هيف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ه ي ف (h-y-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ji.fa/

Verb

هَيِفَ • (hayifa) I, non-past يَهْيَفُ‎ (yahyafu)

1. to be slender, slim, refined, svelte

Conjugation

Conjugation of

هَيِفَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun هَيْف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						هَيْف hayf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						هَايِف hāyif
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	هَيِفْتُ hayiftu	هَيِفْتَ hayifta	هَيِفَ hayifa		هَيِفْتُمَا hayiftumā	هَيِفَا hayifā		هَيِفْنَا hayifnā	هَيِفْتُمْ hayiftum	هَيِفُوا hayifū
	f		هَيِفْتِ hayifti	هَيِفَتْ hayifat			هَيِفَتَا hayifatā			هَيِفْتُنَّ hayiftunna	هَيِفْنَ hayifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَهْيَفُ ʔahyafu	تَهْيَفُ tahyafu	يَهْيَفُ yahyafu		تَهْيَفَانِ tahyafāni	يَهْيَفَانِ yahyafāni		نَهْيَفُ nahyafu	تَهْيَفُونَ tahyafūna	يَهْيَفُونَ yahyafūna
	f		تَهْيَفِينَ tahyafīna	تَهْيَفُ tahyafu			تَهْيَفَانِ tahyafāni			تَهْيَفْنَ tahyafna	يَهْيَفْنَ yahyafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَهْيَفَ ʔahyafa	تَهْيَفَ tahyafa	يَهْيَفَ yahyafa		تَهْيَفَا tahyafā	يَهْيَفَا yahyafā		نَهْيَفَ nahyafa	تَهْيَفُوا tahyafū	يَهْيَفُوا yahyafū
	f		تَهْيَفِي tahyafī	تَهْيَفَ tahyafa			تَهْيَفَا tahyafā			تَهْيَفْنَ tahyafna	يَهْيَفْنَ yahyafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَهْيَفْ ʔahyaf	تَهْيَفْ tahyaf	يَهْيَفْ yahyaf		تَهْيَفَا tahyafā	يَهْيَفَا yahyafā		نَهْيَفْ nahyaf	تَهْيَفُوا tahyafū	يَهْيَفُوا yahyafū
	f		تَهْيَفِي tahyafī	تَهْيَفْ tahyaf			تَهْيَفَا tahyafā			تَهْيَفْنَ tahyafna	يَهْيَفْنَ yahyafna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِهْيَفْ ihyaf			اِهْيَفَا ihyafā				اِهْيَفُوا ihyafū
	f		اِهْيَفِي ihyafī							اِهْيَفْنَ ihyafna

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hajf/

Noun

هَيْف • (hayf) m

1. verbal noun of هَيِفَ (hayifa) (form I)
2. flimsiness, delicacy .
3. a serious infectious disease that affects many parts of the body, esp. the lungs .
4. adynamia
5. feebleness; vulnerability
6. dry wind, parching wind

Declension

Declension of noun هَيْف (hayf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَيْف hayf	الْهَيْف al-hayf	هَيْف hayf
Nominative	هَيْفٌ hayfun	الْهَيْفُ al-hayfu	هَيْفُ hayfu
Accusative	هَيْفًا hayfan	الْهَيْفَ al-hayfa	هَيْفَ hayfa
Genitive	هَيْفٍ hayfin	الْهَيْفِ al-hayfi	هَيْفِ hayfi

References

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