هاتف

See also: hatif and hâtif

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb هَتَفَ (hatafa, “to shout, to call out”), from the root ه ت ف (h-t-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.tif/

Noun

هَاتِف • (hātif) m (plural هَوَاتِف (hawātif))

1. shouting, calling loudly
2. voice
3. telephone
4. loudspeaker
5. (in the plural) exclamations, shouts, cries, calls

Declension

Declension of noun هَاتِف (hātif)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَاتِف hātif	الْهَاتِف al-hātif	هَاتِف hātif
Nominative	هَاتِفٌ hātifun	الْهَاتِفُ al-hātifu	هَاتِفُ hātifu
Accusative	هَاتِفًا hātifan	الْهَاتِفَ al-hātifa	هَاتِفَ hātifa
Genitive	هَاتِفٍ hātifin	الْهَاتِفِ al-hātifi	هَاتِفِ hātifi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَاتِفَيْن hātifayn	الْهَاتِفَيْن al-hātifayn	هَاتِفَيْ hātifay
Nominative	هَاتِفَانِ hātifāni	الْهَاتِفَانِ al-hātifāni	هَاتِفَا hātifā
Accusative	هَاتِفَيْنِ hātifayni	الْهَاتِفَيْنِ al-hātifayni	هَاتِفَيْ hātifay
Genitive	هَاتِفَيْنِ hātifayni	الْهَاتِفَيْنِ al-hātifayni	هَاتِفَيْ hātifay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاتِف hawātif	الْهَوَاتِف al-hawātif	هَوَاتِف hawātif
Nominative	هَوَاتِفُ hawātifu	الْهَوَاتِفُ al-hawātifu	هَوَاتِفُ hawātifu
Accusative	هَوَاتِفَ hawātifa	الْهَوَاتِفَ al-hawātifa	هَوَاتِفَ hawātifa
Genitive	هَوَاتِفَ hawātifa	الْهَوَاتِفِ al-hawātifi	هَوَاتِفِ hawātifi

Synonyms

• تِلِفُون (tilifūn)

References

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