خرافة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف‎ (ḵ-r-f).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fa/

Noun

خُرَافَة • (ḵurāfa) f (plural خُرَافَات‎ (ḵurāfāt))

(archaic) plucked up fruits
myth, chatter, rigmarole, mumbo jumbo, cock-and-bull story, tall tale

Declension

Declension of noun خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرَافَة ḵurāfa	الْخُرَافَة‎ al-ḵurāfa	خُرَافَة ḵurāfat
Nominative	خُرَافَةٌ ḵurāfatun	الْخُرَافَةُ‎ al-ḵurāfatu	خُرَافَةُ ḵurāfatu
Accusative	خُرَافَةً ḵurāfatan	الْخُرَافَةَ‎ al-ḵurāfata	خُرَافَةَ ḵurāfata
Genitive	خُرَافَةٍ ḵurāfatin	الْخُرَافَةِ‎ al-ḵurāfati	خُرَافَةِ ḵurāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرَافَتَيْن‎ ḵurāfatayn	الْخُرَافَتَيْن‎ al-ḵurāfatayn	خُرَافَتَيْ‎ ḵurāfatay
Nominative	خُرَافَتَانِ‎ ḵurāfatāni	الْخُرَافَتَانِ‎ al-ḵurāfatāni	خُرَافَتَا‎ ḵurāfatā
Accusative	خُرَافَتَيْنِ‎ ḵurāfatayni	الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵurāfatayni	خُرَافَتَيْ‎ ḵurāfatay
Genitive	خُرَافَتَيْنِ‎ ḵurāfatayni	الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵurāfatayni	خُرَافَتَيْ‎ ḵurāfatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرَافَات‎ ḵurāfāt	الْخُرَافَات‎ al-ḵurāfāt	خُرَافَات‎ ḵurāfāt
Nominative	خُرَافَاتٌ‎ ḵurāfātun	الْخُرَافَاتُ‎ al-ḵurāfātu	خُرَافَاتُ‎ ḵurāfātu
Accusative	خُرَافَاتٍ‎ ḵurāfātin	الْخُرَافَاتِ‎ al-ḵurāfāti	خُرَافَاتِ‎ ḵurāfāti
Genitive	خُرَافَاتٍ‎ ḵurāfātin	الْخُرَافَاتِ‎ al-ḵurāfāti	خُرَافَاتِ‎ ḵurāfāti

Derived terms

خُرَافِيّ‎ (ḵurāfiyy, “fabulated”)

Descendants

→ Persian: خرافه‎‎‎ (xorâfe)
- → Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात (xurāfāt) / Urdu: خرافات‎‎

References

Freytag, Georg (1830), “خرافة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “خرافة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 562

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