ضيف

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See also: ضيق and صيف

Arabic

Root
ض ي ف (ḍ y f)
7 terms

Noun

ضَيْف (ḍayfm or f (plural أَضْيَاف (ʔaḍyāf) or ضُيُوف (ḍuyūf) or ضِيفَان (ḍīfān) or أَضَايِف (ʔaḍāyif), feminine ضَيْف (ḍayf) or ضَيْفَة (ḍayfa))

  1. guest(s)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:68:
      قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ
      qāla ʔinna hāʔulāʔi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūni
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 51:24:
      هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ
      hal ʔatāka ḥadīṯu ḍayfi ʔibrāhīma l-mukramīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Noun

ضَيْف (ḍayfm

  1. verbal noun of ضَافَ (ḍāfa) (form I)

Declension

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Hijazi Arabic

Root
ض ي ف
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic ضَيْف (ḍayf).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضِيف (ḍēfm (plural ضِيوف (ḍiyūf), feminine ضِيفة (ḍēfa))

  1. guest

Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَيَّفَ (ḍayyafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ضَيَّف (ḍayyaf) II (non-past يِضَيِّف (yiḍayyif))

  1. to offer hospitality, to offer food to guests

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ض ي ف
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic ضَيْف (ḍayf).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضِيف or ضَيْف (ḍīf or ḍayfm (plural ضياف (ḍyāf), feminine ضِيفة (ḍīfa) or ضَيْفة (ḍayfa))

  1. guest

Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَيَّفَ (ḍayyafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ضيف (ḍayyaf) II (non-past يضيف (yḍayyaf))

  1. to invite over, to invite as a guest, to offer hospitality
    Synonym: ضايف (ḍāyaf)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ضيف
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضيّفت (ḍayyaft) ضيّفتي (ḍayyafti) ضيّف (ḍayyaf) ضيّفنا (ḍayyafna) ضيّفتوا (ḍayyaftu) ضيّفوا (ḍayyfu)
f ضيّفت (ḍayyfāt)
non-past m نضيّف (nḍayyaf) تضيّف (tḍayyaf) يضيّف (yḍayyaf) نضيّفوا (nḍayyfu) تضيّفوا (tḍayyfu) يضيّفوا (yḍayyfu)
f تضيّفي (tḍayyfi) تضيّف (tḍayyaf)
imperative m ضيّف (ḍayyaf) ضيّفوا (ḍayyfu)
f ضيّفي (ḍayyfi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض ي ف
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ضَيْف (ḍayf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤeːf/,
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

ضيف (ḍēfm (plural ضيوف (ḍyūf), feminine ضيفة (ḍēfe))

  1. guest