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Root ض ع ف ḍ-ʿ-f

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ض ع فḍ-ʿ-f

(ف) ضَعَفَ يَضْعَفُ ضَعْفًاḍaʿafa yaḍʿafu ḍaʿfan: to increase something.

(ک) ضَعُفَ يَضْعُفُ ضَعَافَةًḍaʿufa yaḍʿufu ḍaʿāfatan: to be weak.

ضَعْفٌḍaʿf and ضُعْفٌḍuʿf (noun, ism dhāt): weakness.

ضَعِيْفٌḍaʿīf pl. ضِعَافٌḍiʿāf and ضُعَفَاءُḍuʿafāʾu (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): weak.

اَضْعَفُaḍʿafu (elative, ism tafḍīl): weaker, weakest. ﴿وَخُلِقَ الْاِنْسَانُ ضَعِيْفًا﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:28); ﴿اَللّٰهُ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ ضَعْفٍ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:54)

ضِعْفٌḍiʿf pl. اَضْعَافٌaḍʿāf: double or manifold (the singular ضِعْفٌḍiʿf is also used for the double, and its dual ضِعْفَيْنِḍiʿfayni also occurs).

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَضْعَفَ يُضْعِفُ اِضْعَافًاaḍʿafa yuḍʿifu iḍʿāfan: to increase, to multiply.

مُضْعِفٌmuḍʿif (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who multiplies. ﴿فَاُولٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُضْعِفُوْنَ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:39)

Form III (mufāʿalah) ضَاعَفَ يُضَاعِفُ مُضَاعَفَةًḍāʿafa yuḍāʿifu muḍāʿafatan: to increase manifold, to multiply many times over. ﴿فَيُضٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ اَضْعَافًا كَثِيْرَةً﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:245)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَضْعَفَ يَسْتَضْعِفُ اِسْتِضْعَافًاistaḍʿafa yastaḍʿifu istiḍʿāfan: to consider someone weak.

مُسْتَضْعَفٌmustaḍʿaf (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): used as an adjective, deemed weak, i.e. weak, oppressed. ﴿اِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُوْنِيْ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:150)

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