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إِطْفاء
extinguishing / turning off /ʔitˤˈfaːʔ/
nounB1#2831 most common
Also: putting out (a fire), shutting down (a device), switching off
Example sentences
اضْغَطْ عَلَى زِرِّ الإِطْفاءِ لِإِيقافِ الجِهازِ.
Press the off button to stop the device.
جاءَ رِجالُ الإِطْفاءِ بِسُرْعَةٍ لِإِخْمادِ الحَرِيقِ.
The firefighters came quickly to put out the fire.
يَجِبُ إِطْفاءُ الأَنْوارِ قَبْلَ مُغادَرَةِ المَكْتَبِ.
The lights must be turned off before leaving the office.
تَدَرَّبَ فَرِيقُ الإِطْفاءِ عَلَى التَّعامُلِ مَعَ حَرائِقِ الغاباتِ.
The firefighting team trained to deal with forest fires.
ساهَمَتْ سُرْعَةُ الإِطْفاءِ فِي الحَدِّ مِنَ الأَضْرارِ النّاتِجَةِ عَنِ الانْفِجارِ.
The speed of the extinguishing effort helped limit the damage caused by the explosion.
تُعْنَى إِدارَةُ الدِّفاعِ المَدَنِيِّ بِتَنْظِيمِ عَمَلِيّاتِ الإِطْفاءِ وَالإِنْقاذِ فِي الحالاتِ الطّارِئَةِ.
The civil defense department is responsible for organizing extinguishing and rescue operations in emergencies.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِطْفاءٌ | إِطْفاءاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِطْفاءٍ | إِطْفاءاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِطْفاءً | إِطْفاءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِطْفاءُ | يا إِطْفاءاتُ |
Word family
أَطْفَأَto extinguish, to turn off
يُطْفِئُextinguishes, turns off (present)
مُطْفِئone who extinguishes; also 'fire extinguisher' in short form
مُطْفَأةfire extinguisher (device)
طَفِئَto die down, go out (of a fire, Form I)
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Arabic root ط-ف-أ, which carries the core sense of a fire dying down or being put out. إطفاء is the verbal noun (masdar) of the causative Form IV verb أطفأ, meaning to make something go out, whether a flame or a powered device. The extension from fire to electronics is a natural modern broadening of the same underlying idea: stopping something that is active or burning.
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