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عاطِفَة
emotion /ʕaːˈtˤi.fa/
nounB1#2741 most common
Also: feeling, sentiment, affection
Example sentences
أَنا أَشْعُرُ بِعاطِفَةٍ قَوِيَّة.
I feel a strong emotion.
حُبُّها لِأُمِّها عاطِفَةٌ صادِقَة.
Her love for her mother is a sincere emotion.
لا تَدَعْ عَواطِفَكَ تَتَحَكَّمُ في قَراراتِكَ المُهِمَّة.
Don't let your emotions control your important decisions.
عَبَّرَتْ عَنْ عاطِفَتِها تِجاهَهُ بِكَلِماتٍ بَسِيطَةٍ لَكِنْ صادِقَة.
She expressed her emotion toward him in simple but sincere words.
تَتَأَرْجَحُ عَواطِفُهُ بَيْنَ الفَرَحِ وَالحُزْنِ بِسُرْعَةٍ مُذْهِلَة.
His emotions swing between joy and sadness at a startling speed.
يَتَطَلَّبُ الأَدَبُ الرَّفِيعُ قُدْرَةً عَلى نَقْلِ العَواطِفِ الإِنْسانِيَّةِ المُعَقَّدَةِ بِدِقَّةٍ فَنِّيَّة.
Fine literature requires the ability to convey complex human emotions with artistic precision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عاطِفَةٌ | عَواطِفُ |
| Genitive | عاطِفَةٍ | عَواطِفَ |
| Accusative | عاطِفَةً | عَواطِفَ |
| Vocative | عاطِفَةُ | عَواطِفُ |
Word family
عَطَفَto bend, incline, sympathize
تَعاطُفmutual sympathy, empathy
عَطُوفcompassionate, tender-hearted
مَعْطِفcoat
عَواطِفemotions (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ʿ-ṭ-f (عطف), whose base verb عَطَفَ means to bend, to incline, or to turn toward something. عاطِفَة is the feminine form of the active-participle pattern fāʿil, so it literally denotes something that inclines or bends, here applied to the heart bending toward another person or thing. Over time this concrete sense of leaning toward someone settled into the abstract meaning of emotion or feeling. The word belongs to Classical Arabic and is fully productive in Modern Standard Arabic.
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