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تَدَفُّق
flow /taˈdaffuq/
nounB2#4053 most common
Also: flux, streaming, influx
Example sentences
تَدَفُّقُ النَّهْرِ سَرِيعٌ.
The river's flow is fast.
أُرَاقِبُ تَدَفُّقَ السَّيَّارَاتِ فِي الشَّارِعِ.
I watch the flow of cars in the street.
يَزْدَادُ تَدَفُّقُ البَيَانَاتِ عَبْرَ الإِنْتَرْنِتِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
Data flow over the internet increases every day.
تَسَبَّبَ تَدَفُّقُ اللَّاجِئِينَ فِي أَزْمَةٍ إِنْسَانِيَّةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
The flow of refugees caused a major humanitarian crisis.
تُحَاوِلُ الحُكُومَةُ تَنْظِيمَ تَدَفُّقِ رُؤُوسِ الأَمْوَالِ الأَجْنَبِيَّةِ إِلَى الِاقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.
The government is trying to regulate the flow of foreign capital into the local economy.
أَدَّتِ التَّدَفُّقَاتُ النَّقْدِيَّةُ غَيْرُ المُسْتَقِرَّةِ إِلَى تَقَلُّبَاتٍ حَادَّةٍ فِي أَسْعَارِ الصَّرْفِ.
Unstable cash flows led to sharp fluctuations in exchange rates.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَدَفُّقٌ | تَدَفُّقَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَدَفُّقٍ | تَدَفُّقَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَدَفُّقًا | تَدَفُّقَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَدَفُّقُ | يَا تَدَفُّقَاتُ |
Word family
تَدَفَّقَto flow, gush, stream
مُتَدَفِّقflowing, streaming
دَفَقَto pour out, gush forth
دَفْقَةa gush, a spurt
تَدَفُّقَاتflows (plural, e.g. cash flows)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root د-ف-ق (d-f-q), which carries the sense of pouring out or gushing forth. Classical Arabic already used this root for gushing water, as in the Quranic phrase 'gushing water.' The Form V pattern تَفَعُّل adds an intensive, ongoing sense, so تَدَفُّق means the continuous act of flowing or streaming, rather than a single gush.
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