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ضَعِيف

weak

AdjectiveRoot ض-ع-ف

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Feminine
ضَعِيفَة
Masculine plural
ضَعِيفُون، ضُعَفَاء، ضَعَفَة، ضَعْفَى، ضَعَافَى
Feminine plural
ضَعِيفَات، ضَعَائِف
Plural
ضِعَاف
Elative
أَضْعَف
more / most …

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
مُضَاعَف
passive participle of ضَاعَفَ
Verb · Form II
ضَعَّفَ
to weaken
Verb · Form I
ضَعُفَ
to weaken
Verb · Form III
ضَاعَفَ
to multiply by two or more
Adjective
أَضْعَف
elative degree of ضَعِيف
Verb · Form VI
تَضَاعَفَ
to double

ضَعِيف in English

Adjective

  1. weak
  2. weak (describing Prophetic Hadiths)
  3. slim, fit, skinny, thin
  4. feeble
  5. limp
  6. fragile
  7. impotent
  8. flaccid

Word origin

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa, “to become weak, to become thin”).

Words from the root ض-ع-ف

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ضَعُفَ · present يَضْعُفُ
Form I · The plain action

to weaken

ضُعْف
Verbal noun
ضَعْف
Verbal noun
ضَعِيف
Active participle · Adjective
weak
مَضْعُوف
Passive participle
ضَعَّفَ · present يُضَعِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to weaken, to make weak; to double; to geminate (a consonant)

تَضْعِيف
Verbal noun
weakening
مُضَعِّف
Active participle
مُضَعَّف
Passive participle
ضَاعَفَ · present يُضَاعِفُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to multiply (something) by two or more

مُضَاعَفَة
Verbal noun
doubling
مُضَاعِف
Active participle
مُضَاعَف
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of ضَاعَفَ
تَضَاعَفَ · present يَتَضَاعَفُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to double

تَضَاعُف
Verbal noun
مُتَضَاعِف
Active participle
مُتَضَاعَف
Passive participle
اِسْتَضْعَفَ · present يَسْتَضْعِفُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to find weak; to oppress

اِسْتِضْعَاف
Verbal noun
مُسْتَضْعِف
Active participle
مُسْتَضْعَف
Passive participle
أَضْعَف
Adjective
elative degree of ضَعِيف
إِضْعَاف
Noun · m.
weakening

ضَعِيف: plural and other forms

Singularضَعِيف
Feminineضَعِيفَة
Masculine pluralضَعِيفُون، ضُعَفَاء، ضَعَفَة، ضَعْفَى، ضَعَافَى
Feminine pluralضَعِيفَات، ضَعَائِف
Pluralضِعَاف
Elative (more / most)أَضْعَف

ضَعِيف in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

اِسْهَرُوا وَصَلُّوا لِئَلاَّ تَدْخُلُوا فِي تَجْرِبَةٍ. أَمَّا الرُّوحُ فَنَشِيطٌ وَأَمَّا الْجَسَدُ فَضَعِيفٌ».Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.Matthew 26:41, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
اِسْهَرُوا وَصَلُّوا لِئَلاَّ تَدْخُلُوا فِي تَجْرِبَةٍ. أَمَّا الرُّوحُ فَنَشِيطٌ، وَأَمَّا الْجَسَدُ فَضَعِيفٌ».Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.Mark 14:38, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ: «الرَّسَائِلُ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَقَوِيَّةٌ، وَأَمَّا حُضُورُ الْجَسَدِ فَضَعِيفٌ، وَالْكَلاَمُ حَقِيرٌ».For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.2 Corinthians 10:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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