طائفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط و ف‎ (ṭ-w-f).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˁaː.ʔi.fa/

Noun

طَائِفَة • (ṭāʾifa) f (plural طَوَائِف‎ (ṭawāʾif))

band, bevy, covey, drove, group, swarm, troop
denomination, sect
faction, party
part, portion
(religion) communion, confession
(religion) religious minority

Declension

Declension of noun طَائِفَة (ṭāʾifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَة ṭāʾifa	الطَّائِفَة‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifa	طَائِفَة ṭāʾifat
Nominative	طَائِفَةٌ ṭāʾifatun	الطَّائِفَةُ‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifatu	طَائِفَةُ ṭāʾifatu
Accusative	طَائِفَةً ṭāʾifatan	الطَّائِفَةَ‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifata	طَائِفَةَ ṭāʾifata
Genitive	طَائِفَةٍ ṭāʾifatin	الطَّائِفَةِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifati	طَائِفَةِ ṭāʾifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَتَيْن‎ ṭāʾifatayn	الطَّائِفَتَيْن‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifatayn	طَائِفَتَيْ‎ ṭāʾifatay
Nominative	طَائِفَتَانِ‎ ṭāʾifatāni	الطَّائِفَتَانِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifatāni	طَائِفَتَا‎ ṭāʾifatā
Accusative	طَائِفَتَيْنِ‎ ṭāʾifatayni	الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifatayni	طَائِفَتَيْ‎ ṭāʾifatay
Genitive	طَائِفَتَيْنِ‎ ṭāʾifatayni	الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʾifatayni	طَائِفَتَيْ‎ ṭāʾifatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوَائِف‎ ṭawāʾif	الطَّوَائِف‎ aṭ-ṭawāʾif	طَوَائِف‎ ṭawāʾif
Nominative	طَوَائِفُ‎ ṭawāʾifu	الطَّوَائِفُ‎ aṭ-ṭawāʾifu	طَوَائِفُ‎ ṭawāʾifu
Accusative	طَوَائِفَ‎ ṭawāʾifa	الطَّوَائِفَ‎ aṭ-ṭawāʾifa	طَوَائِفَ‎ ṭawāʾifa
Genitive	طَوَائِفَ‎ ṭawāʾifa	الطَّوَائِفِ‎ aṭ-ṭawāʾifi	طَوَائِفِ‎ ṭawāʾifi

Derived terms

طَائِفِيّ‎ (ṭāʾifiyy, “sectarian”)
طَائِفِيّة‎ (ṭāʾifiyya, “sectarianism”)

Descendants

→ Spanish: taifa
→ Swahili: taifa
→ Turkish: taife, tayfa
- → Armenian: թայֆա (tʿayfa)

References

طائفة‎ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

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