ضفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ف ف (ḍ f f) related with crowds and amalgams.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤif.fa/, /dˤaf.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ضِفَّة or ضَفَّة • (ḍiffa or ḍaffa) f (plural ضِفَاف (ḍifāf))

1. bank, shore
2. (in the definite form) the West Bank (اَلضِّفَّة اَلْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya))

Declension

Declension of noun ضِفَّة (ḍiffa)‎; ضَفَّة (ḍaffa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة ḍiffa‎; ḍaffa	الضِّفَّة‎; الضَّفَّة aḍ-ḍiffa‎; aḍ-ḍaffa	ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة ḍiffat‎; ḍaffat
nominative	ضِفَّةٌ‎; ضَفَّةٌ ḍiffatun‎; ḍaffatun	الضِّفَّةُ‎; الضَّفَّةُ aḍ-ḍiffatu‎; aḍ-ḍaffatu	ضِفَّةُ‎; ضَفَّةُ ḍiffatu‎; ḍaffatu
accusative	ضِفَّةً‎; ضَفَّةً ḍiffatan‎; ḍaffatan	الضِّفَّةَ‎; الضَّفَّةَ aḍ-ḍiffata‎; aḍ-ḍaffata	ضِفَّةَ‎; ضَفَّةَ ḍiffata‎; ḍaffata
genitive	ضِفَّةٍ‎; ضَفَّةٍ ḍiffatin‎; ḍaffatin	الضِّفَّةِ‎; الضَّفَّةِ aḍ-ḍiffati‎; aḍ-ḍaffati	ضِفَّةِ‎; ضَفَّةِ ḍiffati‎; ḍaffati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضِفَّتَيْن‎; ضَفَّتَيْن ḍiffatayn‎; ḍaffatayn	الضِّفَّتَيْن‎; الضَّفَّتَيْن aḍ-ḍiffatayn‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayn	ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
nominative	ضِفَّتَانِ‎; ضَفَّتَانِ ḍiffatāni‎; ḍaffatāni	الضِّفَّتَانِ‎; الضَّفَّتَانِ aḍ-ḍiffatāni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatāni	ضِفَّتَا‎; ضَفَّتَا ḍiffatā‎; ḍaffatā
accusative	ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni	الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni	ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
genitive	ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni	الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni	ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضِفَاف ḍifāf	الضِّفَاف aḍ-ḍifāf	ضِفَاف ḍifāf
nominative	ضِفَافٌ ḍifāfun	الضِّفَافُ aḍ-ḍifāfu	ضِفَافُ ḍifāfu
accusative	ضِفَافًا ḍifāfan	الضِّفَافَ aḍ-ḍifāfa	ضِفَافَ ḍifāfa
genitive	ضِفَافٍ ḍifāfin	الضِّفَافِ aḍ-ḍifāfi	ضِفَافِ ḍifāfi

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ضفة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 690

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض ف ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic ضِفَّة (ḍiffa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤif.fe/, [ˈdˤɪf.fe]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Noun

ضفة • (ḍiffe) f (plural ضفاف (ḍifāf))

1. riverbank, shore