زفت
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זִפתָּא (zip̄tā) / זִיפתָּא (zip̄tā), Classical Syriac ܙܦܬܐ (zep̄tā), ܙܒܬܐ (zeḇtā), Hebrew זֶפֶת (zéfeṯ), possibly Arabic-borrowed Ge'ez ዝፍት (zəft) and Semitic-borrowed Old Armenian ձիւթ (jiwtʿ) and Old Georgian ძივთი (ʒivti). Neo-Babylonian 𒍣𒅁𒌈 (zi-ib-tum /ziptu, zibtu/), once glossed “pitch” and rare enough to be West Semitic borrowing, is more correctly[1] glossed “a stone”.
Noun edit
زِفْت • (zift) m
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “zpt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 185, 310
- Müller, Friedrich (1894), “Pahlawi, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 283
- ^ Kogan, Leonid (2019), “Additions and Corrections to Wolf Leslau's Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (1987–2017)”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 139, issue 4, , page 903 to 632
Etymology 2 edit
Denominal verb of زِفْت (zift).
Verb edit
زَفَّتَ • (zaffata) II, non-past يُزَفِّتُ (yuzaffitu)
Conjugation edit
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
tazfīt | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
muzaffit | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
muzaffat | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | زَفَّتُّ zaffattu |
زَفَّتَّ zaffatta |
زَفَّتَ zaffata |
zaffattumā |
zaffatā |
zaffatnā |
zaffattum |
zaffatū | |||
f | زَفَّتِّ zaffatti |
zaffatat |
zaffatatā |
zaffattunna |
zaffatna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuzaffitu |
tuzaffitu |
yuzaffitu |
tuzaffitāni |
yuzaffitāni |
nuzaffitu |
tuzaffitūna |
yuzaffitūna | |||
f | tuzaffitīna |
tuzaffitu |
tuzaffitāni |
tuzaffitna |
yuzaffitna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuzaffita |
tuzaffita |
yuzaffita |
tuzaffitā |
yuzaffitā |
nuzaffita |
tuzaffitū |
yuzaffitū | |||
f | tuzaffitī |
tuzaffita |
tuzaffitā |
tuzaffitna |
yuzaffitna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuzaffit |
tuzaffit |
yuzaffit |
tuzaffitā |
yuzaffitā |
nuzaffit |
tuzaffitū |
yuzaffitū | |||
f | tuzaffitī |
tuzaffit |
tuzaffitā |
tuzaffitna |
yuzaffitna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | زَفِّتْ zaffit |
zaffitā |
zaffitū |
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f | zaffitī |
zaffitna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | زُفِّتُّ zuffittu |
زُفِّتَّ zuffitta |
زُفِّتَ zuffita |
zuffittumā |
zuffitā |
zuffitnā |
zuffittum |
zuffitū | |||
f | زُفِّتِّ zuffitti |
zuffitat |
zuffitatā |
zuffittunna |
zuffitna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuzaffatu |
tuzaffatu |
yuzaffatu |
tuzaffatāni |
yuzaffatāni |
nuzaffatu |
tuzaffatūna |
yuzaffatūna | |||
f | tuzaffatīna |
tuzaffatu |
tuzaffatāni |
tuzaffatna |
yuzaffatna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuzaffata |
tuzaffata |
yuzaffata |
tuzaffatā |
yuzaffatā |
nuzaffata |
tuzaffatū |
yuzaffatū | |||
f | tuzaffatī |
tuzaffata |
tuzaffatā |
tuzaffatna |
yuzaffatna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuzaffat |
tuzaffat |
yuzaffat |
tuzaffatā |
yuzaffatā |
nuzaffat |
tuzaffatū |
yuzaffatū | |||
f | tuzaffatī |
tuzaffat |
tuzaffatā |
tuzaffatna |
yuzaffatna |
References edit
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “زفت”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 242
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “زفت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1236
Moroccan Arabic edit
Root |
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ز ف ت |
1 term |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
زفت • (zaft) m
- tar, pitch
- (figuratively) rubbish, trash, shit
- شهاد الزفت اللي جبتي معاك للدار ؟
- š-hād ez-zaft elli jabti mʕāk l-ed-dār ?
- What is this rubbish you brought home with you?
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic زَفَّتَ (zaffata).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
زفت • (zaffat) II (non-past يزفت (yzaffat), verbal noun تزفات (tazfāt))
- to pave
- Synonym: عبّد (ʕabbad)
- البلدية ما بغاتش تعاود تزفت طريقنا حيت ما كانتش فالميزانية المقررة. أما فالحقيقة غير سالات الانتخابات ما بقاوش مسوقين لينا.
- el-baladiyya ma bḡātši tʕāwad tzaffat trīqna ḥīt ma kānitši f-el-mīzāniyya. ʔamma f-el-ḥaqīqa ḡīr sālāt l-intiḵābāt ma bqāwši msawwqin līna.
- The municipality didn't want to repave our road because it wasn't included in the budget. But in truth once the elections were done, they no longer care about us.
South Levantine Arabic edit
Root |
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ز ف ت |
1 term |
Etymology edit
From Arabic زَفَّتَ (zaffata).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
زفّت • (zaffat) II (present بزفّت (bizaffet))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of زفّت (zaffat) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | زفّتت (zaffatt) | زفّتت (zaffatt) | زفّت (zaffat) | زفّتنا (zaffatna) | زفّتتو (zaffattu) | زفّتو (zaffatu) | |
f | زفّتتي (zaffatti) | زفّتت (zaffatat) | ||||||
present | m | بزفّت (bazaffet) | بتزفّت (bitzaffet) | بزفّت (bizaffet) | منزفّت (minzaffet) | بتزفّتو (bitzafftu) | بزفّتو (bizafftu) | |
f | بتزفّتي (bitzaffti) | بتزفّت (bitzaffet) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | ازفّت (azaffet) | تزفّت (tzaffet) | يزفّت (yzaffet) | نزفّت (nzaffet) | تزفّتو (tzafftu) | يزفّتو (yzafftu) | |
f | تزفّتي (tzaffti) | تزفّت (tzaffet) | ||||||
imperative | m | زفّت (zaffet) | زفّتو (zafftu) | |||||
f | زفّتي (zaffti) |