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ء-ل-ف
The Arabic root ء-ل-ف (a-l-f)
Form I verb أَلِفَ: to share the yoke
16 words in the dictionary are built from ء-ل-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, V, VI, VIII, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Adjective
أَلِيف
tame
Verb · Form II
أَلَّفَ
to unite
Noun
أَلْف
Verb · Form I
أَلِفَ
to share the yoke
Adjective
مُؤَلَّف
composed
Adjective
مُؤَلِّف
writer
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
أَلِفَ
· present يَأْلَفُ
Form I · The plain action
to be or become familiar with, to become accustomed, to share the yoke, to be or become amicable or tame
أَلَّفَ
· present يُؤَلِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to unite, join, combine, put together; to unite with the rest of the subjugated animals of man, to make familiar, to accustom, to tame; to compile, compose, be the author of (a book)
تَأْلِيف
مُؤَلِّف
writer
مُؤَلَّف
composed
مُؤَلَّف
a work of literature
تَأَلَّفَ
· present يَتَأَلَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be composed of, to consist of
تَأَلُّف
مُتَأَلِّف
تَآلَفَ
· present يَتَآلَفُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to be familiar or acquainted with
تَآلُف
مُتَآلِف
مُتَآلَف
اِئْتَلَفَ
· present يَأْتَلِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to ally with, to coalesce with, to associate oneself with, to be accustomed to, to form coalition with
اِئْتِلَاف
alliance
مُؤْتَلِف
مُؤْتَلَف
اِسْتَأْلَفَ
· present يَسْتَأْلِفُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to seek intimacy or friendship
اِسْتِئْلَاف
مُسْتَأْلِف
Other nouns and adjectives
إِيلَاف
pact
أُلْفَة
familiarity
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