جيفة

See also: خيفة and جیفه

Arabic

Root
ج و ف (j-w-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː.fa/

Noun

جِيفَة • (jīfa) f (plural جِيَف (jiyaf) or أَجْيَاف (ʔajyāf))

  1. corpse

Declension

Derived terms

  • جَافَ (jāfa, “to stink, to be putrid”), form I
  • جَيَّفَ (jayyafa, “to stink, to be putrid”), form II
  • تَجَيَّفَ (tajayyafa, “to stink, to be putrid”), form V
  • اِجْتَافَ (ijtāfa, “to stink, to be putrid”), form VIII
  • جَيَّاف (jayyāf, “rifler, ransacker of graves”)

Descendants

  • Maltese: ġifa
  • → Persian: جیفه (jife)
  • Spanish: jifa
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