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ل-ط-ف

The Arabic root ل-ط-ف (l-t-f)

Form I verb لَطَفَ: to be kind and friendly

12 words in the dictionary are built from ل-ط-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, III. 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
thin
Noun
لُطْف
Verb · Form I
لَطَفَ
to be kind and friendly
Verb · Form II
لَطَّفَ
to make mild
Noun
لَطَافَة
thinness
Noun
لَطِيفَة
witticism

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

لَطَفَ · present يَلْطُفُ
Form I · The plain action

to be kind and friendly

لُطْف
Verbal noun
لَاطِف
Active participle
لَطَّفَ · present يُلَطِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to make mild, to soften; to alleviate, to soothe

تَلْطِيف
Verbal noun
softening
مُلَطِّف
Active participle
soothing
مُلَطَّف
Passive participle
alleviated
لَاطَفَ · present يُلَاطِفُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to fondle, to caress, to stroke; to treat with kindness, benevolence

مُلَاطَفَة
Verbal noun
مُلَاطِف
Active participle
مُلَاطَف
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
thin
لَطَافَة
Noun
thinness
لَطِيفَة
Noun
witticism
لُطْفًا
Adverb
kindly
تَلْطِيفِيّ
Adjective
mollifying

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