ضفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ف ف (ḍ-f-f) related with crowds and amalgams.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤif.fa/, /dˤaf.fa/

• Audio:

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Noun

ضِفَّة or ضَفَّة • (ḍiffa or ḍaffa) f (plural ضِفَاف (ḍifāf))

1. bank, shore
2. (in the definite form) the West Bank (اَلضِّفَّة اَلْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya))

Declension

Declension of noun ضِفَّة (ḍiffa)‎; ضَفَّة (ḍaffa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة ḍiffa‎; ḍaffa	الضِّفَّة‎; الضَّفَّة aḍ-ḍiffa‎; aḍ-ḍaffa	ضِفَّة‎; ضَفَّة ḍiffat‎; ḍaffat
Nominative	ضِفَّةٌ‎; ضَفَّةٌ ḍiffatun‎; ḍaffatun	الضِّفَّةُ‎; الضَّفَّةُ aḍ-ḍiffatu‎; aḍ-ḍaffatu	ضِفَّةُ‎; ضَفَّةُ ḍiffatu‎; ḍaffatu
Accusative	ضِفَّةً‎; ضَفَّةً ḍiffatan‎; ḍaffatan	الضِّفَّةَ‎; الضَّفَّةَ aḍ-ḍiffata‎; aḍ-ḍaffata	ضِفَّةَ‎; ضَفَّةَ ḍiffata‎; ḍaffata
Genitive	ضِفَّةٍ‎; ضَفَّةٍ ḍiffatin‎; ḍaffatin	الضِّفَّةِ‎; الضَّفَّةِ aḍ-ḍiffati‎; aḍ-ḍaffati	ضِفَّةِ‎; ضَفَّةِ ḍiffati‎; ḍaffati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفَّتَيْن‎; ضَفَّتَيْن ḍiffatayn‎; ḍaffatayn	الضِّفَّتَيْن‎; الضَّفَّتَيْن aḍ-ḍiffatayn‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayn	ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Nominative	ضِفَّتَانِ‎; ضَفَّتَانِ ḍiffatāni‎; ḍaffatāni	الضِّفَّتَانِ‎; الضَّفَّتَانِ aḍ-ḍiffatāni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatāni	ضِفَّتَا‎; ضَفَّتَا ḍiffatā‎; ḍaffatā
Accusative	ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni	الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni	ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Genitive	ضِفَّتَيْنِ‎; ضَفَّتَيْنِ ḍiffatayni‎; ḍaffatayni	الضِّفَّتَيْنِ‎; الضَّفَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍiffatayni‎; aḍ-ḍaffatayni	ضِفَّتَيْ‎; ضَفَّتَيْ ḍiffatay‎; ḍaffatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِفَاف ḍifāf	الضِّفَاف aḍ-ḍifāf	ضِفَاف ḍifāf
Nominative	ضِفَافٌ ḍifāfun	الضِّفَافُ aḍ-ḍifāfu	ضِفَافُ ḍifāfu
Accusative	ضِفَافًا ḍifāfan	الضِّفَافَ aḍ-ḍifāfa	ضِفَافَ ḍifāfa
Genitive	ضِفَافٍ ḍifāfin	الضِّفَافِ aḍ-ḍifāfi	ضِفَافِ ḍifāfi

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “ضفة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 690

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض ف ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic ضِفَّة (ḍiffa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤif.fe/, [ˈdˤɪf.fe]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

  (file)

Noun

ضفة • (ḍiffe) f (plural ضفاف (ḍifāf))

1. riverbank, shore