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أَضاف
to add /ʔaˈdˤaː.fa/
verbB1#2843 most common
Also: to append, to host as a guest (classical/literary sense)
Example sentences
أضافت أمي السكر إلى الشاي.
My mother added sugar to the tea.
أضاف الطالب جملة جديدة إلى الفقرة.
The student added a new sentence to the paragraph.
أضافت الشركة موظفين جدد إلى الفريق هذا الشهر.
The company added new employees to the team this month.
أضاف الكاتب فصلا كاملا إلى روايته قبل نشرها.
The writer added a whole chapter to his novel before publishing it.
أضافت الحكومة بندا جديدا إلى الميزانية لمواجهة الأزمة.
The government added a new item to the budget to deal with the crisis.
أضاف المؤرخ ملاحظة هامشية توضح السياق التاريخي الغامض للوثيقة.
The historian added a marginal note that clarifies the document's obscure historical context.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُضِيفُ | أَضَفْتُ | سَأُضِيفُ |
| 2sg | تُضِيفُ | أَضَفْتَ | سَتُضِيفُ |
| 3sg | يُضِيفُ | أَضَافَ | سَيُضِيفُ |
| 1pl | نُضِيفُ | أَضَفْنَا | سَنُضِيفُ |
| 2pl | تُضِيفُونَ | أَضَفْتُمْ | سَتُضِيفُونَ |
| 3pl | يُضِيفُونَ | أَضَافُوا | سَيُضِيفُونَ |
Word family
ضيفguest
إضافةaddition; the annexation construction in Arabic grammar
مضافadded; the annexed noun in an إضافة construction
مضيفhost; male flight attendant
استضافto host, to invite as a guest
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ḍ-y-f, the same root behind ضيف (guest) and ضيافة (hospitality). Classical usage first meant to give someone lodging, to receive them as a guest. From there the sense widened to joining or annexing one thing to another, much as a host brings a guest into the household. This is why the noun إضافة also names the Arabic grammatical construction where one noun is annexed to another.
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