ضفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ف ف‎ (ḍ-f-f) related with crowds and amalgams

Pronunciation

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Noun

ضِفَّة or ضَفَّة • (ḍiffa or ḍaffa) f (plural ضِفَاف‎ (ḍifāf))

bank, shore
(specifically) the West Bank (اَلضِّفَّة اَلْغَرْبِيَّة‏‎‎ (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya))

Declension

Declension of noun ضِفَّة (ḍiffa)‎; ضَفَّة (ḍaffa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة ḍiffa‎; ḍaffa	الضِّفَّة‎‎; الضَّفَّة‎ aḍ-ḍiffa‎; aḍ-ḍaffa	ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة ḍiffat‎; ḍaffat
Nominative	ضِفَّةٌ‎; ضَفَّةٌ ḍiffatun‎; ḍaffatun	الضِّفَّةُ‎‎; الضَّفَّةُ‎ aḍ-ḍiffatu‎; aḍ-ḍaffatu	ضِفَّةُ‎; ضَفَّةُ ḍiffatu‎; ḍaffatu
Accusative	ضِفَّةً‎; ضَفَّةً ḍiffatan‎; ḍaffatan	الضِّفَّةَ‎‎; الضَّفَّةَ‎ aḍ-ḍiffata‎; aḍ-ḍaffata	ضِفَّةَ‎; ضَفَّةَ ḍiffata‎; ḍaffata
Genitive	ضِفَّةٍ‎; ضَفَّةٍ ḍiffatin‎; ḍaffatin	الضِّفَّةِ‎‎; الضَّفَّةِ‎ aḍ-ḍiffati‎; aḍ-ḍaffati	ضِفَّةِ‎; ضَفَّةِ ḍiffati‎; ḍaffati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفَّتَيْن‎‎; ضَفَّتَيْن‎ ḍiffatayn‎; ḍaffatayn	الضِّفَّتَيْن‎‎; الضَّفَّتَيْن‎ aḍ-ḍiffatayn‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayn	ضِفَّتَيْ‎‎; ضَفَّتَيْ‎ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Nominative	ضِفَّتَانِ‎‎; ضَفَّتَانِ‎ ḍiffatāni‎; ḍaffatāni	الضِّفَّتَانِ‎‎; الضَّفَّتَانِ‎ aḍ-ḍiffatāni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatāni	ضِفَّتَا‎‎; ضَفَّتَا‎ ḍiffatā‎; ḍaffatā
Accusative	ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ‎ ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni	الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ‎ aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni	ضِفَّتَيْ‎‎; ضَفَّتَيْ‎ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Genitive	ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ‎ ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni	الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ‎ aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni	ضِفَّتَيْ‎‎; ضَفَّتَيْ‎ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفَاف‎ ḍifāf	الضِّفَاف‎ aḍ-ḍifāf	ضِفَاف‎ ḍifāf
Nominative	ضِفَافٌ‎ ḍifāfun	الضِّفَافُ‎ aḍ-ḍifāfu	ضِفَافُ‎ ḍifāfu
Accusative	ضِفَافًا‎ ḍifāfan	الضِّفَافَ‎ aḍ-ḍifāfa	ضِفَافَ‎ ḍifāfa
Genitive	ضِفَافٍ‎ ḍifāfin	الضِّفَافِ‎ aḍ-ḍifāfi	ضِفَافِ‎ ḍifāfi

References

Corriente, Federico (2005), “ضفة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 690

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