رأفة

Arabic

Root
ر ء ف (r ʔ f)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raʔ.fa/

Noun

رَأْفَة • (raʔfa) f

1. verbal noun of رَأَفَ (raʔafa) (form I)
   1. mercy, pity, kindness

Declension

Declension of noun رَأْفَة (raʔfa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَأْفَة raʔfa	الرَّأْفَة ar-raʔfa	رَأْفَة raʔfat
nominative	رَأْفَةٌ raʔfatun	الرَّأْفَةُ ar-raʔfatu	رَأْفَةُ raʔfatu
accusative	رَأْفَةً raʔfatan	الرَّأْفَةَ ar-raʔfata	رَأْفَةَ raʔfata
genitive	رَأْفَةٍ raʔfatin	الرَّأْفَةِ ar-raʔfati	رَأْفَةِ raʔfati

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: رأفة (raʔfa) (learned)
• → Ottoman Turkish: رأفت (re'fet)
  • Turkish: Rafet
  • Egyptian Arabic: رأفت (raʔfat)

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ر ء ف
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic رَأْفَة (raʔfa). Doublet of رأفت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raʔ.fa/, [ˈɾɑʔfɑ]

Noun

رأفة • (raʔfa) f

1. pity, mercy