تفاف

تفاف

Arabic

تِفَاف – Sonchus tenerrimus

Alternative forms

• تِلْفَاف‎ (tilfāf)

Etymology

A Berber borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.faːf/

Noun

تِفَاف • (tifāf) m

1. Sonchus gen. et spp.

   Synonym: جَعْضِيض‎ (jaʿḍīḍ)

Declension

Declension of noun تِفَاف (tifāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِفَاف tifāf	التِّفَاف‎ at-tifāf	تِفَاف tifāf
Nominative	تِفَافٌ tifāfun	التِّفَافُ‎ at-tifāfu	تِفَافُ tifāfu
Accusative	تِفَافًا‎ tifāfan	التِّفَافَ‎ at-tifāfa	تِفَافَ tifāfa
Genitive	تِفَافٍ tifāfin	التِّفَافِ‎ at-tifāfi	تِفَافِ tifāfi

Descendants

• Maltese: tfief

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “تفاف”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 147
• Leclerc, Lucian (1862), “Études historiques et philologiques sur Ebn-Beïthâr”, in Journal asiatique‎ (in French), volume 19 of the 5th series, page 457