ضفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ف ف (ḍ-f-f) related with crowds and amalgams.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dˤif.fa/, /dˤaf.fa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ضِفَّة or ضَفَّة • (ḍiffa or ḍaffa) f (plural ضِفَاف (ḍifāf))

  1. bank, shore
  2. (in the definite form) the West Bank (اَلضِّفَّة اَلْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya))

Declension
Declension of noun ضِفَّة (ḍiffa)‎; ضَفَّة (ḍaffa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة
ḍiffa‎; ḍaffa		 الضِّفَّة‎; الضَّفَّة
aḍ-ḍiffa‎; aḍ-ḍaffa		 ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة
ḍiffat‎; ḍaffat
Nominative ضِفَّةٌ‎; ضَفَّةٌ
ḍiffatun‎; ḍaffatun		 الضِّفَّةُ‎; الضَّفَّةُ
aḍ-ḍiffatu‎; aḍ-ḍaffatu		 ضِفَّةُ‎; ضَفَّةُ
ḍiffatu‎; ḍaffatu
Accusative ضِفَّةً‎; ضَفَّةً
ḍiffatan‎; ḍaffatan		 الضِّفَّةَ‎; الضَّفَّةَ
aḍ-ḍiffata‎; aḍ-ḍaffata		 ضِفَّةَ‎; ضَفَّةَ
ḍiffata‎; ḍaffata
Genitive ضِفَّةٍ‎; ضَفَّةٍ
ḍiffatin‎; ḍaffatin		 الضِّفَّةِ‎; الضَّفَّةِ
aḍ-ḍiffati‎; aḍ-ḍaffati		 ضِفَّةِ‎; ضَفَّةِ
ḍiffati‎; ḍaffati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِفَّتَيْن‎; ضَفَّتَيْن
ḍiffatayn‎; ḍaffatayn		 الضِّفَّتَيْن‎; الضَّفَّتَيْن
aḍ-ḍiffatayn‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayn		 ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ
ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Nominative ضِفَّتَانِ‎; ضَفَّتَانِ
ḍiffatāni‎; ḍaffatāni		 الضِّفَّتَانِ‎; الضَّفَّتَانِ
aḍ-ḍiffatāni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatāni		 ضِفَّتَا‎; ضَفَّتَا
ḍiffatā‎; ḍaffatā
Accusative ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ
ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni		 الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ
aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni		 ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ
ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Genitive ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ
ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni		 الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ
aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni		 ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ
ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضِفَاف
ḍifāf		 الضِّفَاف
aḍ-ḍifāf		 ضِفَاف
ḍifāf
Nominative ضِفَافٌ
ḍifāfun		 الضِّفَافُ
aḍ-ḍifāfu		 ضِفَافُ
ḍifāfu
Accusative ضِفَافًا
ḍifāfan		 الضِّفَافَ
aḍ-ḍifāfa		 ضِفَافَ
ḍifāfa
Genitive ضِفَافٍ
ḍifāfin		 الضِّفَافِ
aḍ-ḍifāfi		 ضِفَافِ
ḍifāfi

References
  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “ضفة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎ (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 690

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ض ف ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic ضِفَّة (ḍiffa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dˤif.fe/, [ˈdˤɪf.fe]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Noun

ضفة • (ḍiffe) f (plural ضفاف (ḍifāf))

  1. riverbank, shore
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