آفة

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Arabic

Root
ء و ف (ʔ w f)
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. damage, loss, calamity, harm, bane, pest, plague
    • 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.
    آفَةُ الحَدِيثِ الكَذِبُ وَآفَةُ العِلْمِ النِّسْيَانُ ― ʔāfatu al-ḥadīṯi l-kaḏibu waʔāfatu 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.)

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)
  • → Swahili: afa

References

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