Arabic edit

Root
ج ف ف (j-f-f)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaf.fa.fa/
  • (file)

Verb edit

جَفَّفَ (jaffafa) II, non-past يُجَفِّفُ‎ (yujaffifu)

  1. to dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate
    • 2014 March 19, “ar: بحث حول النظافة”, in Bayt Al-Maʿrafa[1], archived from the original on 2017-10-16:
      تجنبي قرض أظافرك بأسنانك واهتمي بدعكها بالفرجون والماء والصابون ثم اشطفيها وجففيها جيداً.
      Avoid gnawing your nails with your teeth and take care to scrub them with the brush and the water and the soap and then rinse and dry them well.

Conjugation edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ج ف ف
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَفَّفَ (jaffafa).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

جفّف (jaffaf) II (present بجفّف (bijaffef))

  1. (transitive) to dry
    Synonym: نشّف (naššaf)
    Antonym: بلّ (ball)
  2. (transitive) to drain

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of جفّف (jaffaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جفّفت (jaffaft) جفّفت (jaffaft) جفّف (jaffaf) جفّفنا (jaffafna) جفّفتو (jaffaftu) جفّفو (jaffafu)
f جفّفتي (jaffafti) جفّفت (jaffafat)
present m بجفّف (bajaffef) بتجفّف (bitjaffef) بجفّف (bijaffef) منجفّف (minjaffef) بتجفّفو (bitjafffu) بجفّفو (bijafffu)
f بتجفّفي (bitjafffi) بتجفّف (bitjaffef)
subjunctive m اجفّف (ajaffef) تجفّف (tjaffef) يجفّف (yjaffef) نجفّف (njaffef) تجفّفو (tjafffu) يجفّفو (yjafffu)
f تجفّفي (tjafffi) تجفّف (tjaffef)
imperative m جفّف (jaffef) جفّفو (jafffu)
f جفّفي (jafffi)