Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).
Adjective
ضعیف • (zaif)
- anemic, feeble, weak
- slim, thin, meager
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).
Pronunciation
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Readings
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Classical reading?
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z
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Dari reading?
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z
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Iranian reading?
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z
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Tajik reading?
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z
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Adjective
Dari
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ضعیف
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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заъиф
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ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیفتَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیفتَرین (za'if-tarin))
- weak, feeble
- Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)
- Antonym: قوی (qavi)
- thin, weakly
- Synonym: لاغر (lâğar)
- poor (of low quality), defective
Inflection
Enclitic-attached forms of ضعیف (za'if)
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Basic forms of ضعیف (za'if)
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bare
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ضعیف (za'if)
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ezâfe
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ضعیف (za'if-e)
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marked indefinite or relative definite
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ضعیفی (za'if-i)
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Predicative forms of ضعیف (za'if)
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singular
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plural
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1st person (“I am, we are”)
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ضعیفم (za'ifam)
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ضعیفیم (za'ifim)
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2nd person (“you are”)
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ضعیفی (za'ifi)
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ضعیفید (za'ifid) ضعیفین △ (za'ifin)
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3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)
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ضعیف است (za'if ast) ضعیفه △ (za'ife)
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ضعیفند (za'ifand) ضعیفن △ (za'ifan)
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△ Colloquial.
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