عاطفة

Arabic

Root
ع ط ف (ʕ ṭ f)
12 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.tˤi.fa/

Noun

عَاطِفَة • (ʕāṭifa) f (plural عَوَاطِف (ʕawāṭif)) (countable and uncountable)

1. emotion, sentiment

   هٰذَا الْخَبَرُ يُحَرِّكُ الْعَوَاطِفَ.

   hāḏā l-ḵabaru yuḥarriku l-ʕawāṭifa.

   This news stirs up emotions.

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