قرفة
See also: فرقة
Arabic
Etymology
Referenced as κάρφεα (kárphea, “cinnamon”) in Herodotus's Histories in connection to Arabia by 440 B.C., as well as being attested as a name in Pre-Islamic Arabia; containers with cinnamon residue have been found in the Levant dating to 3,000 years ago.[1] Related to قِلْف (qilf, “bark, rind”), قِلَافَة (qilāfaᵗ, “bark, outer covering”), and Classical Syriac ܩܠܦܬܐ (qlāp̄tā, “bark, peel”); perhaps ultimately an early Semitic borrowing from a Dravidian language such as the precursor of the Tamil கருவா (karuvā, “cinnamon or clove tree”).
Declension
Declension of noun قِرْفَة (qirfa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قِرْفَة qirfa |
الْقِرْفَة al-qirfa |
قِرْفَة qirfat |
| Nominative | قِرْفَةٌ qirfatun |
الْقِرْفَةُ al-qirfatu |
قِرْفَةُ qirfatu |
| Accusative | قِرْفَةً qirfatan |
الْقِرْفَةَ al-qirfata |
قِرْفَةَ qirfata |
| Genitive | قِرْفَةٍ qirfatin |
الْقِرْفَةِ al-qirfati |
قِرْفَةِ qirfati |
Egyptian Arabic
Hijazi Arabic
قِرْفَة
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡirfa/
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “قرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2987 in the supplement
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “قلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 921
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