آفة

Arabic

Root
ء و ف (ʔ w f)
1 term

  • Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔaː.fa/

    Noun

    آفَة • (ʔāfa) f (plural آفَات (ʔāfāt))

    1. damage, loss, calamity, harm, bane, pest, plague
      آفَةُ الحَدِيثِ الكَذِبُ وَآفَةُ العِلْمِ النِّسْيَانُ
      ʔāfatu al-ḥadīṯi l-kaḏibu wa-ʔāfatu al-ʕilmi n-nisyānu
      The bane of discourse is lying; and the bane of science is forgetfulness.
      آفَاتُ اللِّسَان
      ʔāfātu al-lisān
      The banes of the tongue. (a book by Imam Al-Ghazali.)
      • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
        وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
        It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.

    Declension

    Declension of noun آفَة (ʔāfa)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal آفَة
    ʔāfa     		الْآفَة
    al-ʔāfa     		آفَة
    ʔāfat
    nominative آفَةٌ
    ʔāfatun     		الْآفَةُ
    al-ʔāfatu     		آفَةُ
    ʔāfatu
    accusative آفَةً
    ʔāfatan     		الْآفَةَ
    al-ʔāfata     		آفَةَ
    ʔāfata
    genitive آفَةٍ
    ʔāfatin     		الْآفَةِ
    al-ʔāfati     		آفَةِ
    ʔāfati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal آفَتَيْن
    ʔāfatayn     		الْآفَتَيْن
    al-ʔāfatayn     		آفَتَيْ
    ʔāfatay
    nominative آفَتَانِ
    ʔāfatāni     		الْآفَتَانِ
    al-ʔāfatāni     		آفَتَا
    ʔāfatā
    accusative آفَتَيْنِ
    ʔāfatayni     		الْآفَتَيْنِ
    al-ʔāfatayni     		آفَتَيْ
    ʔāfatay
    genitive آفَتَيْنِ
    ʔāfatayni     		الْآفَتَيْنِ
    al-ʔāfatayni     		آفَتَيْ
    ʔāfatay
    plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal آفَات
    ʔāfāt     		الْآفَات
    al-ʔāfāt     		آفَات
    ʔāfāt
    nominative آفَاتٌ
    ʔāfātun     		الْآفَاتُ
    al-ʔāfātu     		آفَاتُ
    ʔāfātu
    accusative آفَاتٍ
    ʔāfātin     		الْآفَاتِ
    al-ʔāfāti     		آفَاتِ
    ʔāfāti
    genitive آفَاتٍ
    ʔāfātin     		الْآفَاتِ
    al-ʔāfāti     		آفَاتِ
    ʔāfāti

    Descendants

    • → Persian: آفت (âfat)
    • → Tatar: афәт (afät)
    • → Swahili: afa

    References

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