لوف
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Arabic
Alternative forms
- لِيف (līf)
Etymology
Variant of لِيف (līf), more dialectal if not in the botanical senses.
Noun
لُوف • (lūf) m (collective, singulative لُوفَة f (lūfa))
- fibres, spongy interior of a plant
- a handheld sponge
- Luffa (genus and species)
- Arum (genus and species), also Arisarum vulgare
Declension
Declension of noun لُوف (lūf)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | لُوف lūf |
اللُّوف al-lūf |
لُوف lūf |
| Nominative | لُوفٌ lūfun |
اللُّوفُ al-lūfu |
لُوفُ lūfu |
| Accusative | لُوفًا lūfan |
اللُّوفَ al-lūfa |
لُوفَ lūfa |
| Genitive | لُوفٍ lūfin |
اللُّوفِ al-lūfi |
لُوفِ lūfi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | لُوفَة lūfa |
اللُّوفَة al-lūfa |
لُوفَة lūfat |
| Nominative | لُوفَةٌ lūfatun |
اللُّوفَةُ al-lūfatu |
لُوفَةُ lūfatu |
| Accusative | لُوفَةً lūfatan |
اللُّوفَةَ al-lūfata |
لُوفَةَ lūfata |
| Genitive | لُوفَةٍ lūfatin |
اللُّوفَةِ al-lūfati |
لُوفَةِ lūfati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | لُوفَتَيْن lūfatayn |
اللُّوفَتَيْن al-lūfatayn |
لُوفَتَيْ lūfatay |
| Nominative | لُوفَتَانِ lūfatāni |
اللُّوفَتَانِ al-lūfatāni |
لُوفَتَا lūfatā |
| Accusative | لُوفَتَيْنِ lūfatayni |
اللُّوفَتَيْنِ al-lūfatayni |
لُوفَتَيْ lūfatay |
| Genitive | لُوفَتَيْنِ lūfatayni |
اللُّوفَتَيْنِ al-lūfatayni |
لُوفَتَيْ lūfatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | لُوفَات lūfāt |
اللُّوفَات al-lūfāt |
لُوفَات lūfāt |
| Nominative | لُوفَاتٌ lūfātun |
اللُّوفَاتُ al-lūfātu |
لُوفَاتُ lūfātu |
| Accusative | لُوفَاتٍ lūfātin |
اللُّوفَاتِ al-lūfāti |
لُوفَاتِ lūfāti |
| Genitive | لُوفَاتٍ lūfātin |
اللُّوفَاتِ al-lūfāti |
لُوفَاتِ lūfāti |
Descendants
- → Translingual: Luffa
- → Czech: lufa
- → English: loofah, loofa, luffa
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: lufa
- → Turkish: lif
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “لوف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 136
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لوف”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1174