جاف

See also: خاف‎, حاق‎, and چاق‎

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of جَفَّ‎ (jaffa, “to become dry, to dry out”), from the root ج ف ف‎ (j-f-f).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

جَافّ • (jāff) (feminine جَافَّة‎ (jāffa), elative أَجَفّ‎ (ʾajaff))

dry, withered

Declension

Declension of adjective جَافّ (jāff)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَافّ jāff	الْجَافّ‎ al-jāff	جَافَّة‎ jāffa	الْجَافَّة‎ al-jāffa
Nominative	جَافٌّ jāffun	الْجَافُّ‎ al-jāffu	جَافَّةٌ‎ jāffatun	الْجَافَّةُ‎ al-jāffatu
Accusative	جَافًّا‎ jāffan	الْجَافَّ‎ al-jāffa	جَافَّةً‎ jāffatan	الْجَافَّةَ‎ al-jāffata
Genitive	جَافٍّ jāffin	الْجَافِّ‎ al-jāffi	جَافَّةٍ‎ jāffatin	الْجَافَّةِ‎ al-jāffati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَافَّيْن‎ jāffayn	الْجَافَّيْن‎ al-jāffayn	جَافَّتَيْن‎ jāffatayn	الْجَافَّتَيْن‎ al-jāffatayn
Nominative	جَافَّانِ‎ jāffāni	الْجَافَّانِ‎ al-jāffāni	جَافَّتَانِ‎ jāffatāni	الْجَافَّتَانِ‎ al-jāffatāni
Accusative	جَافَّيْنِ‎ jāffayni	الْجَافَّيْنِ‎ al-jāffayni	جَافَّتَيْنِ‎ jāffatayni	الْجَافَّتَيْنِ‎ al-jāffatayni
Genitive	جَافَّيْنِ‎ jāffayni	الْجَافَّيْنِ‎ al-jāffayni	جَافَّتَيْنِ‎ jāffatayni	الْجَافَّتَيْنِ‎ al-jāffatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	جَافَّات‎ jāffāt	الْجَافَّات‎ al-jāffāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	جَافَّاتٌ‎ jāffātun	الْجَافَّاتُ‎ al-jāffātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	جَافَّاتٍ‎ jāffātin	الْجَافَّاتِ‎ al-jāffāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	جَافَّاتٍ‎ jāffātin	الْجَافَّاتِ‎ al-jāffāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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