ضعیف

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Kohistani Shina

Noun

ضعیف (za'īf)

  1. scholar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf, weak, feeble).

Adjective

ضعیف (zaʼif)

  1. weak, feeble, infirm, debilitated, deficient in force or physical strength
    Synonyms: درمانسز (dermansız), زبون (zebun), قوتسز (kuvvetsiz)
  2. slim, thin, meager, slender, lithe, skinny, having little body fat or flesh
    Synonyms: آریق (arık), جلیز (cılız), صیصقه (sıska), نارین (narin)
  3. emaciated, scrawny, gaunt, macilent, especially from hunger or disease

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: zayıf
  • Armenian: զայիֆ (zayif)
  • Crimean Tatar: zayıf
  • Gagauz: zayıf
  • Romanian: zaif

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? za'īf
Dari reading? za'īf
Iranian reading? za'if
Tajik reading? zaʾif
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

Dari ضعیف
Iranian Persian
Tajik заъиф

ضعیف (za'if) (comparative ضعیف‌تَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیف‌تَرین (za'if-tarin))

  1. weak, feeble
    Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)
    Antonym: قوی (qavi)
  2. thin, weakly
    Synonym: لاغر (lâğar)
  3. poor (of low quality), defective

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of ضعیف (za'if)
    Basic forms of ضعیف (za'if)
bare ضعیف
(za'if)
ezâfe ضعیف
(za'if-e)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
ضعیفی
(za'if-i)
    Predicative forms of ضعیف (za'if)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
ضعیفم
(za'ifam)
ضعیفیم
(za'ifim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
ضعیفی
(za'ifi)
ضعیفید
(za'ifid)
ضعیفین
(za'ifin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
ضعیف است
(za'if ast)
ضعیفه
(za'ife)
ضعیفند
(za'ifand)
ضعیفن
(za'ifan)
Colloquial.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضَعِیف (za'īf), from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ضَعِیف (za'īf) (indeclinable, feminine ضَعِیفَہ (za'īfa), Hindi spelling ज़ईफ़)

  1. weak; feeble
  2. old (of a person)
  3. weak; slow (of mind; opinion etc.)
  4. (Islam) weak; unreliable (of a Hadith)

Noun

ضَعِیف (za'īfm (formal plural ضُعَفا (zu'afā), feminine ضَعِیفَہ (za'īfa), Hindi spelling ज़ईफ़)

  1. a weak; old; poor (person or man)

Declension

Declension of ضعیف
singular plural
direct ضَعِیف (za'īf) ضَعِیف (za'īf)
oblique ضَعِیف (za'īf) ضَعِیفوں (za'īfō̃)
vocative ضَعِیف (za'īf) ضَعِیفو (za'īfō)

Descendants

Further reading

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ضَعِیف (za'īf).

Adjective

ضعیف (za'īf)

  1. old

Yidgha

Noun

ضعیف (ze'īf)

  1. poor