أهيف

Arabic

Root
ه ي ف (h y f)
2 terms

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from هَيِفَ (hayifa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔah.jaf/

Adjective

أَهْيَف • (ʔahyaf) (feminine هَيْفَاء (hayfāʔ), common plural هِيف (hīf))

slim; slender; slight; frail; wispy

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَهْيَف** (ʔahyaf)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَهْيَف ʔahyaf	الْأَهْيَف al-ʔahyaf	هَيْفَاء hayfāʔ	الْهَيْفَاء al-hayfāʔ
nominative	أَهْيَفُ ʔahyafu	الْأَهْيَفُ al-ʔahyafu	هَيْفَاءُ hayfāʔu	الْهَيْفَاءُ al-hayfāʔu
accusative	أَهْيَفَ ʔahyafa	الْأَهْيَفَ al-ʔahyafa	هَيْفَاءَ hayfāʔa	الْهَيْفَاءَ al-hayfāʔa
genitive	أَهْيَفَ ʔahyafa	الْأَهْيَفِ al-ʔahyafi	هَيْفَاءَ hayfāʔa	الْهَيْفَاءِ al-hayfāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَهْيَفَيْن ʔahyafayn	الْأَهْيَفَيْن al-ʔahyafayn	هَيْفَاءَيْن hayfāʔayn	الْهَيْفَاءَيْن al-hayfāʔayn
nominative	أَهْيَفَانِ ʔahyafāni	الْأَهْيَفَانِ al-ʔahyafāni	هَيْفَاءَانِ hayfāʔāni	الْهَيْفَاءَانِ al-hayfāʔāni
accusative	أَهْيَفَيْنِ ʔahyafayni	الْأَهْيَفَيْنِ al-ʔahyafayni	هَيْفَاءَيْنِ hayfāʔayni	الْهَيْفَاءَيْنِ al-hayfāʔayni
genitive	أَهْيَفَيْنِ ʔahyafayni	الْأَهْيَفَيْنِ al-ʔahyafayni	هَيْفَاءَيْنِ hayfāʔayni	الْهَيْفَاءَيْنِ al-hayfāʔayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	هِيف hīf	الْهِيف al-hīf	هِيف hīf	الْهِيف al-hīf
nominative	هِيفٌ hīfun	الْهِيفُ al-hīfu	هِيفٌ hīfun	الْهِيفُ al-hīfu
accusative	هِيفًا hīfan	الْهِيفَ al-hīfa	هِيفًا hīfan	الْهِيفَ al-hīfa
genitive	هِيفٍ hīfin	الْهِيفِ al-hīfi	هِيفٍ hīfin	الْهِيفِ al-hīfi

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “هيف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN