عاطفة

Arabic

Etymology

ع ط ف‎ (ʕ-ṭ-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.tˤi.fa/

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun عَاطِفَة (ʕāṭifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاطِفَة ʕāṭifa	الْعَاطِفَة‎ al-ʕāṭifa	عَاطِفَة ʕāṭifat
Nominative	عَاطِفَةٌ ʕāṭifatun	الْعَاطِفَةُ‎ al-ʕāṭifatu	عَاطِفَةُ ʕāṭifatu
Accusative	عَاطِفَةً ʕāṭifatan	الْعَاطِفَةَ‎ al-ʕāṭifata	عَاطِفَةَ ʕāṭifata
Genitive	عَاطِفَةٍ ʕāṭifatin	الْعَاطِفَةِ‎ al-ʕāṭifati	عَاطِفَةِ ʕāṭifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاطِفَتَيْن‎ ʕāṭifatayn	الْعَاطِفَتَيْن‎ al-ʕāṭifatayn	عَاطِفَتَيْ‎ ʕāṭifatay
Nominative	عَاطِفَتَانِ‎ ʕāṭifatāni	الْعَاطِفَتَانِ‎ al-ʕāṭifatāni	عَاطِفَتَا‎ ʕāṭifatā
Accusative	عَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ ʕāṭifatayni	الْعَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʕāṭifatayni	عَاطِفَتَيْ‎ ʕāṭifatay
Genitive	عَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ ʕāṭifatayni	الْعَاطِفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʕāṭifatayni	عَاطِفَتَيْ‎ ʕāṭifatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوَاطِف‎ ʕawāṭif	الْعَوَاطِف‎ al-ʕawāṭif	عَوَاطِف‎ ʕawāṭif
Nominative	عَوَاطِفُ‎ ʕawāṭifu	الْعَوَاطِفُ‎ al-ʕawāṭifu	عَوَاطِفُ‎ ʕawāṭifu
Accusative	عَوَاطِفَ‎ ʕawāṭifa	الْعَوَاطِفَ‎ al-ʕawāṭifa	عَوَاطِفَ‎ ʕawāṭifa
Genitive	عَوَاطِفَ‎ ʕawāṭifa	الْعَوَاطِفِ‎ al-ʕawāṭifi	عَوَاطِفِ‎ ʕawāṭifi

Derived terms

• عَاطِفِيّ‎ (ʕāṭifiyy)

Descendants

• Persian: عاطفه‎

References

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