عاطف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ط ف (ʕ-ṭ-f)

Derived from the active participle of عَطَفَ (ʕaṭafa, “to incline, to sympathize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.tˤif/

Adjective

عَاطِف • (ʕāṭif) (elative أَعْطَف (ʔaʕṭaf))

1. compassionate

Declension

Declension of adjective عَاطِف (ʕāṭif)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاطِف ʕāṭif	الْعَاطِف al-ʕāṭif	عَاطِفَة ʕāṭifa	الْعَاطِفَة al-ʕāṭifa
Nominative	عَاطِفٌ ʕāṭifun	الْعَاطِفُ al-ʕāṭifu	عَاطِفَةٌ ʕāṭifatun	الْعَاطِفَةُ al-ʕāṭifatu
Accusative	عَاطِفًا ʕāṭifan	الْعَاطِفَ al-ʕāṭifa	عَاطِفَةً ʕāṭifatan	الْعَاطِفَةَ al-ʕāṭifata
Genitive	عَاطِفٍ ʕāṭifin	الْعَاطِفِ al-ʕāṭifi	عَاطِفَةٍ ʕāṭifatin	الْعَاطِفَةِ al-ʕāṭifati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاطِفَيْن ʕāṭifayn	الْعَاطِفَيْن al-ʕāṭifayn	عَاطِفَتَيْن ʕāṭifatayn	الْعَاطِفَتَيْن al-ʕāṭifatayn
Nominative	عَاطِفَانِ ʕāṭifāni	الْعَاطِفَانِ al-ʕāṭifāni	عَاطِفَتَانِ ʕāṭifatāni	الْعَاطِفَتَانِ al-ʕāṭifatāni
Accusative	عَاطِفَيْنِ ʕāṭifayni	الْعَاطِفَيْنِ al-ʕāṭifayni	عَاطِفَتَيْنِ ʕāṭifatayni	الْعَاطِفَتَيْنِ al-ʕāṭifatayni
Genitive	عَاطِفَيْنِ ʕāṭifayni	الْعَاطِفَيْنِ al-ʕāṭifayni	عَاطِفَتَيْنِ ʕāṭifatayni	الْعَاطِفَتَيْنِ al-ʕāṭifatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	عَاطِفَات ʕāṭifāt	الْعَاطِفَات al-ʕāṭifāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	عَاطِفَاتٌ ʕāṭifātun	الْعَاطِفَاتُ al-ʕāṭifātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	عَاطِفَاتٍ ʕāṭifātin	الْعَاطِفَاتِ al-ʕāṭifāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	عَاطِفَاتٍ ʕāṭifātin	الْعَاطِفَاتِ al-ʕāṭifāti

Noun

عَاطِف • (ʕāṭif) m (plural عَوَاطِف (ʕawāṭif))

1. (grammar) conjunction

Declension

Declension of noun عَاطِف (ʕāṭif)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاطِف ʕāṭif	الْعَاطِف al-ʕāṭif	عَاطِف ʕāṭif
Nominative	عَاطِفٌ ʕāṭifun	الْعَاطِفُ al-ʕāṭifu	عَاطِفُ ʕāṭifu
Accusative	عَاطِفًا ʕāṭifan	الْعَاطِفَ al-ʕāṭifa	عَاطِفَ ʕāṭifa
Genitive	عَاطِفٍ ʕāṭifin	الْعَاطِفِ al-ʕāṭifi	عَاطِفِ ʕāṭifi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاطِفَيْن ʕāṭifayn	الْعَاطِفَيْن al-ʕāṭifayn	عَاطِفَيْ ʕāṭifay
Nominative	عَاطِفَانِ ʕāṭifāni	الْعَاطِفَانِ al-ʕāṭifāni	عَاطِفَا ʕāṭifā
Accusative	عَاطِفَيْنِ ʕāṭifayni	الْعَاطِفَيْنِ al-ʕāṭifayni	عَاطِفَيْ ʕāṭifay
Genitive	عَاطِفَيْنِ ʕāṭifayni	الْعَاطِفَيْنِ al-ʕāṭifayni	عَاطِفَيْ ʕāṭifay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوَاطِف ʕawāṭif	الْعَوَاطِف al-ʕawāṭif	عَوَاطِف ʕawāṭif
Nominative	عَوَاطِفُ ʕawāṭifu	الْعَوَاطِفُ al-ʕawāṭifu	عَوَاطِفُ ʕawāṭifu
Accusative	عَوَاطِفَ ʕawāṭifa	الْعَوَاطِفَ al-ʕawāṭifa	عَوَاطِفَ ʕawāṭifa
Genitive	عَوَاطِفَ ʕawāṭifa	الْعَوَاطِفِ al-ʕawāṭifi	عَوَاطِفِ ʕawāṭifi

Derived terms

• عَاطِفِيّ (ʕāṭifiyy)

References

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