جوفي
See also: خوفي
Arabic
Etymology 1
Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جَوْف (jawf, “north”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Adjective
جَوْفِيّ • (jawfiyy) (feminine جَوْفِيَّة (jawfiyya), masculine plural جَوْفِيُّونَ (jawfiyyūna), feminine plural جَوْفِيَّات (jawfiyyāt))
- inner, interior
- underground, subsurface
- (Northwest Africa, al-Andalus) northern, north-
- Synonym: شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 4, pages 154–155:
- ويغرس في المواضع الرطب الكبيرة والندوة منها النشم والغرب والصفيراء والأيرج والميس والرند ويتوخى أن يكون شجر الأترج في مواضع مستور عن الريح الجوفية والريح الغربية مكشوف للريح القبلية.
- One plants on moist, spacious and humid places there elms, willows, planetree maples, citrons, hackberries, and laurels, and it is to be taken care that the citron is covered from northern and western winds and open for southeastern winds.
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | جَوْفِي jawfī |
الْجَوْفِي al-jawfī |
جَوْفِيَّة jawfiyya |
الْجَوْفِيَّة al-jawfiyya |
| nominative | جَوْفِيٌّ jawfiyyun |
الْجَوْفِيُّ al-jawfiyyu |
جَوْفِيَّةٌ jawfiyyatun |
الْجَوْفِيَّةُ al-jawfiyyatu |
| accusative | جَوْفِيًّا jawfiyyan |
الْجَوْفِيَّ al-jawfiyya |
جَوْفِيَّةً jawfiyyatan |
الْجَوْفِيَّةَ al-jawfiyyata |
| genitive | جَوْفِيٍّ jawfiyyin |
الْجَوْفِيِّ al-jawfiyyi |
جَوْفِيَّةٍ jawfiyyatin |
الْجَوْفِيَّةِ al-jawfiyyati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | جَوْفِيَّيْن jawfiyyayn |
الْجَوْفِيَّيْن al-jawfiyyayn |
جَوْفِيَّتَيْن jawfiyyatayn |
الْجَوْفِيَّتَيْن al-jawfiyyatayn |
| nominative | جَوْفِيَّانِ jawfiyyāni |
الْجَوْفِيَّانِ al-jawfiyyāni |
جَوْفِيَّتَانِ jawfiyyatāni |
الْجَوْفِيَّتَانِ al-jawfiyyatāni |
| accusative | جَوْفِيَّيْنِ jawfiyyayni |
الْجَوْفِيَّيْنِ al-jawfiyyayni |
جَوْفِيَّتَيْنِ jawfiyyatayni |
الْجَوْفِيَّتَيْنِ al-jawfiyyatayni |
| genitive | جَوْفِيَّيْنِ jawfiyyayni |
الْجَوْفِيَّيْنِ al-jawfiyyayni |
جَوْفِيَّتَيْنِ jawfiyyatayni |
الْجَوْفِيَّتَيْنِ al-jawfiyyatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | جَوْفِيِّين jawfiyyīn |
الْجَوْفِيِّين al-jawfiyyīn |
جَوْفِيَّات jawfiyyāt |
الْجَوْفِيَّات al-jawfiyyāt |
| nominative | جَوْفِيُّونَ jawfiyyūna |
الْجَوْفِيُّونَ al-jawfiyyūna |
جَوْفِيَّاتٌ jawfiyyātun |
الْجَوْفِيَّاتُ al-jawfiyyātu |
| accusative | جَوْفِيِّينَ jawfiyyīna |
الْجَوْفِيِّينَ al-jawfiyyīna |
جَوْفِيَّاتٍ jawfiyyātin |
الْجَوْفِيَّاتِ al-jawfiyyāti |
| genitive | جَوْفِيِّينَ jawfiyyīna |
الْجَوْفِيِّينَ al-jawfiyyīna |
جَوْفِيَّاتٍ jawfiyyātin |
الْجَوْفِيَّاتِ al-jawfiyyāti |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
جَوِّفِي • (jawwifī) (form II) /d͡ʒaw.wi.fiː/
- second-person feminine singular imperative of جَوَّفَ (jawwafa)