أُفٌّ
Root: اف
Full Definition
2 أُفّ, also, is a word expressive of vexation, distress of mind, or disgust; or of dislike, displeasure, or hatred; and has six forms; mentioned by Akh; or ten; or forty; or more; as follow: أُفِّ and أُفَّ and أُفُّ and أُفٍّ and أُفَّا and أُفٌّ and أُفِّ and أُفَ and أُفُ and أُفٍ and أُفًا and أُفٌ and أُفْ and أُفّْ and أُفَّى , pronounced with imáleh, i. e. with pure imáleh, and أُفَّى with intermediate imáleh, and أُفَّى without imáleh, the alif [written ى] in these three denoting the fem. gender, and أُفِّى , with kesr to the ف, i. e., as a prefixed noun with its complement, [the latter being the pronoun of the first pers.,] and أُفُّوْهْ , with damm to the أ and ف, which latter is with teshdeed, and with the و and ه quiescent, and [in a copy of the M ] and and and إِفْ and and and and and and and and and , with damm to the ف, which is with teshdeed, [in a copy of the M ,] and إِفَّا , like إِنَّا, and , pronounced with imáleh, and , with kesr, i. e., prefixed to the pronoun of the first person, and أَفْ and and or and آفِ , or , and , or , [all these forms, making the number mentioned by the author of the K, I have drawn from a comparison of three copies of that work, and I believe them to be correct: some other forms are mentioned by SM as perhaps indicated in the K; but I see no good reason for this: he then adds,] and أَفَهْ and أَفُوهْ and , the last mentioned by IB on the authority of IKtt. أُفِّ, [with its variants,] in its primary sense, denotes one's blowing at a thing that falls upon him, such as dust or ashes; or at the place, to remove therefrom what is annoying; therefore people say, at anything that they deem troublesome, or displeasing, or hateful, أُفِّ لَهُ [as though meaning A puff, or blast of breath, to it]: or [rather] it is a word imitative of a sound; [like ugh in English, both in sound and meaning; and in meaning like our interjections foh and faugh;] denoting vexation, or distress of mind, or disgust; or denoting contempt: or it is a verbal noun, meaning I am vexed, or distressed in mind, or disgusted: or it is an imperative verbal noun [denoting disgust or abhorrence, like out, and away]: or he who says أُفَّا لَكَ uses it in the manner of an imprecation, like as one says وَيْلًا لِلْكَافِرِينَ; and he who says أُفٌّ لَكَ puts it in the nom. case because of the ل, like as one says وَيْلٌ لِلْكَافِرِينَ; and he who says أُفٍّ لَكَ puts it in the gen. case likening it to words imitative of sounds. It is said in the Kur [xvii. 24], وَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفِّ, or أُفٍّ, [And say not thou to them Ugh, &c.,] meaning, do not thou deem anything of their affairs burdensome, nor be contracted in bosom thereby, nor be rough, or harsh, or coarse, to them: or do not thou say to them anything expressive of the least disgust, when they have become old, but take upon thyself their service; أُفِّ signifying stink.
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