تفاهة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ت ف ه (t-f-h). The corresponding verb is تَفِهَ (tafiha, “to be tasteless, banal or insipid”).

Noun

تَفَاهَة • (tafāha) f

1. banality
2. flatness
3. absurdity
4. insipidity

Declension

Declension of noun تَفَاهَة (tafāha)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَفَاهَة tafāha	التَّفَاهَة at-tafāha	تَفَاهَة tafāhat
Nominative	تَفَاهَةٌ tafāhatun	التَّفَاهَةُ at-tafāhatu	تَفَاهَةُ tafāhatu
Accusative	تَفَاهَةً tafāhatan	التَّفَاهَةَ at-tafāhata	تَفَاهَةَ tafāhata
Genitive	تَفَاهَةٍ tafāhatin	التَّفَاهَةِ at-tafāhati	تَفَاهَةِ tafāhati

References

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