علف

See also: غلق‎, غلف‎, علق‎, and غ ل ف‎

Arabic

Noun

عَلَف • (ʕalaf) m

  1. fodder
  2. provender
  3. grass
  4. hay

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: għalf
  • → Azerbaijani: yulaf
  • → Persian: یولاف‎
  • → Ottoman Turkish: یولاف‎

Verb

عَلَفَ • (ʕalafa) I, non-past يَعْلِفُ‎‎ (yaʕlifu)

  1. to feed (an animal), to fodder

Conjugation

  • عَلُوفَة‎ (ʕalūfa)
  • أَعْلَفَ‎ (ʔaʕlafa)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ع ل ف‎
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلَّفَ‎ (ʕallafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕal.laf/

Verb

علّف • (ʕallaf) (form II, non-past يعلف‎ (yʕallaf))

  1. to feed (animals)
    Synonym: سمّن‎ (samman)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of علف
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m علّفت‎ (ʕallaft) علّفتي‎ (ʕallafti) علّف (ʕallaf) علّفنا‎ (ʕallafna) علّفتوا‎ (ʕallaftu) علّفوا‎ (ʕallfu)
f علّفت‎ (ʕallfāt)
non-past m نعلّف‎ (nʕallaf) تعلّف‎ (tʕallaf) يعلّف‎ (yʕallaf) نعلّفوا‎ (nʕallfu) تعلّفوا‎ (tʕallfu) يعلّفوا‎ (yʕallfu)
f تعلّفي‎ (tʕallfi) تعلّف‎ (tʕallaf)
imperative m علّف (ʕallaf) علّفوا‎ (ʕallfu)
f علّفي‎ (ʕallfi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَلِفَ‎ (ʕalifa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕlaf/

Verb

علف • (ʕlaf) (form I, non-past يعلف‎ (yaʕlaf))

  1. to be fed (animals)
    Synonym: تعلّف‎ (tʕallaf)
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

From Arabic عَلَف‎ (ʕalaf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕalf/

Noun

علف • (ʕalf) m (usually uncountable)

  1. fodder
  2. hay

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَف‎ (ʕalaf). Somewhat eclipsed native اسپست‎ (aspast) and واش‎ (vâš) in standard Persian.

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /alaf/

Noun

علف • ('alaf) (plural علف‌ها‎ ('alaf-hâ))

  1. fodder, provender, grass, hay
    Synonyms: اسپست‎ (aspast), واش‎ (vâš)

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian علف‎, from Arabic عَلَف‎ (ʕalaf).

Noun

علف • ('alaf) m (Hindi spelling अलफ़)

  1. fodder
  2. provender
  3. grass
  4. hay
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