ضايف

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ض ي ف
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ضَايَفَ (ḍāyafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ضايف (ḍāyaf) III (non-past يضايف (yḍāyaf), verbal noun مضايفة (mḍāyfa), active participle مضايف (mḍāyif), passive participle متضايف (mitḍāyaf))

  1. to invite over, to invite as a guest, to offer hospitality
    Synonym: ضيف (ḍayyaf)
    ضايفناهم البارح ملي جاوا من الطليان.
    ḍāyafnāhum el-bāriḥ milli jāw min eṭ-ṭalyān.
    We invited them over yesterday when they arrived from Italy.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ضايف
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضايفت (ḍāyaft) ضايفتي (ḍāyafti) ضايف (ḍāyaf) ضايفنا (ḍāyafna) ضايفتوا (ḍāyaftu) ضايفوا (ḍāyfu)
f ضايفت (ḍāyfāt)
non-past m نضايف (nḍāyaf) تضايف (tḍāyaf) يضايف (yḍāyaf) نضايفوا (nḍāyfu) تضايفوا (tḍāyfu) يضايفوا (yḍāyfu)
f تضايفي (tḍāyfi) تضايف (tḍāyaf)
imperative m ضايف (ḍāyaf) ضايفوا (ḍāyfu)
f ضايفي (ḍāyfi)