غلاف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ل ف‎ (ḡ-l-f); compare غَلَفَ‎ (ḡalafa, “to sheathe, cover, wrap”).

Noun

غِلَاف • (ḡilāf) m (plural غِلَافَات‎ (ḡilāfāt) or غُلُف‎ (ḡuluf) or أَغْلِفَة‎ (ʾaḡlifa) or غُلْف‎ (ḡulf) or غُلَّف‎ (ḡullaf))

Declension

Declension of noun غِلَاف (ḡilāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلَاف ḡilāf	الْغِلَاف‎ al-ḡilāf	غِلَاف ḡilāf
Nominative	غِلَافٌ ḡilāfun	الْغِلَافُ‎ al-ḡilāfu	غِلَافُ ḡilāfu
Accusative	غِلَافًا‎ ḡilāfan	الْغِلَافَ‎ al-ḡilāfa	غِلَافَ ḡilāfa
Genitive	غِلَافٍ ḡilāfin	الْغِلَافِ‎ al-ḡilāfi	غِلَافِ ḡilāfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلَافَيْن‎ ḡilāfayn	الْغِلَافَيْن‎ al-ḡilāfayn	غِلَافَيْ‎ ḡilāfay
Nominative	غِلَافَانِ‎ ḡilāfāni	الْغِلَافَانِ‎ al-ḡilāfāni	غِلَافَا‎ ḡilāfā
Accusative	غِلَافَيْنِ‎ ḡilāfayni	الْغِلَافَيْنِ‎ al-ḡilāfayni	غِلَافَيْ‎ ḡilāfay
Genitive	غِلَافَيْنِ‎ ḡilāfayni	الْغِلَافَيْنِ‎ al-ḡilāfayni	غِلَافَيْ‎ ḡilāfay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلَافَات‎‎; غُلُف‎‎; أَغْلِفَة‎‎; غُلْف‎‎; غُلَّف‎ ḡilāfāt‎; ḡuluf‎; ʾaḡlifa‎; ḡulf‎; ḡullaf	الْغِلَافَات‎‎; الْغُلُف‎‎; الْأَغْلِفَة‎‎; الْغُلْف‎‎; الْغُلَّف‎ al-ḡilāfāt‎; al-ḡuluf‎; al-ʾaḡlifa‎; al-ḡulf‎; al-ḡullaf	غِلَافَات‎‎; غُلُف‎‎; أَغْلِفَة‎‎; غُلْف‎‎; غُلَّف‎ ḡilāfāt‎; ḡuluf‎; ʾaḡlifat‎; ḡulf‎; ḡullaf
Nominative	غِلَافَاتٌ‎‎; غُلُفٌ‎‎; أَغْلِفَةٌ‎‎; غُلْفٌ‎‎; غُلَّفٌ‎ ḡilāfātun‎; ḡulufun‎; ʾaḡlifatun‎; ḡulfun‎; ḡullafun	الْغِلَافَاتُ‎‎; الْغُلُفُ‎‎; الْأَغْلِفَةُ‎‎; الْغُلْفُ‎‎; الْغُلَّفُ‎ al-ḡilāfātu‎; al-ḡulufu‎; al-ʾaḡlifatu‎; al-ḡulfu‎; al-ḡullafu	غِلَافَاتُ‎‎; غُلُفُ‎‎; أَغْلِفَةُ‎‎; غُلْفُ‎‎; غُلَّفُ‎ ḡilāfātu‎; ḡulufu‎; ʾaḡlifatu‎; ḡulfu‎; ḡullafu
Accusative	غِلَافَاتٍ‎‎; غُلُفًا‎‎; أَغْلِفَةً‎‎; غُلْفًا‎‎; غُلَّفًا‎ ḡilāfātin‎; ḡulufan‎; ʾaḡlifatan‎; ḡulfan‎; ḡullafan	الْغِلَافَاتِ‎‎; الْغُلُفَ‎‎; الْأَغْلِفَةَ‎‎; الْغُلْفَ‎‎; الْغُلَّفَ‎ al-ḡilāfāti‎; al-ḡulufa‎; al-ʾaḡlifata‎; al-ḡulfa‎; al-ḡullafa	غِلَافَاتِ‎‎; غُلُفَ‎‎; أَغْلِفَةَ‎‎; غُلْفَ‎‎; غُلَّفَ‎ ḡilāfāti‎; ḡulufa‎; ʾaḡlifata‎; ḡulfa‎; ḡullafa
Genitive	غِلَافَاتٍ‎‎; غُلُفٍ‎‎; أَغْلِفَةٍ‎‎; غُلْفٍ‎‎; غُلَّفٍ‎ ḡilāfātin‎; ḡulufin‎; ʾaḡlifatin‎; ḡulfin‎; ḡullafin	الْغِلَافَاتِ‎‎; الْغُلُفِ‎‎; الْأَغْلِفَةِ‎‎; الْغُلْفِ‎‎; الْغُلَّفِ‎ al-ḡilāfāti‎; al-ḡulufi‎; al-ʾaḡlifati‎; al-ḡulfi‎; al-ḡullafi	غِلَافَاتِ‎‎; غُلُفِ‎‎; أَغْلِفَةِ‎‎; غُلْفِ‎‎; غُلَّفِ‎ ḡilāfāti‎; ḡulufi‎; ʾaḡlifati‎; ḡulfi‎; ḡullafi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “غلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “غلاف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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