إطفاء

Arabic

Root
ط ف ء (ṭ-f-ʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔitˤ.faːʔ/

Noun

إطْفَاء • (ʔiṭfāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa, “to extinguish”) (form IV)
2. extinguishing
3. putting out (a fire)
4. firefighting

Declension

Declension of noun إطْفَاء (ʔiṭfāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إطْفَاء ʔiṭfāʔ	الْإطْفَاء al-ʔiṭfāʔ	إطْفَاء ʔiṭfāʔ
Nominative	إطْفَاءٌ ʔiṭfāʔun	الْإطْفَاءُ al-ʔiṭfāʔu	إطْفَاءُ ʔiṭfāʔu
Accusative	إطْفَاءً ʔiṭfāʔan	الْإطْفَاءَ al-ʔiṭfāʔa	إطْفَاءَ ʔiṭfāʔa
Genitive	إطْفَاءٍ ʔiṭfāʔin	الْإطْفَاءِ al-ʔiṭfāʔi	إطْفَاءِ ʔiṭfāʔi

Derived terms

• فِرْقَة الْإِطْفَاء (firqat al-ʔiṭfāʔ, “fire brigade, fire department”)

References

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