آفة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ء و ف (ʔ-w-f).
Noun
آفَة • (ʔāfa) f (plural آفَات (ʔāfāt))
- damage, loss, calamity, harm, bane, pest, plague
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, 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.
Declension
Declension of noun آفَة (ʔāfa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | آفَة ʔāfa |
الْآفَة al-ʔāfa |
آفَة ʔāfat |
Nominative | آفَةٌ ʔāfatun |
الْآفَةُ al-ʔāfatu |
آفَةُ ʔāfatu |
Accusative | آفَةً ʔāfatan |
الْآفَةَ al-ʔāfata |
آفَةَ ʔāfata |
Genitive | آفَةٍ ʔāfatin |
الْآفَةِ al-ʔāfati |
آفَةِ ʔāfati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | آفَتَيْن ʔāfatayn |
الْآفَتَيْن al-ʔāfatayn |
آفَتَيْ ʔāfatay |
Nominative | آفَتَانِ ʔāfatāni |
الْآفَتَانِ al-ʔāfatāni |
آفَتَا ʔāfatā |
Accusative | آفَتَيْنِ ʔāfatayni |
الْآفَتَيْنِ al-ʔāfatayni |
آفَتَيْ ʔāfatay |
Genitive | آفَتَيْنِ ʔāfatayni |
الْآفَتَيْنِ al-ʔāfatayni |
آفَتَيْ ʔāfatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | آفَات ʔāfāt |
الْآفَات al-ʔāfāt |
آفَات ʔāfāt |
Nominative | آفَاتٌ ʔāfātun |
الْآفَاتُ al-ʔāfātu |
آفَاتُ ʔāfātu |
Accusative | آفَاتٍ ʔāfātin |
الْآفَاتِ al-ʔāfāti |
آفَاتِ ʔāfāti |
Genitive | آفَاتٍ ʔāfātin |
الْآفَاتِ al-ʔāfāti |
آفَاتِ ʔāfāti |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “آفة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 44
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “آفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 60