أفاد

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Arabic

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Root
ف ي د (f y d)
7 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أَفَادَ (ʔafāda) IV (non-past يُفِيدُ (yufīdu), verbal noun إِفَادَة (ʔifāda))

  1. (transitive) to benefit, be helpful, useful, beneficial, profitable, advantageous for (someone)
  2. (intransitive) to profit, to benefit [with مِن (min) ‘from something’]
    Synonym: اِسْتَفَاد (istafād)
  3. (ditransitive) to teach [with accusative ‘something’ and accusative ‘to someone’]
  4. (ditransitive) to notify, to inform, to advise [with بِ (bi) or accusative ‘about something’, along with accusative ‘to someone’; or with accusative ‘someone’, along with بِأَنَّ (biʔanna, + clause) or أَنَّ (ʔanna, + clause) ‘that ...’] (idiomatically translated by English inform someone about something)
  5. (ditransitive) to report, to inform the police [with بِ (bi) or accusative ‘something’; or with بِأَنَّ (biʔanna, + clause) or أَنَّ (ʔanna, + clause) ‘that ...’]
  6. (transitive) to get, to acquire, to win

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “(فيد)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ف ي د
2 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic أَفَادَ (ʔafāda).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.faːd/, [ʔaˈfæːd]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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أفاد (ʔafād) IV (present بفيد (bifīd))

  1. to be useful or beneficial

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of أفاد (ʔafād)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أفدت (ʔafadt) أفدت (ʔafadt) أفاد (ʔafād) أفدنا (ʔafadna) أفدتو (ʔafadtu) أفادو (ʔafādu)
f أفدتي (ʔafadti) أفادت (ʔafādat)
present m بفيد (bafīd) بتفيد (bitfīd) بفيد (bifīd) منفيد (minfīd) بتفيدو (bitfīdu) بفيدو (bifīdu)
f بتفيدي (bitfīdi) بتفيد (bitfīd)
subjunctive m افيد (afīd) تفيد (tfīd) يفيد (yfīd) نفيد (nfīd) تفيدو (tfīdu) يفيدو (yfīdu)
f تفيدي (tfīdi) تفيد (tfīd)
imperative m فيد (fīd) فيدو (fīdu)
f فيدي (fīdi)