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لف

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Arabic

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Root
ل ف ف (l f f)
15 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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لَفَّ (laffa) I (non-past يَلُفُّ (yaluffu), verbal noun لَفّ (laff))

  1. (transitive) to coil, to curl, to convolute, to spool, to twirl
  2. (transitive) to wrap, to envelop, to surround
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to turn around, to circumgyrate, to make roundabouts, to be around

Conjugation

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Noun

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لَفّ (laffm (plural أَلْفَاف (ʔalfāf))

  1. verbal noun of لَفَّ (laffa) (form I)
  2. wraparound, folding, envelope, shroud

Declension

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Noun

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لِفّ (liffm (plural أَلْفَاف (ʔalfāf))

  1. thicket, boscage

Declension

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ل ف ف
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic لَفَّ (laffa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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لفّ (laff) I (present بلفّ (biliff))

  1. (intransitive) to turn
    لفّ على إيدك الشمال.
    liff ʕala ʔīdak iš-šmāl
    Turn left.
    (literally, “Turn on your left hand.”)
  2. to wrap
    Synonym: غلّف (ḡallaf)
    لفّت الهديّة بورقة.
    laffat il-hadiyye b-waraqa
    She wrapped the present in paper.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of لفّ (laff)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لفّيت (laffēt) لفّيت (laffēt) لفّ (laff) لفّينا (laffēna) لفّيتو (laffētu) لفّو (laffu)
f لفّيتي (laffēti) لفّت (laffat)
present m بلفّ (baliff) بتلفّ (bitliff) بلفّ (biliff) منلفّ (minliff) بتلفّو (bitliffu) بلفّو (biliffu)
f بتلفّي (bitliffi) بتلفّ (bitliff)
subjunctive m الفّ (aliff) تلفّ (tliff) يلفّ (yliff) نلفّ (nliff) تلفّو (tliffu) يلفّو (yliffu)
f تلفّي (tliffi) تلفّ (tliff)
imperative m لفّ (liff) لفّو (liffu)
f لفّي (liffi)