إطفاء

إطفاء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ف ء‎ (ṭ-f-ʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔitˤ.faːʔ/

Noun

إطْفَاء • (ʾiṭfāʾ) m

1. verbal noun of أَطْفَأَ‎ (ʾaṭfaʾa, “to extinguish”) (form IV)
2. extinguishing
3. putting out (a fire)
4. firefighting

Declension

Declension of noun إطْفَاء (ʾiṭfāʾ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إطْفَاء ʾiṭfāʾ	الْإطْفَاء‎ al-ʾiṭfāʾ	إطْفَاء ʾiṭfāʾ
Nominative	إطْفَاءٌ ʾiṭfāʾun	الْإطْفَاءُ‎ al-ʾiṭfāʾu	إطْفَاءُ ʾiṭfāʾu
Accusative	إطْفَاءً ʾiṭfāʾan	الْإطْفَاءَ‎ al-ʾiṭfāʾa	إطْفَاءَ ʾiṭfāʾa
Genitive	إطْفَاءٍ ʾiṭfāʾin	الْإطْفَاءِ‎ al-ʾiṭfāʾi	إطْفَاءِ ʾiṭfāʾi

Derived terms

• فِرْقَة الْإِطْفَاء‎ (firqat al-ʾiṭfāʾ, “fire brigade, fire department”)

References

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