تضعيف

Arabic

Root
ض ع ف (ḍ-ʕ-f)

Etymology

Verbal noun of ضَعَّفَ (ḍaʕʕafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tadˤ.ʕiːf/

Noun

تَضْعِيف • (taḍʕīf) m

1. verbal noun of ضَعَّفَ (ḍaʕʕafa) (form II)
2. weakening, debilitating

   Synonym: إِضْعَاف (ʔiḍʕāf)

3. doubling
4. (linguistics, phonology) a specific type of gemination
5. (Islam) deeming a Hadith weak by a scholar

   Antonym: تَصْحِيح (taṣḥīḥ)

Declension

Declension of noun تَضْعِيف (taḍʕīf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَضْعِيف taḍʕīf	التَّضْعِيف at-taḍʕīf	تَضْعِيف taḍʕīf
Nominative	تَضْعِيفٌ taḍʕīfun	التَّضْعِيفُ at-taḍʕīfu	تَضْعِيفُ taḍʕīfu
Accusative	تَضْعِيفًا taḍʕīfan	التَّضْعِيفَ at-taḍʕīfa	تَضْعِيفَ taḍʕīfa
Genitive	تَضْعِيفٍ taḍʕīfin	التَّضْعِيفِ at-taḍʕīfi	تَضْعِيفِ taḍʕīfi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təzif
• → Persian: تضعیف (taz'if)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تضعیف (taz'if)