أثفية
Arabic
Alternative forms
- إِثْفِيَّة (ʔiṯfiyya)
Etymology
Possibly related to وَثَبَ (waṯaba), in Arabic normally meaning “to bounce, to leap on”, in Aramaic יתב / ܝܬܒ “to sit”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuθ.fij.ja/
Noun
أُثْفِيَّة • (ʔuṯfiyya) f (plural أَثَافٍ (ʔaṯāfin), plural construct state أَثَافِي (ʔaṯāfī))
- hobstone, one of three stones (or two stones and a mountain) around a fire serving as a tripod to support a cookpot
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أُثْفِيَّة ʔuṯfiyya |
الْأُثْفِيَّة al-ʔuṯfiyya |
أُثْفِيَّة ʔuṯfiyyat |
| nominative | أُثْفِيَّةٌ ʔuṯfiyyatun |
الْأُثْفِيَّةُ al-ʔuṯfiyyatu |
أُثْفِيَّةُ ʔuṯfiyyatu |
| accusative | أُثْفِيَّةً ʔuṯfiyyatan |
الْأُثْفِيَّةَ al-ʔuṯfiyyata |
أُثْفِيَّةَ ʔuṯfiyyata |
| genitive | أُثْفِيَّةٍ ʔuṯfiyyatin |
الْأُثْفِيَّةِ al-ʔuṯfiyyati |
أُثْفِيَّةِ ʔuṯfiyyati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | أُثْفِيَّتَيْن ʔuṯfiyyatayn |
الْأُثْفِيَّتَيْن al-ʔuṯfiyyatayn |
أُثْفِيَّتَيْ ʔuṯfiyyatay |
| nominative | أُثْفِيَّتَانِ ʔuṯfiyyatāni |
الْأُثْفِيَّتَانِ al-ʔuṯfiyyatāni |
أُثْفِيَّتَا ʔuṯfiyyatā |
| accusative | أُثْفِيَّتَيْنِ ʔuṯfiyyatayni |
الْأُثْفِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔuṯfiyyatayni |
أُثْفِيَّتَيْ ʔuṯfiyyatay |
| genitive | أُثْفِيَّتَيْنِ ʔuṯfiyyatayni |
الْأُثْفِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔuṯfiyyatayni |
أُثْفِيَّتَيْ ʔuṯfiyyatay |
| plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَثَافِي ʔaṯāfī |
الْأَثَافِي al-ʔaṯāfī |
أَثَافِي ʔaṯāfī |
| nominative | أَثَافٍ ʔaṯāfin |
الْأَثَافِي al-ʔaṯāfī |
أَثَافِي ʔaṯāfī |
| accusative | أَثَافِيَ ʔaṯāfiya |
الْأَثَافِيَ al-ʔaṯāfiya |
أَثَافِيَ ʔaṯāfiya |
| genitive | أَثَافٍ ʔaṯāfin |
الْأَثَافِي al-ʔaṯāfī |
أَثَافِي ʔaṯāfī |
Derived terms
- تَأَثَّفَ (taʔaṯṯafa, “to be put on the hob, said of a cooking-pot; to surround like hobstones”)
- أَثَفَ (ʔaṯafa), أَثَّفَ (ʔaṯṯafa), آثَفَ (ʔāṯafa, “to put on the hobstones”)
- أَثِف (ʔaṯif, “firm, permanent”)
Descendants
- → Turkish: tüfe
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “أثفية”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 13b, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أثفية”, 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[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 11b
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “أثفية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 20b.
- Tietze, Andreas (1958) “Direkte arabische Entlehnungen im anatolischen Türkisch”, in J. Eckmann, A. S. Levend, M. Mansuroğlu, editors, Jean Deny Armağanı / Mélanges Jean Deny (in German), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, § 1, page 263 of 255–333
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أثفية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 5b