Greetings & peopleRoot 3 of 12 in this field
ض-ي-ف
guests and hospitality
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Words from this root
6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعْل ضَيْفٌ
guest
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- Plural
- ضُيُوفٌ
- Feminine
- ضَيْفَةٌ
فِعَالَة ضِيَافَةٌ
hospitality
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مُفْعِل مُضِيفٌ
host; flight attendant
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- Plural
- مُضِيفُونَ
- Feminine
- مُضِيفَةٌ
اِسْتَفْعَلَ اِسْتَضَافَ
to host, receive as a guest
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- Present
- يَسْتَضِيفُ
أَفْعَلَ أَضَافَ
to add
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- Present
- يُضِيفُ
- Command
- أَضِفْ
originally 'to take in as a guest'
إِفْعَال إِضَافَةٌ
addition; (grammar) the possessive construction
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بِالْإِضَافَةِ إِلَى in addition to
How the patterns shape this root
A ضَيْف is a guest, and ضِيَافَة is hospitality, the duty of looking after one. Form X اِسْتَضَافَ is to host, and the host — or the flight attendant who looks after passengers — is مُضِيف (مُفْعِل), feminine مُضِيفَة. Form IV أَضَافَ once meant to take someone in as a guest; today it means to add, and its noun إِضَافَة is an addition — also the grammar term for 'the book of the student'.