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تَافِه

trivial

AdjectiveRoot ت-ف-ه

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Highlights

Feminine
تَافِهَة
Masculine plural
تَافِهُون
Feminine plural
تَافِهَات
Plural
تَوَافِه

Most common words from the same root

Noun
تَفَاهَة
banality

تَافِه in English

Adjective

  1. trivial, worthless, petty
    مَا لَهُمْ يَتَجَادَلُونَ حَوْلَ أَمْرٍ تَافِهٍ؟What is with them arguing over a trivial matter?
  2. tasteless, stupid, shallow
    كَانَ بِالْفِعْلِ فِلْمًا تَافِهًا.It was indeed a tasteless movie.
    يَا لَهُ مِنْ شَخْصٍ تَافِهٍ.What a shallow person he is.

Word origin

Derived from the active participle of the verb تَفِهَ (tafiha).

Words from the root ت-ف-ه

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

اِسْتَتْفَهَ · present يَسْتَتْفِهُ

to consider insignificant

اِسْتِتْفَاه
Verbal noun
مُسْتَتْفِه
Active participle
مُسْتَتْفَه
Passive participle
Adjective
trivial
تَفَاهَة
Noun · f.
banality
أَتْفَه
Adjective
elative degree of تَافِه

تَافِه: plural and other forms

Singularتَافِه
Feminineتَافِهَة
Masculine pluralتَافِهُون
Feminine pluralتَافِهَات
Pluralتَوَافِه

تَافِه in a sentence

Dictionary examples

trivial

مَا لَهُمْ يَتَجَادَلُونَ حَوْلَ أَمْرٍ تَافِهٍ؟What is with them arguing over a trivial matter?

tasteless

كَانَ بِالْفِعْلِ فِلْمًا تَافِهًا.It was indeed a tasteless movie.

tasteless

يَا لَهُ مِنْ شَخْصٍ تَافِهٍ.What a shallow person he is.

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