معطوفہ

mat̤ūfa (for A. معطوفة mat̤ūfat, fem. of mat̤ūf) , = A معطوف mat̤ūf (pass. part. of عطف 'tobecome inclined, or bent,' etc.), part. Inclined, bent; turned, twisted; curved;—appended, attached; conjoined, coupled, or connected (by the copulative conjunction);—s.m. The first of two words or clauses connected (by a conjunction):—mat̤ūf-’alaih (i), s.m. The word to which (an explanatory word) is attached (by means of a virtual conjunction); the second of two words or clauses connected (by a conjunction).