fadhili

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic فَاضِل (fāḍil).

Adjective

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fadhili (invariable)

  1. benignant

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).

Verb

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-fadhili (infinitive kufadhili)

  1. to sponsor, offer
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -fadhili
Positive present -nafadhili
Subjunctive -fadhili
Negative -fadhili
Imperative singular fadhili
Infinitives
Positive kufadhili
Negative kutofadhili
Imperatives
Singular fadhili
Plural fadhilini
Tensed forms
Habitual hufadhili
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifadhili
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufadhili
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafadhili)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafadhili/nafadhili tunafadhili
2nd person unafadhili mnafadhili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafadhili wanafadhili
other classes positive subject concord + -nafadhili
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fadhili)
Singular Plural
1st person sifadhili hatufadhili
2nd person hufadhili hamfadhili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafadhili hawafadhili
other classes negative subject concord + -fadhili
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafadhili
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafadhili
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fadhili)
Singular Plural
1st person nifadhili tufadhili
2nd person ufadhili mfadhili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afadhili wafadhili
other classes positive subject concord + -fadhili
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifadhili
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefadhili
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefadhili
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifadhili
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifadhili
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afadhili)
Singular Plural
1st person nafadhili twafadhili
2nd person wafadhili mwafadhili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afadhili wafadhili
m-mi(III/IV) wafadhili yafadhili
ji-ma(V/VI) lafadhili yafadhili
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafadhili vyafadhili
n(IX/X) yafadhili zafadhili
u(XI) wafadhili see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafadhili
pa(XVI) pafadhili
mu(XVIII) mwafadhili
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefadhili
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafadhili
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafadhili
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifadhili
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofadhili
Consecutive kafadhili / positive subject concord + -kafadhili
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafadhili
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifadhili -tufadhili
2nd person -kufadhili -wafadhili/-kufadhilini/-wafadhilini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfadhili -wafadhili
m-mi(III/IV) -ufadhili -ifadhili
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifadhili -yafadhili
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifadhili -vifadhili
n(IX/X) -ifadhili -zifadhili
u(XI) -ufadhili see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufadhili
pa(XVI) -pafadhili
mu(XVIII) -mufadhili
Reflexive -jifadhili
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fadhili- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fadhiliye -fadhilio
m-mi(III/IV) -fadhilio -fadhiliyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fadhililo -fadhiliyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fadhilicho -fadhilivyo
n(IX/X) -fadhiliyo -fadhilizo
u(XI) -fadhilio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fadhiliko
pa(XVI) -fadhilipo
mu(XVIII) -fadhilimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fadhili)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefadhili -ofadhili
m-mi(III/IV) -ofadhili -yofadhili
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofadhili -yofadhili
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofadhili -vyofadhili
n(IX/X) -yofadhili -zofadhili
u(XI) -ofadhili see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofadhili
pa(XVI) -pofadhili
mu(XVIII) -mofadhili
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms
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