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طِفْل
child /ˈtˤifl/
nounA1#115 most common
Also: infant, toddler, baby
Example sentences
هٰذا طِفْلٌ صَغيرٌ.
This is a small child.
الطِّفْلُ يَلعَبُ في الحَديقَةِ.
The child is playing in the garden.
تَحمِلُ الأُمُّ طِفْلَها بَينَ ذِراعَيها.
The mother carries her child in her arms.
يَحتاجُ الطِّفْلُ إلى الرِّعايَةِ والاهتِمامِ في سَنَواتِهِ الأولى.
The child needs care and attention in his first years.
لا يَستَطيعُ الطِّفْلُ التَّمييزَ بَينَ الخَيالِ والواقِعِ في هٰذِهِ المَرحَلَةِ.
At this stage the child cannot tell fantasy from reality.
يَرى عُلَماءُ النَّفسِ أنَّ شَخصِيَّةَ الطِّفْلِ تَتَشَكَّلُ إلى حَدٍّ بَعيدٍ قَبلَ سِنِّ السّادِسَةِ.
Psychologists hold that a child's personality is largely formed before the age of six.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طِفْلٌ (ṭiflun) | أَطْفالٌ (aṭfālun) |
| Genitive | طِفْلٍ (ṭiflin) | أَطْفالٍ (aṭfālin) |
| Accusative | طِفْلاً (ṭiflan) | أَطْفالاً (aṭfālan) |
| Vocative | يا طِفْلُ (yā ṭiflu) | يا أَطْفالُ (yā aṭfālu) |
Word family
طُفولة (ṭufūla)childhood
أطفال (aṭfāl)children (plural)
طِفْلة (ṭifla)baby girl, female child
طُفولِيّ (ṭufūlī)childish, infantile
رَوْضة أطفال (rawḍat aṭfāl)kindergarten
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ط-ف-ل (ṭ-f-l), which carries the sense of softness, tenderness, and small new things. The related verb ṭafula means to be soft or delicate. From the same root Arabic forms ṭufūla, meaning childhood. The noun names a person in that soft early stage of life.
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