لطيف

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Arabic

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Root
ل ط ف (l ṭ f)
6 terms

Etymology

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فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb لَطُفَ (laṭufa, to be kind).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.tˤiːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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لَطِيف (laṭīf) (feminine لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa), common plural لِطَاف (liṭāf), masculine plural لَطِيفُونَ (laṭīfūna) or لُطَفَاء (luṭafāʔ), feminine plural لَطِيفَات (laṭīfāt) or لَطَائِف (laṭāʔif), elative أَلْطَف (ʔalṭaf))

  1. thin, fine, delicate, dainty
  2. little, small, cute
  3. gentle, soft, light, mild
  4. pleasant, agreeable
  5. amiable, friendly, kind, nice
  6. civil, courteous, polite, refined
  7. charming, lovely, graceful, elegant

Usage notes

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اللَّطِيف (al-laṭīf, the All-gentle, the Kind) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: lətif
  • Persian: لطیف (latîf)
  • Ottoman Turkish: لطیف (latîf)
  • Uyghur: لەتىپ (letip)
  • Uzbek: latif

References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لطف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَطِيف (laṭīf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.tˤiːf/, [lɑˈtˤiːf]
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Adjective

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لطيف (laṭīf) (feminine لطيفة (laṭīfe), common plural لطفا (luṭafa), elative ألطف (ʔalṭaf))

  1. pleasant, kind, nice
  2. delicate, elegant, refined

Derived terms

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