عاطفة

Arabic

Etymology

Composed of عَاطِف (ʕāṭif, “compassionate, loving”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

عَاطِفَة • (ʕāṭifa) f (plural عَوَاطِف (ʕawāṭif))

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

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