ض ع ف

ض ع ف

Arabic

Root

ض ع ف • (ḍ-ʿ-f)

1. Related to weakness.

   Antonym: ق و و‎ (q w w)

2. Related to doubling.

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: ضَعُفَ‎ (ḍaʿufa, “to be weak”)
  • Verbal noun: ضَعْف‎ (ḍaʿf, “weakness”), ضُعْف‎ (ḍuʿf, “weakness”)
• Form II: ضَعَّفَ‎ (ḍaʿʿafa, “to double; (phonology) to geminate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَضْعِيف‎ (taḍʿīf)
  • Active participle: مُضَعِّف‎ (muḍaʿʿif)
  • Passive participle: مُضَعَّف‎ (muḍaʿʿaf)
• Form III: ضَاعَفَ‎ (ḍāʿafa, “to double”)
  • Verbal noun: مُضَاعَفَة‎ (muḍāʿafa), ضِعَاف‎ (ḍiʿāf)
  • Active participle: مُضَاعِف‎ (muḍāʿif)
  • Passive participle: مُضَاعَف‎ (muḍāʿaf)
• Form IV: أَضْعَفَ‎ (ʾaḍʿafa, “to weaken”)
  • Verbal noun: إِضْعَاف‎ (ʾiḍʿāf)
  • Active participle: مُضْعِف‎ (muḍʿif)
  • Passive participle: مُضْعَف‎ (muḍʿaf)
• Form V: تَضَعَّفَ‎ (taḍaʿʿafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَضَعُّف‎ (taḍaʿʿuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَضَعِّف‎ (mutaḍaʿʿif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَضَعَّف‎ (mutaḍaʿʿaf)
• Form VI: تَضَاعَفَ‎ (taḍāʿafa, “to pretend to be weak; to become double”)
  • Verbal noun: تَضَاعُف‎ (taḍāʿuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَضَاعِف‎ (mutaḍāʿif)
• Form X: اِسْتَضْعَفَ‎ (istaḍʿafa, “to deem weak; to oppress”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِضْعَاف‎ (istiḍʿāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَضْعِف‎ (mustaḍʿif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَضْعَف‎ (mustaḍʿaf)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• تَضَاعِيف‎ pl (taḍāʿīf, noun)
• تَضْعِيف‎ (taḍʿīf, “gemination”)
• أَضْعَف‎ (ʾaḍʿaf, “weaker”, adjective)
• ضِعْف‎ m (ḍiʿf, “double”, noun)
• ضَعْفَان‎ (ḍaʿfān, “extremely weak”)
• ضَعُوف‎ (ḍaʿūf, “extremely weak”)
• ضَعِيف‎ (ḍaʿīf, “weak”)
• مُضَاعَف‎ (muḍāʿaf, “(mathematics) multiple”)
• مُضَاعَفَة‎ f (muḍāʿafa, “(medicine) complication”)