تفاهة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ت ف ه (t-f-h). The corresponding verb is تَفِهَ (tafiha, “to be tasteless, banal or insipid”)
Noun
تَفَاهَة • (tafāha) f
- banality
- flatness
- absurdity
- insipidity
Declension
Declension of noun تَفَاهَة (tafāha)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | تَفَاهَة tafāha | التَّفَاهَة at-tafāha | تَفَاهَة tafāhat |
Nominative | تَفَاهَةٌ tafāhatun | التَّفَاهَةُ at-tafāhatu | تَفَاهَةُ tafāhatu |
Accusative | تَفَاهَةً tafāhatan | التَّفَاهَةَ at-tafāhata | تَفَاهَةَ tafāhata |
Genitive | تَفَاهَةٍ tafāhatin | التَّفَاهَةِ at-tafāhati | تَفَاهَةِ tafāhati |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “تفاهة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN