تلف

See also: تلق‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ت ل ف‎ (t-l-f).

Verb

تَلِفَ • (talifa) I, non-past يَتْلَفُ‎‎ (yatlafu)

to perish, to become marred, to be spoiled, to suffer annihilation
- 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 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 33, Art. 10, page 677 line 6:
  ‏وقد تخرج للدابة من حنكها ويسمي التحنيك وصفة العمل في ذلك إذا أحنكت الدابة فأفتح لها من الدرجة الثالثة والرابعة ولا تفتح لها قرب الباب لأن الدم ربما عسر إمساكه فتلف الدابة.‎‎
  One may extract the blood from the jaw of a beast and it is called taḥnīk and the operation consists in that you have bound the beast with a chinstrap and now cut it open to the third or fourth degree but don’t open it close the throat as it may be difficult to contain the blood and the beast will succumb.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تَلِفَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun تَلَف)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					تَلَف talaf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					تَالِف‎ tālif
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَتْلُوف‎ matlūf
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَلِفْتُ‎ taliftu	تَلِفْتَ‎ talifta	تَلِفَ talifa	تَلِفْتُمَا‎ taliftumā	تَلِفَا‎ talifā	تَلِفْنَا‎ talifnā	تَلِفْتُمْ‎ taliftum	تَلِفُوا‎ talifū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	تَلِفْتُ‎ taliftu	تَلِفْتِ‎ talifti	تَلِفَتْ‎ talifat	تَلِفْتُمَا‎ taliftumā	تَلِفَتَا‎ talifatā	تَلِفْنَا‎ talifnā	تَلِفْتُنَّ‎ taliftunna	تَلِفْنَ‎ talifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتْلَفُ‎ ʾatlafu	تَتْلَفُ‎ tatlafu	يَتْلَفُ‎ yatlafu	تَتْلَفَانِ‎ tatlafāni	يَتْلَفَانِ‎ yatlafāni	نَتْلَفُ‎ natlafu	تَتْلَفُونَ‎ tatlafūna	يَتْلَفُونَ‎ yatlafūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَتْلَفُ‎ ʾatlafu	تَتْلَفِينَ‎ tatlafīna	تَتْلَفُ‎ tatlafu	تَتْلَفَانِ‎ tatlafāni	تَتْلَفَانِ‎ tatlafāni	نَتْلَفُ‎ natlafu	تَتْلَفْنَ‎ tatlafna	يَتْلَفْنَ‎ yatlafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتْلَفَ‎ ʾatlafa	تَتْلَفَ‎ tatlafa	يَتْلَفَ‎ yatlafa	تَتْلَفَا‎ tatlafā	يَتْلَفَا‎ yatlafā	نَتْلَفَ‎ natlafa	تَتْلَفُوا‎ tatlafū	يَتْلَفُوا‎ yatlafū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَتْلَفَ‎ ʾatlafa	تَتْلَفِي‎ tatlafī	تَتْلَفَ‎ tatlafa	تَتْلَفَا‎ tatlafā	تَتْلَفَا‎ tatlafā	نَتْلَفَ‎ natlafa	تَتْلَفْنَ‎ tatlafna	يَتْلَفْنَ‎ yatlafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتْلَفْ‎ ʾatlaf	تَتْلَفْ‎ tatlaf	يَتْلَفْ‎ yatlaf	تَتْلَفَا‎ tatlafā	يَتْلَفَا‎ yatlafā	نَتْلَفْ‎ natlaf	تَتْلَفُوا‎ tatlafū	يَتْلَفُوا‎ yatlafū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَتْلَفْ‎ ʾatlaf	تَتْلَفِي‎ tatlafī	تَتْلَفْ‎ tatlaf	تَتْلَفَا‎ tatlafā	تَتْلَفَا‎ tatlafā	نَتْلَفْ‎ natlaf	تَتْلَفْنَ‎ tatlafna	يَتْلَفْنَ‎ yatlafna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِتْلَفْ‎ itlaf		اِتْلَفَا‎ itlafā			اِتْلَفُوا‎ itlafū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اِتْلَفِي‎ itlafī		اِتْلَفَا‎ itlafā			اِتْلَفْنَ‎ itlafna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُلِفَ tulifa	—	—	—	—	—
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتْلَفُ‎ yutlafu	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتْلَفَ‎ yutlafa	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتْلَفْ‎ yutlaf	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Noun

