طائفة

Arabic

Root
ط و ف (ṭ-w-f)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb طَافَ (ṭāfa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤaː.ʔi.fa/

Noun

طَائِفَة • (ṭāʔifa) f (plural طَائِفَات (ṭāʔifāt) or طَوَائِف (ṭawāʔif))

band, bevy, covey, drove, group, swarm, troop
denomination, sect
faction, party
part, portion
(religion) communion, confession
(religion) religious minority
(taxonomy) class

Declension

Declension of noun طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَة ṭāʔifa	الطَّائِفَة aṭ-ṭāʔifa	طَائِفَة ṭāʔifat
Nominative	طَائِفَةٌ ṭāʔifatun	الطَّائِفَةُ aṭ-ṭāʔifatu	طَائِفَةُ ṭāʔifatu
Accusative	طَائِفَةً ṭāʔifatan	الطَّائِفَةَ aṭ-ṭāʔifata	طَائِفَةَ ṭāʔifata
Genitive	طَائِفَةٍ ṭāʔifatin	الطَّائِفَةِ aṭ-ṭāʔifati	طَائِفَةِ ṭāʔifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَتَيْن ṭāʔifatayn	الطَّائِفَتَيْن aṭ-ṭāʔifatayn	طَائِفَتَيْ ṭāʔifatay
Nominative	طَائِفَتَانِ ṭāʔifatāni	الطَّائِفَتَانِ aṭ-ṭāʔifatāni	طَائِفَتَا ṭāʔifatā
Accusative	طَائِفَتَيْنِ ṭāʔifatayni	الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāʔifatayni	طَائِفَتَيْ ṭāʔifatay
Genitive	طَائِفَتَيْنِ ṭāʔifatayni	الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāʔifatayni	طَائِفَتَيْ ṭāʔifatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَات‎; طَوَائِف ṭāʔifāt‎; ṭawāʔif	الطَّائِفَات‎; الطَّوَائِف aṭ-ṭāʔifāt‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔif	طَائِفَات‎; طَوَائِف ṭāʔifāt‎; ṭawāʔif
Nominative	طَائِفَاتٌ‎; طَوَائِفُ ṭāʔifātun‎; ṭawāʔifu	الطَّائِفَاتُ‎; الطَّوَائِفُ aṭ-ṭāʔifātu‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔifu	طَائِفَاتُ‎; طَوَائِفُ ṭāʔifātu‎; ṭawāʔifu
Accusative	طَائِفَاتٍ‎; طَوَائِفَ ṭāʔifātin‎; ṭawāʔifa	الطَّائِفَاتِ‎; الطَّوَائِفَ aṭ-ṭāʔifāti‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔifa	طَائِفَاتِ‎; طَوَائِفَ ṭāʔifāti‎; ṭawāʔifa
Genitive	طَائِفَاتٍ‎; طَوَائِفَ ṭāʔifātin‎; ṭawāʔifa	الطَّائِفَاتِ‎; الطَّوَائِفِ aṭ-ṭāʔifāti‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔifi	طَائِفَاتِ‎; طَوَائِفِ ṭāʔifāti‎; ṭawāʔifi

Derived terms

طَائِفِيّ (ṭāʔifiyy, “sectarian”)
طَائِفِيّة (ṭāʔifiyya, “sectarianism”)
طُوَيْئِفَة (ṭuwayʔifa, “subclass”)

Descendants

Maltese: tajfa
→ Azerbaijani: tayfa
→ Kazakh: тайпа (taipa)
→ Kyrgyz: тайпа (taypa)
→ Malay: taifah
→ Persian: طایفه
→ Ottoman Turkish: طایفه (tayfa)
- → Turkish: taife, tayfa
- → Armenian: թայֆա (tʻayfa)
- → Macedonian: тајфа (tajfa)
→ Turkmen: taýpa
→ Spanish: taifa
→ Swahili: taifa
→ Uzbek: toifa

References

طائفة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

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