أهيف

Arabic

Root
ه ي ف (h-y-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔah.jaf/

Adjective

أَهْيَف • (ʔahyaf) (feminine هَيْفَاء (hayfāʔ), common plural هِيف (hīf))

1. slim; slender; slight; frail; wispy

Declension

Declension of adjective أَهْيَف (ʔahyaf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَهْيَف ʔahyaf	الْأَهْيَف al-ʔahyaf	هَيْفَاء hayfāʔ	الْهَيْفَاء al-hayfāʔ
Nominative	أَهْيَفُ ʔahyafu	الْأَهْيَفُ al-ʔahyafu	هَيْفَاءُ hayfāʔu	الْهَيْفَاءُ al-hayfāʔu
Accusative	أَهْيَفَ ʔahyafa	الْأَهْيَفَ al-ʔahyafa	هَيْفَاءَ hayfāʔa	الْهَيْفَاءَ al-hayfāʔa
Genitive	أَهْيَفَ ʔahyafa	الْأَهْيَفِ al-ʔahyafi	هَيْفَاءَ hayfāʔa	الْهَيْفَاءِ al-hayfāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَهْيَفَيْن ʔahyafayn	الْأَهْيَفَيْن al-ʔahyafayn	هَيْفَاءَيْن hayfāʔayn	الْهَيْفَاءَيْن al-hayfāʔayn
Nominative	أَهْيَفَانِ ʔahyafāni	الْأَهْيَفَانِ al-ʔahyafāni	هَيْفَاءَانِ hayfāʔāni	الْهَيْفَاءَانِ al-hayfāʔāni
Accusative	أَهْيَفَيْنِ ʔahyafayni	الْأَهْيَفَيْنِ al-ʔahyafayni	هَيْفَاءَيْنِ hayfāʔayni	الْهَيْفَاءَيْنِ al-hayfāʔayni
Genitive	أَهْيَفَيْنِ ʔahyafayni	الْأَهْيَفَيْنِ al-ʔahyafayni	هَيْفَاءَيْنِ hayfāʔayni	الْهَيْفَاءَيْنِ al-hayfāʔayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هِيف hīf	الْهِيف al-hīf	هِيف hīf	الْهِيف al-hīf
Nominative	هِيفٌ hīfun	الْهِيفُ al-hīfu	هِيفٌ hīfun	الْهِيفُ al-hīfu
Accusative	هِيفًا hīfan	الْهِيفَ al-hīfa	هِيفًا hīfan	الْهِيفَ al-hīfa
Genitive	هِيفٍ hīfin	الْهِيفِ al-hīfi	هِيفٍ hīfin	الْهِيفِ al-hīfi

References

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