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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