See also: ضعیف

Arabic edit

Root
ض ع ف (ḍ-ʕ-f)

Etymology edit

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa, to become weak, to become thin).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dˤa.ʕiːf/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf) (feminine ضَعِيفَة (ḍaʕīfa), common plural ضِعَاف (ḍiʕāf), masculine plural ضَعِيفُون (ḍaʕīfūn) or ضُعَفَاء (ḍuʕafāʔ) or ضَعَفَة (ḍaʕafa) or ضَعْفَى (ḍaʕfā) or ضَعَافَى (ḍaʕāfā), feminine plural ضَعِيفَات (ḍaʕīfāt) or ضَعَائِف (ḍaʕāʔif), elative أَضْعَف (ʔaḍʕaf))

  1. weak
  2. (Islam) weak (describing Prophetic Hadiths)
  3. slim, fit, skinny, thin
    Synonyms: نَحِيف (naḥīf), رَشِيق (rašīq)
    Antonyms: سَمِين (samīn), مَتِين (matīn), بَدِين (badīn)
  4. feeble
  5. limp
  6. fragile
  7. impotent
  8. flaccid

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dˤʕiːf/, [dˤʕiːf]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

ضعيف (ḍʕīf) (feminine ضعيفة (ḍʕīfe), masculine plural ضعاف (ḍʕāf), elative أضعف (ʔaḍʕaf))

  1. weak
    Antonym: قوي (ʔawi)
  2. thin (of a person)
    Synonym: نحيف (naḥīf)
    Antonyms: (for people) ناصح (nāṣeḥ), (usually for animals) سمين (smīn)
    البنت ضعيفة، لازم تاكل موز.
    il-bint ḍʕīfe, lāzem tākol mōz.
    The girl is thin, she should eat bananas.

See also edit

  • رفيع (rafīʕ, thin, slender, slin (round object))
  • رقي (rʔīʔ, thin, fine (flat object))