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إِضافَة
addition /ʔiˈdˤaː.fa/
nounA2#799 most common
Also: supplement, extension, genitive construction (grammar)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ إِضافَة جَيِّدَة.
This is a good addition.
بِالإِضافَة إِلى ذٰلِكَ، أَنا مُتْعَب.
In addition to that, I am tired.
نَحْتاجُ إِلى إِضافَةِ المِلْحِ إِلى الطَّعام.
We need to add salt to the food.
أَدَّتْ إِضافَةُ المُوَظَّفينَ الجُدُدِ إِلى تَحْسينِ الإِنْتاج.
The addition of new staff led to better output.
تُعَدُّ إِضافَةُ هٰذِهِ الفِقْرَةِ ضَرورِيَّةً لِتَوْضيحِ المَعْنى.
The addition of this paragraph is considered necessary to clarify the meaning.
في النَّحْوِ العَرَبِيِّ، تَرْبِطُ الإِضافَةُ بَيْنَ اسْمَيْنِ لِتَدُلَّ عَلى المِلْكِيَّةِ أَوِ التَّخْصيصِ.
In Arabic grammar, the iḍāfa links two nouns to mark possession or specification.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِضافَةٌ | إِضافاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِضافَةٍ | إِضافاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِضافَةً | إِضافاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِضافَةُ | يا إِضافاتُ |
Word family
أَضافَto add
إِضافيadditional, supplementary
مُضافadded; first term of a genitive construction
ضِيافةhospitality
Etymology
إِضافَة is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the Form IV verb أَضافَ, meaning to add or to annex. It comes from the root ض ي ف, the same root behind ضَيْف, guest, and ضِيافة, hospitality, through the shared idea of joining one thing to another. In grammar the same word names the construction that binds two nouns together.
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