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مِعْطَف
overcoat /ˈmiʕ.tˤaf/
nounB1#1801 most common
Also: coat, topcoat
Example sentences
هٰذَا مِعْطَفٌ.
This is a coat.
أَيْنَ مِعْطَفِي؟
Where is my coat?
اِلْبَسْ مِعْطَفَكَ، الجَوُّ بارِد.
Put on your coat, the weather is cold.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ مِعْطَفًا جَديدًا لِفَصْلِ الشِّتاء.
I bought a new coat for the winter season.
عَلَّقَتْ مِعْطَفَها على الحائِطِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَجْلِس.
She hung her coat on the wall before sitting down.
كانَ مِعْطَفُهُ الصّوفِيُّ الثَّقيلُ يَقيهِ بَرْدَ الرّيحِ القارِسَةِ في تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَة.
His heavy woolen coat shielded him from the biting wind that night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِعْطَفٌ | مَعاطِفُ |
| Genitive | مِعْطَفٍ | مَعاطِفَ |
| Accusative | مِعْطَفًا | مَعاطِفَ |
| Vocative | يا مِعْطَفُ | يا مَعاطِفُ |
Word family
عَطَفَto turn toward, show kindness
عاطِفةemotion, feeling
مُنْعَطَفbend, curve, turning point
عَطوفcompassionate, tender
مَعاطِفcoats (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ʕ-tˤ-f, which carries the sense of bending, folding, or wrapping around. The mi- prefix forms a noun of instrument, so the literal idea is the thing one wraps oneself in. The same root gives the verb ʕaṭafa, to turn toward or incline.
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