ضعیف

See also: ضعيف

Kohistani Shina

Noun

ضعیف (za'īf)

1. scholar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).

Adjective

ضعیف • (zaif)

1. anemic, feeble, weak
2. slim, thin, meager

Descendants

• Turkish: zayıf
• → Armenian: զայիֆ (zayif)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [za.ʔiːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ʔiːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ʔiːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.jiːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.jif]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.ʔiːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ʔif]

Readings
Classical reading?	za'īf
Dari reading?	za'īf
Iranian reading?	za'if
Tajik reading?	zaʾif

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	ضعیف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	заъиф

ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیف‌تَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیف‌تَرین (za'if-tarin))

1. weak, feeble

   Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)

   Antonym: قوی (qavi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3098:

     چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتن‌داری و صبرت شد ضعیف

     čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if

     Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.

2. thin, weakly

   Synonym: لاغر (lâğar)

3. poor (of low quality), defective

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of ضعیف (za'if)

Basic forms of ضعیف (za'if) bare ضعیف (za'if) ezâfe ضعیف (za'if-e) marked indefinite or relative definite ضعیفی (za'if-i)     Predicative forms of ضعیف (za'if) singular plural 1st person (“I am, we are”) ضعیفم (za'ifam) ضعیفیم (za'ifim) 2nd person (“you are”) ضعیفی (za'ifi) ضعیفید (za'ifid) ضعیفین △ (za'ifin) 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) ضعیف است (za'if ast) ضعیفه △ (za'ife) ضعیفند (za'ifand) ضعیفن △ (za'ifan) △ Colloquial.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian ضعیف (za'if).

Adjective

ضعیف (za'īf)

1. old

Yidgha

Noun

ضعیف (ze'īf)

1. poor