ضفدع

Arabic

Etymology

From ض ف د ع (ḍ-f-d-ʕ); likely onomatopoeic in origin, meaning to croak, to ribbit, for a stomach to rumble with hunger, to audibly pass gas or flatulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤif.diʕ/
• IPA^(key): /dˤaf.daʕ/
• IPA^(key): /dˤif.daʕ/

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  • IPA^(key): /dˤif.daʕ/, IPA^(key): /dˤuf.daʕ/
  • IPA^(key): /dˤuf.daʕ/

Noun

ضِفْدِع or ضَفْدَع or ضِفْدَع • (ḍifdiʕ or ḍafdaʕ or ḍifdaʕ) m (plural ضَفَادِع (ḍafādiʕ))

1. frog

Declension

Declension of noun ضِفْدِع (ḍifdiʕ)‎; ضَفْدَع (ḍafdaʕ)‎; ضِفْدَع (ḍifdaʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفْدِع‎; ضَفْدَع‎; ضِفْدَع ḍifdiʕ‎; ḍafdaʕ‎; ḍifdaʕ	الضِّفْدِع‎; الضَّفْدَع‎; الضِّفْدَع aḍ-ḍifdiʕ‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕ‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕ	ضِفْدِع‎; ضَفْدَع‎; ضِفْدَع ḍifdiʕ‎; ḍafdaʕ‎; ḍifdaʕ
Nominative	ضِفْدِعٌ‎; ضَفْدَعٌ‎; ضِفْدَعٌ ḍifdiʕun‎; ḍafdaʕun‎; ḍifdaʕun	الضِّفْدِعُ‎; الضَّفْدَعُ‎; الضِّفْدَعُ aḍ-ḍifdiʕu‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕu‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕu	ضِفْدِعُ‎; ضَفْدَعُ‎; ضِفْدَعُ ḍifdiʕu‎; ḍafdaʕu‎; ḍifdaʕu
Accusative	ضِفْدِعًا‎; ضَفْدَعًا‎; ضِفْدَعًا ḍifdiʕan‎; ḍafdaʕan‎; ḍifdaʕan	الضِّفْدِعَ‎; الضَّفْدَعَ‎; الضِّفْدَعَ aḍ-ḍifdiʕa‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕa‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕa	ضِفْدِعَ‎; ضَفْدَعَ‎; ضِفْدَعَ ḍifdiʕa‎; ḍafdaʕa‎; ḍifdaʕa
Genitive	ضِفْدِعٍ‎; ضَفْدَعٍ‎; ضِفْدَعٍ ḍifdiʕin‎; ḍafdaʕin‎; ḍifdaʕin	الضِّفْدِعِ‎; الضَّفْدَعِ‎; الضِّفْدَعِ aḍ-ḍifdiʕi‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕi‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕi	ضِفْدِعِ‎; ضَفْدَعِ‎; ضِفْدَعِ ḍifdiʕi‎; ḍafdaʕi‎; ḍifdaʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفْدِعَيْن‎; ضَفْدَعَيْن‎; ضِفْدَعَيْن ḍifdiʕayn‎; ḍafdaʕayn‎; ḍifdaʕayn	الضِّفْدِعَيْن‎; الضَّفْدَعَيْن‎; الضِّفْدَعَيْن aḍ-ḍifdiʕayn‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕayn‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕayn	ضِفْدِعَيْ‎; ضَفْدَعَيْ‎; ضِفْدَعَيْ ḍifdiʕay‎; ḍafdaʕay‎; ḍifdaʕay
Nominative	ضِفْدِعَانِ‎; ضَفْدَعَانِ‎; ضِفْدَعَانِ ḍifdiʕāni‎; ḍafdaʕāni‎; ḍifdaʕāni	الضِّفْدِعَانِ‎; الضَّفْدَعَانِ‎; الضِّفْدَعَانِ aḍ-ḍifdiʕāni‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕāni‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕāni	ضِفْدِعَا‎; ضَفْدَعَا‎; ضِفْدَعَا ḍifdiʕā‎; ḍafdaʕā‎; ḍifdaʕā
Accusative	ضِفْدِعَيْنِ‎; ضَفْدَعَيْنِ‎; ضِفْدَعَيْنِ ḍifdiʕayni‎; ḍafdaʕayni‎; ḍifdaʕayni	الضِّفْدِعَيْنِ‎; الضَّفْدَعَيْنِ‎; الضِّفْدَعَيْنِ aḍ-ḍifdiʕayni‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕayni‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕayni	ضِفْدِعَيْ‎; ضَفْدَعَيْ‎; ضِفْدَعَيْ ḍifdiʕay‎; ḍafdaʕay‎; ḍifdaʕay
Genitive	ضِفْدِعَيْنِ‎; ضَفْدَعَيْنِ‎; ضِفْدَعَيْنِ ḍifdiʕayni‎; ḍafdaʕayni‎; ḍifdaʕayni	الضِّفْدِعَيْنِ‎; الضَّفْدَعَيْنِ‎; الضِّفْدَعَيْنِ aḍ-ḍifdiʕayni‎; aḍ-ḍafdaʕayni‎; aḍ-ḍifdaʕayni	ضِفْدِعَيْ‎; ضَفْدَعَيْ‎; ضِفْدَعَيْ ḍifdiʕay‎; ḍafdaʕay‎; ḍifdaʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَفَادِع ḍafādiʕ	الضَّفَادِع aḍ-ḍafādiʕ	ضَفَادِع ḍafādiʕ
Nominative	ضَفَادِعُ ḍafādiʕu	الضَّفَادِعُ aḍ-ḍafādiʕu	ضَفَادِعُ ḍafādiʕu
Accusative	ضَفَادِعَ ḍafādiʕa	الضَّفَادِعَ aḍ-ḍafādiʕa	ضَفَادِعَ ḍafādiʕa
Genitive	ضَفَادِعَ ḍafādiʕa	الضَّفَادِعِ aḍ-ḍafādiʕi	ضَفَادِعِ ḍafādiʕi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ضفدع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضفدع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1795

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ضِفْدَع (ḍifdaʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdˤufdaʕ/

Noun

ضُفْدَع • (ḍufdaʿ) m (plural ضَفَادِع ‎(ḍafādiʿ))

1. frog