ضفة

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ف ف (ḍ-f-f) related with crowds and amalgams.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤif.fa/, /dˤaf.fa/
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Noun

ضِفَّة or ضَفَّة • (ḍiffa or ḍaffa) f (plural ضِفَاف (ḍifāf))

  1. bank, shore
  2. (in the definite form) the West Bank (اَلضِّفَّة اَلْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya))

Declension

Declension of noun ضِفَّة (ḍiffa)‎; ضَفَّة (ḍaffa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة
ḍiffa‎; ḍaffa 		الضِّفَّة‎; الضَّفَّة
aḍ-ḍiffa‎; aḍ-ḍaffa 		ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة
ḍiffat‎; ḍaffat
Nominative ضِفَّةٌ‎; ضَفَّةٌ
ḍiffatun‎; ḍaffatun 		الضِّفَّةُ‎; الضَّفَّةُ
aḍ-ḍiffatu‎; aḍ-ḍaffatu 		ضِفَّةُ‎; ضَفَّةُ
ḍiffatu‎; ḍaffatu
Accusative ضِفَّةً‎; ضَفَّةً
ḍiffatan‎; ḍaffatan 		الضِّفَّةَ‎; الضَّفَّةَ
aḍ-ḍiffata‎; aḍ-ḍaffata 		ضِفَّةَ‎; ضَفَّةَ
ḍiffata‎; ḍaffata
Genitive ضِفَّةٍ‎; ضَفَّةٍ
ḍiffatin‎; ḍaffatin 		الضِّفَّةِ‎; الضَّفَّةِ
aḍ-ḍiffati‎; aḍ-ḍaffati 		ضِفَّةِ‎; ضَفَّةِ
ḍiffati‎; ḍaffati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِفَّتَيْن‎; ضَفَّتَيْن
ḍiffatayn‎; ḍaffatayn 		الضِّفَّتَيْن‎; الضَّفَّتَيْن
aḍ-ḍiffatayn‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayn 		ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ
ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Nominative ضِفَّتَانِ‎; ضَفَّتَانِ
ḍiffatāni‎; ḍaffatāni 		الضِّفَّتَانِ‎; الضَّفَّتَانِ
aḍ-ḍiffatāni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatāni 		ضِفَّتَا‎; ضَفَّتَا
ḍiffatā‎; ḍaffatā
Accusative ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ
ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni 		الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ
aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni 		ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ
ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Genitive ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ
ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni 		الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ
aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni 		ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ
ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِفَاف
ḍifāf 		الضِّفَاف
aḍ-ḍifāf 		ضِفَاف
ḍifāf
Nominative ضِفَافٌ
ḍifāfun 		الضِّفَافُ
aḍ-ḍifāfu 		ضِفَافُ
ḍifāfu
Accusative ضِفَافًا
ḍifāfan 		الضِّفَافَ
aḍ-ḍifāfa 		ضِفَافَ
ḍifāfa
Genitive ضِفَافٍ
ḍifāfin 		الضِّفَافِ
aḍ-ḍifāfi 		ضِفَافِ
ḍifāfi

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “ضفة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎ (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 690

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض ف ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic ضِفَّة (ḍiffa).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضفة • (ḍiffe) f (plural ضفاف (ḍifāf))

  1. riverbank, shore
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