رديف

Arabic

Root
ر د ف (r d f)
6 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.diːf/

Adjective

رَدِيف • (radīf) (feminine رَدِيفَة (radīfa))

1. who comes behind another
2. who rides behind another on the same beast
3. (Sports) Team B; the team that is secondary to the main team

Declension

Declension of adjective رَدِيف (radīf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَدِيف radīf	الرَّدِيف ar-radīf	رَدِيفَة radīfa	الرَّدِيفَة ar-radīfa
Nominative	رَدِيفٌ radīfun	الرَّدِيفُ ar-radīfu	رَدِيفَةٌ radīfatun	الرَّدِيفَةُ ar-radīfatu
Accusative	رَدِيفًا radīfan	الرَّدِيفَ ar-radīfa	رَدِيفَةً radīfatan	الرَّدِيفَةَ ar-radīfata
Genitive	رَدِيفٍ radīfin	الرَّدِيفِ ar-radīfi	رَدِيفَةٍ radīfatin	الرَّدِيفَةِ ar-radīfati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَدِيفَيْن radīfayn	الرَّدِيفَيْن ar-radīfayn	رَدِيفَتَيْن radīfatayn	الرَّدِيفَتَيْن ar-radīfatayn
Nominative	رَدِيفَانِ radīfāni	الرَّدِيفَانِ ar-radīfāni	رَدِيفَتَانِ radīfatāni	الرَّدِيفَتَانِ ar-radīfatāni
Accusative	رَدِيفَيْنِ radīfayni	الرَّدِيفَيْنِ ar-radīfayni	رَدِيفَتَيْنِ radīfatayni	الرَّدِيفَتَيْنِ ar-radīfatayni
Genitive	رَدِيفَيْنِ radīfayni	الرَّدِيفَيْنِ ar-radīfayni	رَدِيفَتَيْنِ radīfatayni	الرَّدِيفَتَيْنِ ar-radīfatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	رَدِيفَات radīfāt	الرَّدِيفَات ar-radīfāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	رَدِيفَاتٌ radīfātun	الرَّدِيفَاتُ ar-radīfātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	رَدِيفَاتٍ radīfātin	الرَّدِيفَاتِ ar-radīfāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	رَدِيفَاتٍ radīfātin	الرَّدِيفَاتِ ar-radīfāti

Noun

رَدِيف • (radīf) m (plural رِدَاف (ridāf) or رُدَافَى (rudāfā) or رُدَفَاء (rudafāʔ))

1. one who rides behind another on the back of the same beast
2. a star rising in the east, when its opposite star is setting in the west
3. (Sports) Team B; the team that is secondary to the main team

Declension

Declension of noun رَدِيف (radīf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَدِيف radīf	الرَّدِيف ar-radīf	رَدِيف radīf
Nominative	رَدِيفٌ radīfun	الرَّدِيفُ ar-radīfu	رَدِيفُ radīfu
Accusative	رَدِيفًا radīfan	الرَّدِيفَ ar-radīfa	رَدِيفَ radīfa
Genitive	رَدِيفٍ radīfin	الرَّدِيفِ ar-radīfi	رَدِيفِ radīfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَدِيفَيْن radīfayn	الرَّدِيفَيْن ar-radīfayn	رَدِيفَيْ radīfay
Nominative	رَدِيفَانِ radīfāni	الرَّدِيفَانِ ar-radīfāni	رَدِيفَا radīfā
Accusative	رَدِيفَيْنِ radīfayni	الرَّدِيفَيْنِ ar-radīfayni	رَدِيفَيْ radīfay
Genitive	رَدِيفَيْنِ radīfayni	الرَّدِيفَيْنِ ar-radīfayni	رَدِيفَيْ radīfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural invariable‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِدَاف‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاء ridāf‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔ	الرِّدَاف‎; الرُّدَافَى‎; الرُّدَفَاء ar-ridāf‎; ar-rudāfā‎; ar-rudafāʔ	رِدَاف‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاء ridāf‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔ
Nominative	رِدَافٌ‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاءُ ridāfun‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔu	الرِّدَافُ‎; الرُّدَافَى‎; الرُّدَفَاءُ ar-ridāfu‎; ar-rudāfā‎; ar-rudafāʔu	رِدَافُ‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاءُ ridāfu‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔu
Accusative	رِدَافًا‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاءَ ridāfan‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔa	الرِّدَافَ‎; الرُّدَافَى‎; الرُّدَفَاءَ ar-ridāfa‎; ar-rudāfā‎; ar-rudafāʔa	رِدَافَ‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاءَ ridāfa‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔa
Genitive	رِدَافٍ‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاءَ ridāfin‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔa	الرِّدَافِ‎; الرُّدَافَى‎; الرُّدَفَاءِ ar-ridāfi‎; ar-rudāfā‎; ar-rudafāʔi	رِدَافِ‎; رُدَافَى‎; رُدَفَاءِ ridāfi‎; rudāfā‎; rudafāʔi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rədif
• → Classical Persian: رَدِیف (radīf)
  • Iranian Persian: رَدیف (radif)
  • Tajik: радиф (radif)
• → Ottoman Turkish: رَدِیف (redîf)
  • Turkish: redif
• → Pashto: رديف
• → Punjabi: رَدِیف (radīf)
• → Sindhi: رديف
• → Tatar: рәдиф (rädif)
• → Turkmen: redif
• → Urdu: رَدِیف (radīf)
• → Uzbek: radif

Further reading

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “رديف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رديف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

رديف • (transliteration needed) ?

1. (poetry) radif

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

رديف • (transliteration needed) ?

1. (poetry) radif

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “رديف”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “رديف”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938