تَلَّفَ • (tallafa) II, non-past يُتَلِّفُ‎‎ (yutallifu)

to make perish, to spoil, to ruin, to destroy

Noun

تَلَف • (talaf) m

destruction

Declension

Declension of noun تَلَف (talaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَلَف talaf	التَّلَف‎ at-talaf	تَلَف talaf
Nominative	تَلَفٌ talafun	التَّلَفُ‎ at-talafu	تَلَفُ talafu
Accusative	تَلَفًا‎ talafan	التَّلَفَ‎ at-talafa	تَلَفَ talafa
Genitive	تَلَفٍ talafin	التَّلَفِ‎ at-talafi	تَلَفِ talafi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: tələf
→ Northern Kurdish: telef
→ Ottoman Turkish: تلف‎
- Turkish: telef
→ Persian: تلف‎
→ Uzbek: talaf

Pronunciation

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Verb

تُلْفِ • (tulfi) (form IV)

second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of أَلْفَى‎ (ʾalfā)
third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of أَلْفَى‎ (ʾalfā)

Verb

تُلْفَ • (tulfa) (form IV)

second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of أَلْفَى‎ (ʾalfā)
third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of أَلْفَى‎ (ʾalfā)

References

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

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ت ل ف‎
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic تَلَفَ‎ (talafa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tlaf/

Verb

تلف • (tlaf) (form I, non-past يتلف‎ (yitlaf))

to get lost
‏تلفت فالمدينة القديمة‎
tlaft f-le-mdīna le-qdīma
I got lost in the old part of the city.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Arabic تَلَّفَ‎ (tallafa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tal.laf/

Verb

تلف • (tallaf) (form II, non-past يتلف‎ (ytallaf))

to cause to get lost, to make someone get lost
to cause to lose focus
‏تلفتيني من كترة الهدرة‎
tallaftīni men katrat el-hadra
I lost focus because of your excessive talking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of تلف
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	تلّفت‎ (tallaft)	تلّفتي‎ (tallafti)	تلّف (tallaf)	تلّفنا‎ (tallafna)	تلّفتوا‎ (tallaftu)	تلّفوا‎ (tallfu)
past	f	تلّفت‎ (tallaft)	تلّفتي‎ (tallafti)	تلّفت‎ (tallfāt)	تلّفنا‎ (tallafna)	تلّفتوا‎ (tallaftu)	تلّفوا‎ (tallfu)
non-past	m	نتلّف‎ (ntallaf)	تتلّف‎ (ttallaf)	يتلّف‎ (ytallaf)	نتلّفوا‎ (ntallfu)	تتلّفوا‎ (ttallfu)	يتلّفوا‎ (ytallfu)
non-past	f	نتلّف‎ (ntallaf)	تتلّفي‎ (ttallfi)	تتلّف‎ (ttallaf)	نتلّفوا‎ (ntallfu)	تتلّفوا‎ (ttallfu)	يتلّفوا‎ (ytallfu)
imperative	m		تلّف (tallaf)			تلّفوا‎ (tallfu)
imperative	f		تلّفي‎ (tallfi)			تلّفوا‎ (tallfu)

Etymology 3

From Arabic تَلَف‎ (talaf).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /talf/

Noun

تلف • (talf) m

act of losing

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic تَلَف‎ (talaf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taˈlaf/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /taˈlaf/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæˈlæf/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /taˈlaf/

Noun

Iranian Persian	تلف
Dari	تلف
Tajik	талаф (talaf)

تلف • (talaf)

destruction, perishing, waste, death

Derived terms

‎ (talaf kardan, “to destroy, to waste”)
‎ (talaf šodan, “to be destroyed, to be wasted”)