(ض) غَفَرَ يَغْفِرُ غَفْرًا وَغُفْرَانًا وَمَغْفِرَةًghafara yaghfiru ghafran wa-ghufrānan wa-maghfiratan: to cover; hence to cover over a sin and pardon it, to forgive. ﴿اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ جَمِيْعًا اِنَّهُۥ هُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ﴾ (Az-Zumar 39:53)
غُفْرَانٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌghufrān wa-maghfirah (verbal noun (maṣdar) in the sense of a noun (ism dhāt)): forgiveness. ﴿غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَاِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيْرُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:285); ﴿وَسَارِعُوْٓا اِلٰى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:133)
غَفُوْرٌghafūr (intensive form (ṣīghat al-mubālaghah) on the pattern of فَعُوْلٌfaʿūl) and غَفَّارٌghaffār (intensive form (ṣīghat al-mubālaghah) on the pattern of فَعَّالٌfaʿʿāl): one who forgives generously and again and again. ﴿وَهُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الْوَدُوْدُ﴾ (Al-Burūj 85:14); ﴿وَاِنِّيْ لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَنْ تَابَ﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:82)
Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَغْفَرَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اِسْتِغْفَارًاistaghfara yastaghfiru istighfāran: to seek forgiveness. ﴿فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْ اِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا﴾ (Nūḥ 71:10)