ضعیف

ضعیف

See also: ضعيف‎

Kohistani Shina

Noun

ضعیف (za'īf)

1. scholar

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَعِيف‎ (ḍaʿīf).

Adjective

ضعیف • (zaif)

1. anemic, feeble, weak
2. slim, thin, meager

Descendants

• Turkish: zayıf
• → Armenian: զայիֆ (zayif)

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ضَعِيف‎ (ḍaʿīf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zaʔiːf/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zaʔiːf/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zæʔiːf/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /zaʔif/

Adjective

Dari	ضعیف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	заъиф (zaʾif)

ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیف‌تَر‎ (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیف‌تَرین‎ (za'if-tarin))

1. weak, feeble

   Synonym: ناتوان‎ (nâtavân)

   Antonym: قوی‎ (qavi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3098:

     ‏چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتن‌داری و صبرت شد ضعیف‎

     čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if

     Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.

2. thin, weakly

   Synonym: لاغر‎ (lâğar)

3. poor (of low quality), defective

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of ضعیف (za'if)

Basic forms of ضعیف (za'if) bare ضعیف (za'if) ezâfe ضعیف (za'if-e) marked indefinite or relative definite ضعیفی‎ (za'if-i)     Predicative forms of ضعیف (za'if) singular plural 1st person (“I am, we are”) ضعیفم‎ (za'ifam) ضعیفیم‎ (za'ifim) 2nd person (“you are”) ضعیفی‎ (za'ifi) ضعیفید‎ (za'ifid) ضعیفین‎ △ (za'ifin) 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) ضعیف است‎ (za'if ast) ضعیفه‎ △ (za'ife) ضعیفند‎ (za'ifand) ضعیفن‎ △ (za'ifan) △ Colloquial.

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Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian ضعیف‎ (za'īf).

Adjective

ضعیف (za'īf)

1. old

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Yidgha

Noun

ضعیف (ze'īf)

1. poor