انعطاف

Arabic

Root
ع ط ف (ʕ ṭ f)
12 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْعَطَفَ (inʕaṭafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ʕi.tˤaːf/
  • Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

اِنْعِطَاف • (inʕiṭāfm

  1. verbal noun of اِنْعَطَفَ (inʕaṭafa) (form VII)

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْعِطَاف (inʕiṭāf)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِنْعِطَاف
inʕiṭāf
الِانْعِطَاف
al-inʕiṭāf
اِنْعِطَاف
inʕiṭāf
nominative اِنْعِطَافٌ
inʕiṭāfun
الِانْعِطَافُ
al-inʕiṭāfu
اِنْعِطَافُ
inʕiṭāfu
accusative اِنْعِطَافًا
inʕiṭāfan
الِانْعِطَافَ
al-inʕiṭāfa
اِنْعِطَافَ
inʕiṭāfa
genitive اِنْعِطَافٍ
inʕiṭāfin
الِانْعِطَافِ
al-inʕiṭāfi
اِنْعِطَافِ
inʕiṭāfi

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: اِنْعِطَاف (in'itāf)
  • Ottoman Turkish: انعطاف (in'itâf)

References

  • انعطاف” in Almaany
  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “انعطاف”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْعِطَاف (inʕiṭāf).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪn.ʔɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.nɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔi.ni.t̪ʰɔ́ːf]

Readings
Classical reading? in'itāf
Dari reading? in'itāf
Iranian reading? en'etâf
Tajik reading? in'itof

Noun

انعطاف • (in'itāf / en'etâf) (Tajik spelling инъитоф)

  1. flexibility
  2. (dated) being bent or folded

Further reading