لوف

Arabic

Alternative forms

لِيف‎ (līf)

Etymology

Variant of لِيف‎ (līf), more dialectal if not in the botanical senses.

Noun

لُوف • (lūf) m (collective, singulative لُوفَة‎ (lūfa))

fibres, spongy interior of a plant
sponge as tool
Luffa gen. et spp.
Arum gen. et spp.

Declension

Declension of noun لُوف (lūf)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُوف lūf	اللُّوف‎ al-lūf	لُوف lūf
Nominative	لُوفٌ lūfun	اللُّوفُ‎ al-lūfu	لُوفُ lūfu
Accusative	لُوفًا‎ lūfan	اللُّوفَ‎ al-lūfa	لُوفَ lūfa
Genitive	لُوفٍ lūfin	اللُّوفِ‎ al-lūfi	لُوفِ lūfi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُوفَة‎ lūfa	اللُّوفَة‎ al-lūfa	لُوفَة‎ lūfat
Nominative	لُوفَةٌ‎ lūfatun	اللُّوفَةُ‎ al-lūfatu	لُوفَةُ‎ lūfatu
Accusative	لُوفَةً‎ lūfatan	اللُّوفَةَ‎ al-lūfata	لُوفَةَ‎ lūfata
Genitive	لُوفَةٍ‎ lūfatin	اللُّوفَةِ‎ al-lūfati	لُوفَةِ‎ lūfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُوفَتَيْن‎ lūfatayn	اللُّوفَتَيْن‎ al-lūfatayn	لُوفَتَيْ‎ lūfatay
Nominative	لُوفَتَانِ‎ lūfatāni	اللُّوفَتَانِ‎ al-lūfatāni	لُوفَتَا‎ lūfatā
Accusative	لُوفَتَيْنِ‎ lūfatayni	اللُّوفَتَيْنِ‎ al-lūfatayni	لُوفَتَيْ‎ lūfatay
Genitive	لُوفَتَيْنِ‎ lūfatayni	اللُّوفَتَيْنِ‎ al-lūfatayni	لُوفَتَيْ‎ lūfatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُوفَات‎ lūfāt	اللُّوفَات‎ al-lūfāt	لُوفَات‎ lūfāt
Nominative	لُوفَاتٌ‎ lūfātun	اللُّوفَاتُ‎ al-lūfātu	لُوفَاتُ‎ lūfātu
Accusative	لُوفَاتٍ‎ lūfātin	اللُّوفَاتِ‎ al-lūfāti	لُوفَاتِ‎ lūfāti
Genitive	لُوفَاتٍ‎ lūfātin	اللُّوفَاتِ‎ al-lūfāti	لُوفَاتِ‎ lūfāti

Descendants

→ Translingual: Luffa
→ Czech: lufa
→ English: loofah, loofa, luffa
⇒ Italian: Blufi (possibly)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: лу̏фа
- Latin: lȕfa
→ Slovak: lufa

References

Freytag, Georg (1837), “لوف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 136
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “لوف”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1174

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