آفة

آفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء و ف‎ (ʾ-w-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.fa/

Noun

آفَة • (ʾāfa) f (plural آفَات‎ (ʾāfāt))

1. damage, loss, calamity, harm, bane, pest, plague
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام‎ [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة‎ [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 16, page 680:

     ‏وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.‎‎

     It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.

Declension

Declension of noun آفَة (ʾāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آفَة ʾāfa	الْآفَة‎ al-ʾāfa	آفَة ʾāfat
Nominative	آفَةٌ ʾāfatun	الْآفَةُ‎ al-ʾāfatu	آفَةُ ʾāfatu
Accusative	آفَةً ʾāfatan	الْآفَةَ‎ al-ʾāfata	آفَةَ ʾāfata
Genitive	آفَةٍ ʾāfatin	الْآفَةِ‎ al-ʾāfati	آفَةِ ʾāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آفَتَيْن‎ ʾāfatayn	الْآفَتَيْن‎ al-ʾāfatayn	آفَتَيْ‎ ʾāfatay
Nominative	آفَتَانِ‎ ʾāfatāni	الْآفَتَانِ‎ al-ʾāfatāni	آفَتَا‎ ʾāfatā
Accusative	آفَتَيْنِ‎ ʾāfatayni	الْآفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾāfatayni	آفَتَيْ‎ ʾāfatay
Genitive	آفَتَيْنِ‎ ʾāfatayni	الْآفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾāfatayni	آفَتَيْ‎ ʾāfatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آفَات‎ ʾāfāt	الْآفَات‎ al-ʾāfāt	آفَات‎ ʾāfāt
Nominative	آفَاتٌ‎ ʾāfātun	الْآفَاتُ‎ al-ʾāfātu	آفَاتُ‎ ʾāfātu
Accusative	آفَاتٍ‎ ʾāfātin	الْآفَاتِ‎ al-ʾāfāti	آفَاتِ‎ ʾāfāti
Genitive	آفَاتٍ‎ ʾāfātin	الْآفَاتِ‎ al-ʾāfāti	آفَاتِ‎ ʾāfāti

Descendants

• → Persian: آفت‎ (âfat)
  • → Azerbaijani: afət
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آفت‎
    • → Turkish: afet
  • → Bengali: আফত (afôt)
  • → Urdu: آفت‎ (āfat)
  • → Uyghur: ئاپەت‎ (apet)
  • → Uzbek: ofat
  • → Malayalam: ആപത്ത് (āpattŭ)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “آفة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 44
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “آفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 60