dhaifu

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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dhaifu (invariable)

  1. weak, faint, feeble
  2. deficient, junky, shabby
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  • -dhoofu (“to become feeble, weak”)

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187 Nr. 1658
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