تهافت

Arabic

Root
ه ف ت (h f t)
1 term

Verb

تَهَافَتَ • (tahāfata) VI (non-past يَتَهَافَتُ (yatahāfatu), verbal noun تَهَافُت (tahāfut))

1. to scramble, to press into or upon, to throng, to scour, to flock, to descend [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
2. to be infatuated, to be head over heels into [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, pages 181–182:

     فإنّ المجتمع الشرقي سينظر إليه كفحل، ولن تتأثر سمعته البتة، بل على العكس، ستتهافت عليه النساء حبّاً في رجولته!

     If Eastern society is going to look upon him as a stud, this will not have an influence about her repute at all, but on the contrary, the women will get a crush on him due to his virility!

3. to overstep the limits of one’s intellectual capacity, to have a nervous breakdown or start being incoherent, self-destruction
   • 1095, Algazelus, تهافت الفلاسفة [The Incoherence of the Philosophers]:

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تَهَافَتَ (VI, sound, impersonal passive, verbal noun تَهَافُت)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَهَافُت tahāfut
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَهَافِت mutahāfit
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَهَافَت mutahāfat
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَهَافَتُّ tahāfattu	تَهَافَتَّ tahāfatta	تَهَافَتَ tahāfata		تَهَافَتُّمَا tahāfattumā	تَهَافَتَا tahāfatā		تَهَافَتْنَا tahāfatnā	تَهَافَتُّمْ tahāfattum	تَهَافَتُوا tahāfatū
	f		تَهَافَتِّ tahāfatti	تَهَافَتَتْ tahāfatat			تَهَافَتَتَا tahāfatatā			تَهَافَتُّنَّ tahāfattunna	تَهَافَتْنَ tahāfatna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَهَافَتُ ʔatahāfatu	تَتَهَافَتُ tatahāfatu	يَتَهَافَتُ yatahāfatu		تَتَهَافَتَانِ tatahāfatāni	يَتَهَافَتَانِ yatahāfatāni		نَتَهَافَتُ natahāfatu	تَتَهَافَتُونَ tatahāfatūna	يَتَهَافَتُونَ yatahāfatūna
	f		تَتَهَافَتِينَ tatahāfatīna	تَتَهَافَتُ tatahāfatu			تَتَهَافَتَانِ tatahāfatāni			تَتَهَافَتْنَ tatahāfatna	يَتَهَافَتْنَ yatahāfatna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَهَافَتَ ʔatahāfata	تَتَهَافَتَ tatahāfata	يَتَهَافَتَ yatahāfata		تَتَهَافَتَا tatahāfatā	يَتَهَافَتَا yatahāfatā		نَتَهَافَتَ natahāfata	تَتَهَافَتُوا tatahāfatū	يَتَهَافَتُوا yatahāfatū
	f		تَتَهَافَتِي tatahāfatī	تَتَهَافَتَ tatahāfata			تَتَهَافَتَا tatahāfatā			تَتَهَافَتْنَ tatahāfatna	يَتَهَافَتْنَ yatahāfatna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَهَافَتْ ʔatahāfat	تَتَهَافَتْ tatahāfat	يَتَهَافَتْ yatahāfat		تَتَهَافَتَا tatahāfatā	يَتَهَافَتَا yatahāfatā		نَتَهَافَتْ natahāfat	تَتَهَافَتُوا tatahāfatū	يَتَهَافَتُوا yatahāfatū
	f		تَتَهَافَتِي tatahāfatī	تَتَهَافَتْ tatahāfat			تَتَهَافَتَا tatahāfatā			تَتَهَافَتْنَ tatahāfatna	يَتَهَافَتْنَ yatahāfatna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَهَافَتْ tahāfat			تَهَافَتَا tahāfatā				تَهَافَتُوا tahāfatū
	f		تَهَافَتِي tahāfatī							تَهَافَتْنَ tahāfatna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُهُوفِتَ tuhūfita		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتَهَافَتُ yutahāfatu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتَهَافَتَ yutahāfata		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتَهَافَتْ yutahāfat		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—