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ط-ف-ء

The Arabic root ط-ف-ء (t-f-a)

Form I verb طَفَأَ: to extinguish

14 words in the dictionary are built from ط-ف-ء, including verbs in Forms I, IV, VII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form IV
to extinguish
Noun
إطْفَاء
extinguishing
Noun
مِطْفَأَة
firefighting equipment
Adjective
مُطْفَأ
extinguished

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

طَفَأَ · present يَطْفَأُ
Form I · The plain action

to extinguish, to put out (a fire)

طُفُوؤ
Verbal noun
طَافِئ
Active participle
matt
مَطْفُوء
Passive participle
طَفِئَ · present يَطْفَأُ
Form I · The plain action

to go out, to be extinguished (of a fire or lamp); to be off, to be out (of a fire or lamp)

طَفْأ
Verbal noun
طُفُوء
Verbal noun
طَافِئ
Active participle
مَطْفُوء
Passive participle
مِطْفَأَة
Derived noun
firefighting equipment
أَطْفَأَ · present يُطْفِئُ
Form IV · Causative

to extinguish, to put out (a fire)

إطْفَاء
Verbal noun
extinguishing
إِطْفَاء
Verbal noun
مُطْفِئ
Active participle
that which puts out fire or light
مُطْفَأ
Passive participle
extinguished
اِنْطَفَأَ · present يَنْطَفِئُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative

to go out, to be extinguished (fire, lamp); to be out (fire, lamp)

اِنْطِفَاء
Verbal noun
مُنْطَفِئ
Active participle
extinguished

Other nouns and adjectives

إِطْفَائِيّ
Noun
firefighter
إِطْفَائِيَّة
Noun
fire brigade

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