عاطفة

Arabic

Etymology

ع ط ف‎ (ʿ-ṭ-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.tˤi.fa/

Noun

عَاطِفَة • (ʿāṭifa) f (countable and uncountable, plural عَوَاطِف‎ (ʿawāṭif))

1. emotion, sentiment
2. loving affection
3. benevolence, compassion
4. sympathy

Declension

Declension of noun عَاطِفَة (ʿāṭifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاطِفَة ʿāṭifa	الْعَاطِفَة‎ al-ʿāṭifa	عَاطِفَة ʿāṭifat
Nominative	عَاطِفَةٌ ʿāṭifatun	الْعَاطِفَةُ‎ al-ʿāṭifatu	عَاطِفَةُ ʿāṭifatu
Accusative	عَاطِفَةً ʿāṭifatan	الْعَاطِفَةَ‎ al-ʿāṭifata	عَاطِفَةَ ʿāṭifata
Genitive	عَاطِفَةٍ ʿāṭifatin	الْعَاطِفَةِ‎ al-ʿāṭifati	عَاطِفَةِ ʿāṭifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاطِفَتَيْن‎ ʿāṭifatayn	الْعَاطِفَتَيْن‎ al-ʿāṭifatayn	عَاطِفَتَيْ‎ ʿāṭifatay
Nominative	عَاطِفَتَانِ‎ ʿāṭifatāni	الْعَاطِفَتَانِ‎ al-ʿāṭifatāni	عَاطِفَتَا‎ ʿāṭifatā
Accusative	عَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ ʿāṭifatayni	الْعَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿāṭifatayni	عَاطِفَتَيْ‎ ʿāṭifatay
Genitive	عَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ ʿāṭifatayni	الْعَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿāṭifatayni	عَاطِفَتَيْ‎ ʿāṭifatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوَاطِف‎ ʿawāṭif	الْعَوَاطِف‎ al-ʿawāṭif	عَوَاطِف‎ ʿawāṭif
Nominative	عَوَاطِفُ‎ ʿawāṭifu	الْعَوَاطِفُ‎ al-ʿawāṭifu	عَوَاطِفُ‎ ʿawāṭifu
Accusative	عَوَاطِفَ‎ ʿawāṭifa	الْعَوَاطِفَ‎ al-ʿawāṭifa	عَوَاطِفَ‎ ʿawāṭifa
Genitive	عَوَاطِفَ‎ ʿawāṭifa	الْعَوَاطِفِ‎ al-ʿawāṭifi	عَوَاطِفِ‎ ʿawāṭifi

Derived terms

• عَاطِفِيّ‎ (ʿāṭifiyy)

Descendants

• Persian: عاطفه‎

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph, “عاطفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, 1884
• Wehr, Hans, “عطف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic‎^[2], 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, 1979, →ISBN