تألف

Arabic

Root
ء ل ف (ʔ l f)
11 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ʔal.la.fa/

Verb

تَأَلَّفَ • (taʔallafa) V (non-past يَتَأَلَّفُ (yataʔallafu), verbal noun تَأَلُّف (taʔalluf))

1. to be composed of, to consist of
   • 2011 [2009], “جِسْمُ الْإِنْسَانِ [jismu l-ʔinsāni]”, in إيلين نور منسّى, transl., مَوْسُوعَةُ عَالَمِ الْمَعْرِفَة [mawsūʕatu ʕālami l-maʕrifa] (hardcover), Beirut: Academia International, translation of The New Children’s Encyclopedia, published 2011, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 268:

     يَعِيشُ عَلَى سَطْحِ الْأَرْضِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ سِتَّةِ مِلْيَارَاتِ نَسَمَةٍ، كُلُّ شَخْصٍ مِنْهُمْ بِحَدِّ ذَاتِهِ فَرِيدٌ وَمُتَمَيِّزٌ عَن غَيْرِهِ. لٰكِنَّهُمْ يَشْتَرِكُونَ جَمِيعًا بِخَصَائِصَ مُعَيَّنَةٍ، وَعَلَى الْأَخَصِّ بِالْأَجْهِزَةِ الْأَسَاسِيَّةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي أَجْسَامِهِمْ بَدْءًا بِجِهَازِ الدَّوْرَةِ الدَّمَوِيَّةِ وَحَتَّى جِهَازِ التَّنَفُّسِ. وَتَتَأَلَّفُ أَجْهِزَةُ الْجِسْمِ مِنْ مَجْمُوعَاتٍ مِنَ الْأَنْسِجَةِ وَٱلْأَعْضَاءِ الَّتِي تَعْمَلُ مَعًا.

     yaʕīšu ʕalā saṭḥi l-ʔarḍi ʔakṯaru min sittati milyārāti nasamatin, kullu šaḵṣin minhum biḥaddi ḏātihi farīdun wamutamayyizun ʕan ḡayrihi. lākinnahum yaštarikūna jamīʕan biḵaṣāʔiṣa muʕayyanatin, waʕalā l-ʔaḵaṣṣi bi-l-ʔajhizati l-ʔasāsiyyati l-mawjūdati fī ʔajsāmihim badʔan bijihāzi d-dawrati d-damawiyyati waḥattā jihāzi t-tanaffusi. watataʔallafu ʔajhizatu l-jismi min majmūʕātin mina l-ʔansijati wal-ʔaʕḍāʔi llatī taʕmalu maʕan.

     [original: Six billion human beings share planet Earth. Each is unique. We all share certain characteristics, however, notably our basic body systems, from our circulatory to our respiratory system. Body systems are made up of groups of tissues and organs that work together.]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تَأَلَّفَ (V, sound, no passive, verbal noun تَأَلُّف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَأَلُّف taʔalluf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَأَلِّف mutaʔallif
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَأَلَّفْتُ taʔallaftu	تَأَلَّفْتَ taʔallafta	تَأَلَّفَ taʔallafa		تَأَلَّفْتُمَا taʔallaftumā	تَأَلَّفَا taʔallafā		تَأَلَّفْنَا taʔallafnā	تَأَلَّفْتُمْ taʔallaftum	تَأَلَّفُوا taʔallafū
	f		تَأَلَّفْتِ taʔallafti	تَأَلَّفَتْ taʔallafat			تَأَلَّفَتَا taʔallafatā			تَأَلَّفْتُنَّ taʔallaftunna	تَأَلَّفْنَ taʔallafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَأَلَّفُ ʔataʔallafu	تَتَأَلَّفُ tataʔallafu	يَتَأَلَّفُ yataʔallafu		تَتَأَلَّفَانِ tataʔallafāni	يَتَأَلَّفَانِ yataʔallafāni		نَتَأَلَّفُ nataʔallafu	تَتَأَلَّفُونَ tataʔallafūna	يَتَأَلَّفُونَ yataʔallafūna
	f		تَتَأَلَّفِينَ tataʔallafīna	تَتَأَلَّفُ tataʔallafu			تَتَأَلَّفَانِ tataʔallafāni			تَتَأَلَّفْنَ tataʔallafna	يَتَأَلَّفْنَ yataʔallafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَأَلَّفَ ʔataʔallafa	تَتَأَلَّفَ tataʔallafa	يَتَأَلَّفَ yataʔallafa		تَتَأَلَّفَا tataʔallafā	يَتَأَلَّفَا yataʔallafā		نَتَأَلَّفَ nataʔallafa	تَتَأَلَّفُوا tataʔallafū	يَتَأَلَّفُوا yataʔallafū
	f		تَتَأَلَّفِي tataʔallafī	تَتَأَلَّفَ tataʔallafa			تَتَأَلَّفَا tataʔallafā			تَتَأَلَّفْنَ tataʔallafna	يَتَأَلَّفْنَ yataʔallafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَأَلَّفْ ʔataʔallaf	تَتَأَلَّفْ tataʔallaf	يَتَأَلَّفْ yataʔallaf		تَتَأَلَّفَا tataʔallafā	يَتَأَلَّفَا yataʔallafā		نَتَأَلَّفْ nataʔallaf	تَتَأَلَّفُوا tataʔallafū	يَتَأَلَّفُوا yataʔallafū
	f		تَتَأَلَّفِي tataʔallafī	تَتَأَلَّفْ tataʔallaf			تَتَأَلَّفَا tataʔallafā			تَتَأَلَّفْنَ tataʔallafna	يَتَأَلَّفْنَ yataʔallafna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَأَلَّفْ taʔallaf			تَأَلَّفَا taʔallafā				تَأَلَّفُوا taʔallafū
	f		تَأَلَّفِي taʔallafī							تَأَلَّفْنَ taʔallafna

Further reading

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