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 f (lūfa))

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

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
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: лу̏фа
- Latin script: lȕfa
→ Slovak: lufa
→ Turkish: lif

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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