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تافِه
trivial, petty, worthless /ˈtaː.fih/
adjectiveB1#2617 most common
Also: frivolous, insignificant, silly (of a person)
Example sentences
هذا الشيء تافه.
This thing is trivial.
لا تهتم بهذا الأمر التافه.
Don't worry about this trivial matter.
كان النقاش تافهاً ولم يصل إلى نتيجة.
The discussion was trivial and reached no conclusion.
يضيع كثير من الناس وقتهم في أمور تافهة.
Many people waste their time on trivial matters.
رفض المدير الشكوى لأنها بدت تافهة في نظره.
The manager dismissed the complaint because it seemed trivial to him.
على الرغم من أن الخلاف بدا تافهاً في البداية، فقد تطور إلى أزمة دبلوماسية كبرى.
Although the dispute seemed trivial at first, it grew into a major diplomatic crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تافهٌ | تافهون |
| Genitive | تافهٍ | تافهين |
| Accusative | تافهاً | تافهين |
| Vocative | يا تافه | يا تافهون |
Word family
تفاهةtriviality, silliness
تَفِهَto be or become trivial
تافهونtrivial, shallow people (plural)
أتفهmore/most trivial
Etymology
تافِه comes from the Arabic root ت-ف-ه (t-f-h), tied to the verb تَفِهَ, meaning to be insignificant or of little worth. The word follows the فاعِل pattern common to active-participle-like adjectives, giving it the sense of something characterized by triviality. This is a native Semitic root with no known Indo-European origin.
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