أفاد

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ي د (f-y-d)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَفَادَ (ʔafāda) IV, non-past يُفِيدُ‎ (yufīdu)

  1. (transitive) to benefit, be helpful, useful, beneficial, profitable, advantageous for
  2. (intransitive) to derive benefit, profit, or advantage; to profit, benefit: with مِنْ (min, from)
    Synonym: اِسْتَفَاد (istafād)
  3. (transitive, ditransitive) to notify, advise, acquaint, inform, let know: with the person in the accusative case and with the thing in the accusative or in a prepositional phrase with بِـ (bi-), or with the thing expressed by a statement (noun phrase) headed by أَنَّ (ʔanna, that) or بِأَنَّ (biʔanna)
  4. (transitive) to get, acquire, gain, win

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “(فيد)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ي د
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَفَادَ (ʔafāda).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.faːd/, [ʔaˈfæːd]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

أفاد (ʔafād) IV (present بفيد (bifīd))

  1. to be useful or beneficial

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of أفاد (ʔafād)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أفدت (ʔafadt) أفدت (ʔafadt) أفاد (ʔafād) أفدنا (ʔafadna) أفدتو (ʔafadtu) أفادو (ʔafādu)
f أفدتي (ʔafadti) أفادت (ʔafādat)
present m بفيد (bafīd) بتفيد (bitfīd) بفيد (bifīd) منفيد (minfīd) بتفيدو (bitfīdu) بفيدو (bifīdu)
f بتفيدي (bitfīdi) بتفيد (bitfīd)
subjunctive m افيد (afīd) تفيد (tfīd) يفيد (yfīd) نفيد (nfīd) تفيدو (tfīdu) يفيدو (yfīdu)
f تفيدي (tfīdi) تفيد (tfīd)
imperative m فيد (fīd) فيدو (fīdu)
f فيدي (fīdi)