آفة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ء و ف (ʾ-w-f).
Noun
آفَة • (ʾāfa) f (plural آفَات (ʾāfāt))
- damage, loss, calamity, harm, bane, pest, plague
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
- وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
- It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
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Declension
Declension of noun آفَة (ʾāfa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | آفَة ʾāfa |
الْآفَة al-ʾāfa |
آفَة ʾāfat |
| Nominative | آفَةٌ ʾāfatun |
الْآفَةُ al-ʾāfatu |
آفَةُ ʾāfatu |
| Accusative | آفَةً ʾāfatan |
الْآفَةَ al-ʾāfata |
آفَةَ ʾāfata |
| Genitive | آفَةٍ ʾāfatin |
الْآفَةِ al-ʾāfati |
آفَةِ ʾāfati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | آفَتَيْن ʾāfatayn |
الْآفَتَيْن al-ʾāfatayn |
آفَتَيْ ʾāfatay |
| Nominative | آفَتَانِ ʾāfatāni |
الْآفَتَانِ al-ʾāfatāni |
آفَتَا ʾāfatā |
| Accusative | آفَتَيْنِ ʾāfatayni |
الْآفَتَيْنِ al-ʾāfatayni |
آفَتَيْ ʾāfatay |
| Genitive | آفَتَيْنِ ʾāfatayni |
الْآفَتَيْنِ al-ʾāfatayni |
آفَتَيْ ʾāfatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | آفَات ʾāfāt |
الْآفَات al-ʾāfāt |
آفَات ʾāfāt |
| Nominative | آفَاتٌ ʾāfātun |
الْآفَاتُ al-ʾāfātu |
آفَاتُ ʾāfātu |
| Accusative | آفَاتٍ ʾāfātin |
الْآفَاتِ al-ʾāfāti |
آفَاتِ ʾāfāti |
| Genitive | آفَاتٍ ʾāfātin |
الْآفَاتِ al-ʾāfāti |
آفَاتِ ʾāfāti |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “آفة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 44
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “آفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 60
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