تفاح

Arabic

تُفَّاح

Etymology

A culture word probably acquired through Egyptian dpḥw, as is Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ‎ (tappū́aḥ) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ); not attested in Aramaic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/

Noun

تُفَّاح • (tuffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تُفَّاحَة‎ (tuffāḥa))

(uncountable) apple, apples

Declension

Declension of noun تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ	التُّفَّاح‎ at-tuffāḥ	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ
Nominative	تُفَّاحٌ tuffāḥun	التُّفَّاحُ‎ at-tuffāḥu	تُفَّاحُ tuffāḥu
Accusative	تُفَّاحًا‎ tuffāḥan	التُّفَّاحَ‎ at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَ tuffāḥa
Genitive	تُفَّاحٍ tuffāḥin	التُّفَّاحِ‎ at-tuffāḥi	تُفَّاحِ tuffāḥi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَة‎ tuffāḥa	التُّفَّاحَة‎ at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَة‎ tuffāḥat
Nominative	تُفَّاحَةٌ‎ tuffāḥatun	التُّفَّاحَةُ‎ at-tuffāḥatu	تُفَّاحَةُ‎ tuffāḥatu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَةً‎ tuffāḥatan	التُّفَّاحَةَ‎ at-tuffāḥata	تُفَّاحَةَ‎ tuffāḥata
Genitive	تُفَّاحَةٍ‎ tuffāḥatin	التُّفَّاحَةِ‎ at-tuffāḥati	تُفَّاحَةِ‎ tuffāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَتَيْن‎ tuffāḥatayn	التُّفَّاحَتَيْن‎ at-tuffāḥatayn	تُفَّاحَتَيْ‎ tuffāḥatay
Nominative	تُفَّاحَتَانِ‎ tuffāḥatāni	التُّفَّاحَتَانِ‎ at-tuffāḥatāni	تُفَّاحَتَا‎ tuffāḥatā
Accusative	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ‎ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ‎ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ‎ tuffāḥatay
Genitive	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ‎ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ‎ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ‎ tuffāḥatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَات‎ tuffāḥāt	التُّفَّاحَات‎ at-tuffāḥāt	تُفَّاحَات‎ tuffāḥāt
Nominative	تُفَّاحَاتٌ‎ tuffāḥātun	التُّفَّاحَاتُ‎ at-tuffāḥātu	تُفَّاحَاتُ‎ tuffāḥātu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَاتٍ‎ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ‎ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ‎ tuffāḥāti
Genitive	تُفَّاحَاتٍ‎ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ‎ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ‎ tuffāḥāti

Descendants

Afar: tuffac
Amharic: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ), ቱፋ (tufa)
Ge'ez: ትፋሕ (təffaḥ), ትፉሕ (təffuḥ), ተፋሕ (täffaḥ), ተፉሕ (täffuḥ), ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
Harari: ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
Somali: tufaax
Swahili: tufaha, tufaa, tofaa
Tigre: ቶፋሕ (tofaḥ)
Tigrinya: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 140
Lane, Edward William (1863), “تفاح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 308
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 571
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 212–235
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 155–156

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