ضعف

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ضعف^¹

verb ضَعُفَ · ḍaʕufa · يَضْعُفُ · ضُعْف · ضَعْف

intransitive to weaken

verb ضَعَّفَ · ḍaʕʕafa · يُضَعِّفُ · تَضْعِيف · مُضَعِّف

transitive to weaken, to make weak
transitive to double
transitive to geminate (a consonant)

ضعف^²

noun ضُعْف · ḍuʕf · الضُّعْف · ضُعْفٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) (form I)
weakness

ضعف^³

noun ضَعْف · ḍaʕf · الضَّعْف · ضَعْفٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) (form I)
weakness

noun ضِعْف · ḍiʕf · أَضْعَاف · الضِّعْف

double
a multiple, (after numerals) -fold وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِینَ یُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَ ٰ⁠لَهُمُ ٱبۡتِغَاۤءَ مَرۡضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثۡبِیتࣰا مِّنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةِۭ بِرَبۡوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلࣱ فَـَٔاتَتۡ أُكُلَهَا ضِعۡفَیۡنِ فَإِن لَّمۡ یُصِبۡهَا وَابِلࣱ فَطَلࣱّۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِیرٌ

In English

abate to lessen (something) in force or intensity — see also moderate
asthenia loss of strength
undermine hinder, sabotage
double twice the quantity
weakness condition of being weak
languish to lose strength and become weak

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ضعف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%B9%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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