ألف

See also: الف, الق, and ألق

Arabic

Arabic numbers (edit)
١٬٠٠٠
1,000
100[a], [b]
    Cardinal: أَلْف (ʾalf)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.lif/

Noun

أَلِف (ʾalif) f (plural أَلِفَات (ʾalifāt))

  1. Name of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet (ا / ‍ا).
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʾalp-.

Numeral

أَلْف (ʾalf) m (dual أَلْفَانِ (ʾalfāni), plural آلَاف (ʾālāf) or أُلُوف (ʾulūf))

  1. thousand
    أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ (ʾalfu laylatin walaylatun) — One thousand and one nights (lit. "a thousand nights and a night")
Declension
Usage notes
  • أَلْف (ʾalf) is a noun. When used with a corresponding noun, it governs that noun in the genitive singular, e.g. أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ (ʾalfu laylatin, one thousand nights). When used as part of larger numbers (2,000, 20,000, etc.), it behaves as a normal masculine noun, e.g. أَلْفَانِ (ʾalfāni, two thousand), خَمْسَةُ آلَافٍ (ḵamsatu ʾālāfin, five thousand), عِشْرُونَ أَلْفًا (ʿišrūna ʾalfan, twenty thousand).

Etymology 3

From the root ء ل ف (ʾ-l-f).

Verb

أَلَّفَ (ʾallafa) II, non-past يُؤَلِّفُ‎ (yuʾallifu)

  1. to unite, join, combine, put together
  2. to compile, compose, be the author of (a book)
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Verb

أُلْفِ (ʾulfi) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَلْفَى (ʾalfā)

Verb

أُلْفَ (ʾulfa) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَلْفَى (ʾalfā)

Verb

أَلْفِ (ʾalfi) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَلْفَى (ʾalfā)
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