تألف

Arabic

Root
ء ل ف (ʔ l f)
11 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ʔal.la.fa/

Verb

تَأَلَّفَ • (taʔallafa) V (non-past يَتَأَلَّفُ (yataʔallafu), verbal noun تَأَلُّف (taʔalluf))

  1. to be composed of, to consist of
    • 2011 [2009], “جِسْمُ الْإِنْسَانِ [jismu l-ʔinsāni]”, in إيلين نور منسّى, transl., مَوْسُوعَةُ عَالَمِ الْمَعْرِفَة [mawsūʕatu ʕālami l-maʕrifa] (hardcover), Beirut: Academia International, translation of The New Children’s Encyclopedia, published 2011, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 268:
      يَعِيشُ عَلَى سَطْحِ الْأَرْضِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ سِتَّةِ مِلْيَارَاتِ نَسَمَةٍ، كُلُّ شَخْصٍ مِنْهُمْ بِحَدِّ ذَاتِهِ فَرِيدٌ وَمُتَمَيِّزٌ عَن غَيْرِهِ. لٰكِنَّهُمْ يَشْتَرِكُونَ جَمِيعًا بِخَصَائِصَ مُعَيَّنَةٍ، وَعَلَى الْأَخَصِّ بِالْأَجْهِزَةِ الْأَسَاسِيَّةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي أَجْسَامِهِمْ بَدْءًا بِجِهَازِ الدَّوْرَةِ الدَّمَوِيَّةِ وَحَتَّى جِهَازِ التَّنَفُّسِ. وَتَتَأَلَّفُ أَجْهِزَةُ الْجِسْمِ مِنْ مَجْمُوعَاتٍ مِنَ الْأَنْسِجَةِ وَٱلْأَعْضَاءِ الَّتِي تَعْمَلُ مَعًا.
      yaʕīšu ʕalā saṭḥi l-ʔarḍi ʔakṯaru min sittati milyārāti nasamatin, kullu šaḵṣin minhum biḥaddi ḏātihi farīdun wamutamayyizun ʕan ḡayrihi. lākinnahum yaštarikūna jamīʕan biḵaṣāʔiṣa muʕayyanatin, waʕalā l-ʔaḵaṣṣi bi-l-ʔajhizati l-ʔasāsiyyati l-mawjūdati fī ʔajsāmihim badʔan bijihāzi d-dawrati d-damawiyyati waḥattā jihāzi t-tanaffusi. watataʔallafu ʔajhizatu l-jismi min majmūʕātin mina l-ʔansijati wal-ʔaʕḍāʔi llatī taʕmalu maʕan.
      [original: Six billion human beings share planet Earth. Each is unique. We all share certain characteristics, however, notably our basic body systems, from our circulatory to our respiratory system. Body systems are made up of groups of tissues and organs that work together.]

Conjugation

Conjugation of تَأَلَّفَ (V, sound, no passive, verbal noun تَأَلُّف)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
تَأَلُّف
taʔalluf
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
مُتَأَلِّف
mutaʔallif
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m تَأَلَّفْتُ
taʔallaftu
تَأَلَّفْتَ
taʔallafta
تَأَلَّفَ
taʔallafa
تَأَلَّفْتُمَا
taʔallaftumā
تَأَلَّفَا
taʔallafā
تَأَلَّفْنَا
taʔallafnā
تَأَلَّفْتُمْ
taʔallaftum
تَأَلَّفُوا
taʔallafū
f تَأَلَّفْتِ
taʔallafti
تَأَلَّفَتْ
taʔallafat
تَأَلَّفَتَا
taʔallafatā
تَأَلَّفْتُنَّ
taʔallaftunna
تَأَلَّفْنَ
taʔallafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أَتَأَلَّفُ
ʔataʔallafu
تَتَأَلَّفُ
tataʔallafu
يَتَأَلَّفُ
yataʔallafu
تَتَأَلَّفَانِ
tataʔallafāni
يَتَأَلَّفَانِ
yataʔallafāni
نَتَأَلَّفُ
nataʔallafu
تَتَأَلَّفُونَ
tataʔallafūna
يَتَأَلَّفُونَ
yataʔallafūna
f تَتَأَلَّفِينَ
tataʔallafīna
تَتَأَلَّفُ
tataʔallafu
تَتَأَلَّفَانِ
tataʔallafāni
تَتَأَلَّفْنَ
tataʔallafna
يَتَأَلَّفْنَ
yataʔallafna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أَتَأَلَّفَ
ʔataʔallafa
تَتَأَلَّفَ
tataʔallafa
يَتَأَلَّفَ
yataʔallafa
تَتَأَلَّفَا
tataʔallafā
يَتَأَلَّفَا
yataʔallafā
نَتَأَلَّفَ
nataʔallafa
تَتَأَلَّفُوا
tataʔallafū
يَتَأَلَّفُوا
yataʔallafū
f تَتَأَلَّفِي
tataʔallafī
تَتَأَلَّفَ
tataʔallafa
تَتَأَلَّفَا
tataʔallafā
تَتَأَلَّفْنَ
tataʔallafna
يَتَأَلَّفْنَ
yataʔallafna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أَتَأَلَّفْ
ʔataʔallaf
تَتَأَلَّفْ
tataʔallaf
يَتَأَلَّفْ
yataʔallaf
تَتَأَلَّفَا
tataʔallafā
يَتَأَلَّفَا
yataʔallafā
نَتَأَلَّفْ
nataʔallaf
تَتَأَلَّفُوا
tataʔallafū
يَتَأَلَّفُوا
yataʔallafū
f تَتَأَلَّفِي
tataʔallafī
تَتَأَلَّفْ
tataʔallaf
تَتَأَلَّفَا
tataʔallafā
تَتَأَلَّفْنَ
tataʔallafna
يَتَأَلَّفْنَ
yataʔallafna
imperative
الْأَمْر
m تَأَلَّفْ
taʔallaf
تَأَلَّفَا
taʔallafā
تَأَلَّفُوا
taʔallafū
f تَأَلَّفِي
taʔallafī
تَأَلَّفْنَ
taʔallafna

Further reading

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