تفاف
Arabic
Alternative forms
- تِلْفَاف (tilfāf)
Etymology
A Berber borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.faːf/
Noun
تِفَاف • (tifāf) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | تِفَاف tifāf |
التِّفَاف at-tifāf |
تِفَاف tifāf |
| nominative | تِفَافٌ tifāfun |
التِّفَافُ at-tifāfu |
تِفَافُ tifāfu |
| accusative | تِفَافًا tifāfan |
التِّفَافَ at-tifāfa |
تِفَافَ tifāfa |
| genitive | تِفَافٍ tifāfin |
التِّفَافِ at-tifāfi |
تِفَافِ tifāfi |
Descendants
- Maltese: tfief
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “تفاف”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 147
- Leclerc, Lucian (1862) “Études historiques et philologiques sur Ebn-Beïthâr”, in Journal asiatique[2] (in French), volume 19 of the 5th series, page 457