"ضعیف" meaning in Persian

See ضعیف in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [za.ʔiːf] [Classical-Persian], [zä.ʔiːf] [Dari, formal], [zä.ʔiːf] [Dari, formal], [zä.jiːf] [Kabuli], [zä.jif] (note: Hazaragi), [zæ.ʔiːf] [Iran, formal], [zä.ʔif] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-ضعیف.wav
Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf)bor. Persian ضَعِیفBorrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>ضَعِيف>weak|id=weak|text=++|title=ضَعِیف|tree=++}} Etymology tree Arabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf)bor. Persian ضَعِیفBorrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa). Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|tr=za'if}} ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیفتَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیفتَرین (za'if-tarin)) Inflection templates: {{fa-decl-c-unc|za'if|pred=+}} Forms: za'if [romanization], ضعیفتَر [comparative], ضعیفتَرین [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], ضعیف, za'if, ضعیف [ezafe], za'if-e [ezafe], ضعیفی [definite, relative], ضعیفی [indefinite, stressed], za'if-i [definite, relative], za'if-i [indefinite, stressed], no-table-tags [table-tags], ضعیفم [first-person, predicative, singular], za'ifam [first-person, predicative, singular], ضعیفیم [first-person, plural, predicative], za'ifim [first-person, plural, predicative], ضعیفی [predicative, second-person, singular], za'ifi [predicative, second-person, singular], ضعیفید [plural, predicative, second-person], za'ifid [plural, predicative, second-person], ضعیفین [colloquial, plural, predicative, second-person], za'ifin [plural, predicative, second-person], ضعیف است [predicative, singular, third-person], za'if ast [predicative, singular, third-person], ضعیفه [colloquial, predicative, singular, third-person], za'ife [predicative, singular, third-person], ضعیفند [plural, predicative, third-person], za'ifand [plural, predicative, third-person], ضعیفن [colloquial, plural, predicative, third-person], za'ifan [plural, predicative, third-person]
  1. weak, feeble Synonyms: ناتوان
    Sense id: en-ضعیف-fa-adj-KydBK4EB
  2. thin, weakly Synonyms: لاغر
    Sense id: en-ضعیف-fa-adj-0nPiMMfy
  3. poor (of low quality), defective
    Sense id: en-ضعیف-fa-adj-3WCNK1wc Categories (other): Persian entries with etymology texts, Persian entries with etymology trees, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology texts: 24 6 71 Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology trees: 10 2 88 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 89

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>ضَعِيف>weak",
        "id": "weak",
        "text": "++",
        "title": "ضَعِیف",
        "tree": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa)\nArabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf)bor.\nPersian ضَعِیفBorrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nArabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa)\nArabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf)bor.\nPersian ضَعِیفBorrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "za'if",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفتَر",
      "roman": "za'if-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفتَرین",
      "roman": "za'if-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c-unc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیف",
      "source": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if",
      "source": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیف",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c-unc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفم",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفیم",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفید",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفین",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیف است",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if ast",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفه",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ife",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفند",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفن",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "za'if"
      },
      "expansion": "ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیفتَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیفتَرین (za'if-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "za'if",
        "pred": "+"
      },
      "name": "fa-decl-c-unc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "قوی"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3098:",
          "roman": "čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if",
          "text": "چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتنداری و صبرت شد ضعیف",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weak, feeble"
      ],
      "id": "en-ضعیف-fa-adj-KydBK4EB",
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ناتوان"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin, weakly"
      ],
      "id": "en-ضعیف-fa-adj-0nPiMMfy",
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "weakly",
          "weakly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لاغر"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 6 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology texts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 2 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poor (of low quality), defective"
      ],
      "id": "en-ضعیف-fa-adj-3WCNK1wc",
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "defective",
          "defective"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[za.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.jiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.jif]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zæ.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.ʔif]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ضعیف"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with etymology texts",
    "Persian entries with etymology trees",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ض ع ف",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>ضَعِيف>weak",
        "id": "weak",
        "text": "++",
        "title": "ضَعِیف",
        "tree": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa)\nArabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf)bor.\nPersian ضَعِیفBorrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nArabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa)\nArabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf)bor.\nPersian ضَعِیفBorrowed from Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), from ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "za'if",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفتَر",
      "roman": "za'if-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفتَرین",
      "roman": "za'if-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c-unc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیف",
      "source": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if",
      "source": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیف",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c-unc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفم",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفیم",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفید",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفین",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیف است",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'if ast",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفه",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ife",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفند",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ضعیفن",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "za'ifan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "za'if"
      },
      "expansion": "ضعیف • (za'if) (comparative ضعیفتَر (za'if-tar), superlative ضعیفتَرین (za'if-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "za'if",
        "pred": "+"
      },
      "name": "fa-decl-c-unc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "قوی"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Since all the functions and parts [of your body] are atrophied, your self-control and patience have become weak.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3098:",
          "roman": "čon hame owsâf o ajzâ šod nahif / xištan-dâri o sabr-at šod za'if",
          "text": "چون همه اوصاف و اجزا شد نحیف / خویشتنداری و صبرت شد ضعیف",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weak, feeble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ناتوان"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin, weakly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "weakly",
          "weakly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لاغر"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poor (of low quality), defective"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "defective",
          "defective"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[za.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.jiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.jif]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zæ.ʔiːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.ʔif]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Darafsh-%D8%B6%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%81.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Darafsh-%D8%B6%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%81.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ضعیف"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ضعیف meaning in Persian (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for ضعیف",
  "path": [
    "ضعیف"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ضعیف",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for za'if",
  "path": [
    "ضعیف"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ضعیف",
  "trace": ""
}

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