لطافة

Arabic

Root
ل ط ف (l ṭ f)
6 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of لَطُفَ (laṭufa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.tˤaː.fa/

Noun

لَطَافَة • (laṭāfa) f (plural لَطَافَات (laṭāfāt))

  1. thinness, fineness, delicacy
  2. gracefulness, loveliness, charm
  3. kindness, benevolence, politeness
  4. friendliness
  5. intellectual refinement, sophistication
  6. suavity, urbaneness

Declension

Declension of noun لَطَافَة (laṭāfa)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal لَطَافَة
laṭāfa 		اللَّطَافَة
al-laṭāfa 		لَطَافَة
laṭāfat
nominative لَطَافَةٌ
laṭāfatun 		اللَّطَافَةُ
al-laṭāfatu 		لَطَافَةُ
laṭāfatu
accusative لَطَافَةً
laṭāfatan 		اللَّطَافَةَ
al-laṭāfata 		لَطَافَةَ
laṭāfata
genitive لَطَافَةٍ
laṭāfatin 		اللَّطَافَةِ
al-laṭāfati 		لَطَافَةِ
laṭāfati

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: lətafət, Lətafət
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لطافت
    → Turkish: letafet, Letafet
  • → Uyghur: لاتاپەت (latapet)
  • → Uzbek: latofat

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “لطافة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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