جاف

See also: خاف, حاق, and چاق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ف ف (j-f-f)

Derived from the active participle of جَفَّ (jaffa, to become dry, to dry out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːff/
  • (file)

Adjective

جَافّ • (jāff) (feminine جَافَّة (jāffa), masculine plural جَافُّونَ (jāffūna), feminine plural جَافَّات (jāffāt), elative أَجَفّ (ʔajaff))

  1. dry, withered
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ج و ف (j-w-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.fa/

Verb

جَافَ • (jāfa) I, non-past يَجُوفُ‎ (yajūfu)

  1. to be hollow
  2. to reach the interior of
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Root
ج ف و (j-f-w)

Derived from the active participle of جَفَا (jafā, to become coarse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.fin/

Adjective

جاف • (jāf)

  1. coarse, rough, harsh, unkind, churlish, surly (in dealing with others)
  2. aloof, unfriendly

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ف ف
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَافّ (jāff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaːff/, [ʒæːf]
  • (file)

Adjective

جافّ • (jāff) (feminine جافّة (jāffe))

  1. dry
    Synonym: ناشف (nāšef)
    Antonym: مبلول (mablūl)

See also

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