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), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).

    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)
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 3098:
        چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتن‌داری و صبرت شد ضعیف
        čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if
        Since all the functions and parts are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.
    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), borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).

      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'īfõ)
      vocative ضَعِیف (za'īf) ضَعِیفو (za'īfo)

      Descendants

      Further reading

      Ushojo

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Urdu ضَعِیف (za'īf).

        Adjective

        ضعیف (za'īf)

        1. old

        Yidgha

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Urdu ضَعِیف (za'īf).

          Noun

          ضعیف (ze'īf)

          1. poor