تضعيف

Arabic

Root
ض ع ف (ḍ-ʕ-f)

Etymology

Verbal noun of ضَعَّفَ (ḍaʕʕafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tadˤ.ʕiːf/

Noun

تَضْعِيف • (taḍʕīf) m

  1. verbal noun of ضَعَّفَ (ḍaʕʕafa) (form II)
  2. weakening, debilitating
    Synonym: إِضْعَاف (ʔiḍʕāf)
  3. doubling
  4. (linguistics, phonology) a specific type of gemination
  5. (Islam) deeming a Hadith weak by a scholar
    Antonym: تَصْحِيح (taṣḥīḥ)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: təzif
  • Persian: تضعیف (taz'if)
  • Ottoman Turkish: تضعیف (taz'if)
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