لف

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Arabic

Root
ل ف ف (l f f)
15 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

لَفَّ (laffa) I (non-past يَلُفُّ (yaluffu), verbal noun لَفّ (laff))

  1. (transitive) to coil, to curl, to convolute, to spool, to twirl
  2. (transitive) to wrap, to envelop, to surround
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to turn around, to circumgyrate, to make roundabouts, to be around

Conjugation

Noun

لَفّ (laffm (plural أَلْفَاف (ʔalfāf))

  1. verbal noun of لَفَّ (laffa) (form I)
  2. wraparound, folding, envelope, shroud

Declension

Noun

لِفّ (liffm (plural أَلْفَاف (ʔalfāf))

  1. thicket, boscage

Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ف ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic لَفَّ (laffa).

Pronunciation

Verb

لفّ (laff) I (present بلفّ (biliff))

  1. (intransitive) to turn
    لفّ على إيدك الشمال.
    liff ʕala ʔīdak iš-šmāl
    Turn left.
    (literally, “Turn on your left hand.”)
  2. to wrap
    Synonym: غلّف (ḡallaf)
    لفّت الهديّة بورقة.
    laffat il-hadiyye b-waraqa
    She wrapped the present in paper.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لفّ (laff)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لفّيت (laffēt) لفّيت (laffēt) لفّ (laff) لفّينا (laffēna) لفّيتو (laffētu) لفّو (laffu)
f لفّيتي (laffēti) لفّت (laffat)
present m بلفّ (baliff) بتلفّ (bitliff) بلفّ (biliff) منلفّ (minliff) بتلفّو (bitliffu) بلفّو (biliffu)
f بتلفّي (bitliffi) بتلفّ (bitliff)
subjunctive m الفّ (aliff) تلفّ (tliff) يلفّ (yliff) نلفّ (nliff) تلفّو (tliffu) يلفّو (yliffu)
f تلفّي (tliffi) تلفّ (tliff)
imperative m لفّ (liff) لفّو (liffu)
f لفّي (liffi)