | شوفو (šūfu) | |
| imperative | f | | شوفي (šūfi) | | | شوفن (šūfan) | |

## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaːf/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic شَافَ (šāfa).

#### Verb

شاف • (šāf) I (non-past يشوف (yšūf), verbal noun شوفان (šūfān) or شوف (šūf), active participle شايف (šāyif))
* to see (to perceive with the eyes)
    Synonym: (dated) را (rā)
    شفتي شنو وقع فديك الدار؟šufti šnu wqaʕ f-dīk ed-dār?Did you see what happened in that house?
    ملي كنشوف اللي جرى لي كنشكر ربي على سلامتي.Milli kanšūf elli jrā li kanuškur rabbi ʕla slāmti.When I see what happened to me, I thank God for my well-being.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chef.

#### Noun

شاف • (šāf) m (plural شيفان (šīfān), feminine شافة (šāfa))
* boss, manager

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَافَ (šāfa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃeːf/

### Verb

شاف • (šāf) I (non-past يشوف (yšūf))
* to see (“to perceive with the eyes”)
    بدكن تشوفوا دموعي؟ ― baddkun tšūfu dmūʕi? ― Do you want to see me cry?

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَافَ (šāfa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaːf/, [ʃæːf]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

شاف • (šāf) I (present بشوف (bišūf), active participle شايف (šāyef))
* to see
    بشوفها كل يوم بالمكتب.bašūfha kull yōm bil-maktab.I see her every day at the office.
    انتا شايف الزلمة اللي واقف هناك.enta šāyef iz-zalame lli wāʔef honāk?Do you see the guy standing over there?
* (by extension) to consider, to find (something to be)

#### See also

* تطلّع (tṭallaʕ, “to look”)
* تفرّج (tfarraj, “to look; to watch”)