معزف

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from ع ز ف (ʕ-z-f), the root of the verb عَزَفَ (ʕazafa, “to play music”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʕ.zaf/

Noun

مِعْزَف • (miʕzaf) m (plural مَعَازِف (maʕāzif))

1. (music) stringed instrument
2. (music) piano

Declension

Declension of noun مِعْزَف (miʕzaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِعْزَف miʕzaf	الْمِعْزَف al-miʕzaf	مِعْزَف miʕzaf
Nominative	مِعْزَفٌ miʕzafun	الْمِعْزَفُ al-miʕzafu	مِعْزَفُ miʕzafu
Accusative	مِعْزَفًا miʕzafan	الْمِعْزَفَ al-miʕzafa	مِعْزَفَ miʕzafa
Genitive	مِعْزَفٍ miʕzafin	الْمِعْزَفِ al-miʕzafi	مِعْزَفِ miʕzafi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِعْزَفَيْن miʕzafayn	الْمِعْزَفَيْن al-miʕzafayn	مِعْزَفَيْ miʕzafay
Nominative	مِعْزَفَانِ miʕzafāni	الْمِعْزَفَانِ al-miʕzafāni	مِعْزَفَا miʕzafā
Accusative	مِعْزَفَيْنِ miʕzafayni	الْمِعْزَفَيْنِ al-miʕzafayni	مِعْزَفَيْ miʕzafay
Genitive	مِعْزَفَيْنِ miʕzafayni	الْمِعْزَفَيْنِ al-miʕzafayni	مِعْزَفَيْ miʕzafay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَازِف maʕāzif	الْمَعَازِف al-maʕāzif	مَعَازِف maʕāzif
Nominative	مَعَازِفُ maʕāzifu	الْمَعَازِفُ al-maʕāzifu	مَعَازِفُ maʕāzifu
Accusative	مَعَازِفَ maʕāzifa	الْمَعَازِفَ al-maʕāzifa	مَعَازِفَ maʕāzifa
Genitive	مَعَازِفَ maʕāzifa	الْمَعَازِفِ al-maʕāzifi	مَعَازِفِ maʕāzifi

References

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