تفاح

Arabic

تُفَّاح

Etymology

A culture word probably acquired through Egyptian dpḥw, as is Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappū́aḥ) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ); not attested in Aramaic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/

Noun

تُفَّاح • (tuffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تُفَّاحَة f (tuffāḥa))

1. (uncountable) apple, apples

Declension

Declension of noun تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ	التُّفَّاح at-tuffāḥ	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ
Nominative	تُفَّاحٌ tuffāḥun	التُّفَّاحُ at-tuffāḥu	تُفَّاحُ tuffāḥu
Accusative	تُفَّاحًا tuffāḥan	التُّفَّاحَ at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَ tuffāḥa
Genitive	تُفَّاحٍ tuffāḥin	التُّفَّاحِ at-tuffāḥi	تُفَّاحِ tuffāḥi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥa	التُّفَّاحَة at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥat
Nominative	تُفَّاحَةٌ tuffāḥatun	التُّفَّاحَةُ at-tuffāḥatu	تُفَّاحَةُ tuffāḥatu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَةً tuffāḥatan	التُّفَّاحَةَ at-tuffāḥata	تُفَّاحَةَ tuffāḥata
Genitive	تُفَّاحَةٍ tuffāḥatin	التُّفَّاحَةِ at-tuffāḥati	تُفَّاحَةِ tuffāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَتَيْن tuffāḥatayn	التُّفَّاحَتَيْن at-tuffāḥatayn	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Nominative	تُفَّاحَتَانِ tuffāḥatāni	التُّفَّاحَتَانِ at-tuffāḥatāni	تُفَّاحَتَا tuffāḥatā
Accusative	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Genitive	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَات tuffāḥāt	التُّفَّاحَات at-tuffāḥāt	تُفَّاحَات tuffāḥāt
Nominative	تُفَّاحَاتٌ tuffāḥātun	التُّفَّاحَاتُ at-tuffāḥātu	تُفَّاحَاتُ tuffāḥātu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَاتٍ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ tuffāḥāti
Genitive	تُفَّاحَاتٍ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ tuffāḥāti

Descendants

• Afar: tuffac
• Amharic: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ), ቱፋ (tufa)
• Ge'ez: ትፋሕ (təffaḥ), ትፉሕ (təffuḥ), ተፋሕ (täffaḥ), ተፉሕ (täffuḥ), ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
• Harari: ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
• Somali: tufaax
• Swahili: tufaha, tufaa, tofaa
• Tigre: ቶፋሕ (tofaḥ)
• Tigrinya: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 140
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “تفاح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 308
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 571
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 212–235
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 155–156

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُفّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/
• IPA^(key): /tɪf.faːħ/

Noun

تفاح • (tuffāa or teffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تفاحة (tuffāḥa or teffāḥa), plural تفاحات (tuffāḥāt or teffāḥāt))

1. (uncountable) apple, apples