أذلف

See also: أذلق and أدلف

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of a univerbation from a term within the root ذ ل ل (ḏ-l-l) and أَنْف (ʔanf).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔað.laf/

Adjective

أَذْلَف • (ʔaḏlaf) (feminine ذَلْفَاء (ḏalfāʔ), common plural ذُلْف (ḏulf))

having a small and finely formed nose
- a. 815, Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī:
  لا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حتَّى تُقاتِلُوا التُّرْكَ، صِغارَ الأعْيُنِ، حُمْرَ الوُجُوهِ، ذُلْفَ الأُنُوفِ، كَأنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ المَجانُّ المُطْرَقَةُ، ولا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حتَّى تُقاتِلُوا قَوْمًا نِعالُهُمُ الشَّعَرُ.
  The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Turks; people with small eyes, red faces, and flat noses. Their faces will look like shields coated with leather. The Hour will not be established till you fight with people whose shoes are made of hair.

Declension

Declension of adjective أَذْلَف (ʔaḏlaf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَذْلَف ʔaḏlaf	الْأَذْلَف al-ʔaḏlaf	ذَلْفَاء ḏalfāʔ	الذَّلْفَاء aḏ-ḏalfāʔ
Nominative	أَذْلَفُ ʔaḏlafu	الْأَذْلَفُ al-ʔaḏlafu	ذَلْفَاءُ ḏalfāʔu	الذَّلْفَاءُ aḏ-ḏalfāʔu
Accusative	أَذْلَفَ ʔaḏlafa	الْأَذْلَفَ al-ʔaḏlafa	ذَلْفَاءَ ḏalfāʔa	الذَّلْفَاءَ aḏ-ḏalfāʔa
Genitive	أَذْلَفَ ʔaḏlafa	الْأَذْلَفِ al-ʔaḏlafi	ذَلْفَاءَ ḏalfāʔa	الذَّلْفَاءِ aḏ-ḏalfāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَذْلَفَيْن ʔaḏlafayn	الْأَذْلَفَيْن al-ʔaḏlafayn	ذَلْفَاوَيْن ḏalfāwayn	الذَّلْفَاوَيْن aḏ-ḏalfāwayn
Nominative	أَذْلَفَانِ ʔaḏlafāni	الْأَذْلَفَانِ al-ʔaḏlafāni	ذَلْفَاوَانِ ḏalfāwāni	الذَّلْفَاوَانِ aḏ-ḏalfāwāni
Accusative	أَذْلَفَيْنِ ʔaḏlafayni	الْأَذْلَفَيْنِ al-ʔaḏlafayni	ذَلْفَاوَيْنِ ḏalfāwayni	الذَّلْفَاوَيْنِ aḏ-ḏalfāwayni
Genitive	أَذْلَفَيْنِ ʔaḏlafayni	الْأَذْلَفَيْنِ al-ʔaḏlafayni	ذَلْفَاوَيْنِ ḏalfāwayni	الذَّلْفَاوَيْنِ aḏ-ḏalfāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ذُلْف ḏulf	الذُّلْف aḏ-ḏulf	ذُلْف ḏulf	الذُّلْف aḏ-ḏulf
Nominative	ذُلْفٌ ḏulfun	الذُّلْفُ aḏ-ḏulfu	ذُلْفٌ ḏulfun	الذُّلْفُ aḏ-ḏulfu
Accusative	ذُلْفًا ḏulfan	الذُّلْفَ aḏ-ḏulfa	ذُلْفًا ḏulfan	الذُّلْفَ aḏ-ḏulfa
Genitive	ذُلْفٍ ḏulfin	الذُّلْفِ aḏ-ḏulfi	ذُلْفٍ ḏulfin	الذُّلْفِ aḏ-ḏulfi

References

^ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 474

[1] Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 474

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