طائفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط و ف‎ (ṭ-w-f).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤaː.ʔi.fa/

Noun

طَائِفَة • (ṭāʔifa) f (plural طَائِفَات‎ (ṭāʔifāt) or طَوَائِف‎ (ṭawāʔif))

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

Declension

Declension of noun طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَة ṭāʔifa	الطَّائِفَة‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifa	طَائِفَة ṭāʔifat
Nominative	طَائِفَةٌ ṭāʔifatun	الطَّائِفَةُ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifatu	طَائِفَةُ ṭāʔifatu
Accusative	طَائِفَةً ṭāʔifatan	الطَّائِفَةَ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifata	طَائِفَةَ ṭāʔifata
Genitive	طَائِفَةٍ ṭāʔifatin	الطَّائِفَةِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifati	طَائِفَةِ ṭāʔifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَتَيْن‎ ṭāʔifatayn	الطَّائِفَتَيْن‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifatayn	طَائِفَتَيْ‎ ṭāʔifatay
Nominative	طَائِفَتَانِ‎ ṭāʔifatāni	الطَّائِفَتَانِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifatāni	طَائِفَتَا‎ ṭāʔifatā
Accusative	طَائِفَتَيْنِ‎ ṭāʔifatayni	الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifatayni	طَائِفَتَيْ‎ ṭāʔifatay
Genitive	طَائِفَتَيْنِ‎ ṭāʔifatayni	الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifatayni	طَائِفَتَيْ‎ ṭāʔifatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَائِفَات‎‎; طَوَائِف‎ ṭāʔifāt‎; ṭawāʔif	الطَّائِفَات‎‎; الطَّوَائِف‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifāt‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔif	طَائِفَات‎‎; طَوَائِف‎ ṭāʔifāt‎; ṭawāʔif
Nominative	طَائِفَاتٌ‎‎; طَوَائِفُ‎ ṭāʔifātun‎; ṭawāʔifu	الطَّائِفَاتُ‎‎; الطَّوَائِفُ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifātu‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔifu	طَائِفَاتُ‎‎; طَوَائِفُ‎ ṭāʔifātu‎; ṭawāʔifu
Accusative	طَائِفَاتٍ‎‎; طَوَائِفَ‎ ṭāʔifātin‎; ṭawāʔifa	الطَّائِفَاتِ‎‎; الطَّوَائِفَ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifāti‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔifa	طَائِفَاتِ‎‎; طَوَائِفَ‎ ṭāʔifāti‎; ṭawāʔifa
Genitive	طَائِفَاتٍ‎‎; طَوَائِفَ‎ ṭāʔifātin‎; ṭawāʔifa	الطَّائِفَاتِ‎‎; الطَّوَائِفِ‎ aṭ-ṭāʔifāti‎; aṭ-ṭawāʔifi	طَائِفَاتِ‎‎; طَوَائِفِ‎ ṭāʔifāti‎; ṭawāʔifi

Derived terms

طَائِفِيّ‎ (ṭāʔifiyy, “sectarian”)
طَائِفِيّة‎ (ṭāʔifiyya, “sectarianism”)

Descendants

Maltese: tajfa
→ Kazakh: тайпа (taipa)
→ Kyrgyz: тайпа (taypa)
→ Malay: taifah
→ Spanish: taifa
→ Swahili: taifa
→ Turkish: taife, tayfa
- → Armenian: թայֆա (tʿayfa)
- → Macedonian: тајфа (tajfa)

References

طائفة‎ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

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