إسكاف

Arabic

Alternative forms

إِسْكَافِيّ (ʔiskāfiyy), سَكَّاف (sakkāf), أُسْكُوف (ʔuskūf)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܶܫܟܳܦܳܐ (ʾeškāp̄ā, “shoemaker”), from Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /⁠aškāpu⁠/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔis.kaːf/

Noun

إِسْكَاف • (ʔiskāf) m (plural أَسَكِفَة (ʔasakifa))

shoemaker, cobbler

Declension

Declension of noun **إِسْكَاف** (ʔiskāf)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِسْكَاف ʔiskāf	الْإِسْكَاف al-ʔiskāf	إِسْكَاف ʔiskāf
nominative	إِسْكَافٌ ʔiskāfun	الْإِسْكَافُ al-ʔiskāfu	إِسْكَافُ ʔiskāfu
accusative	إِسْكَافًا ʔiskāfan	الْإِسْكَافَ al-ʔiskāfa	إِسْكَافَ ʔiskāfa
genitive	إِسْكَافٍ ʔiskāfin	الْإِسْكَافِ al-ʔiskāfi	إِسْكَافِ ʔiskāfi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِسْكَافَيْن ʔiskāfayn	الْإِسْكَافَيْن al-ʔiskāfayn	إِسْكَافَيْ ʔiskāfay
nominative	إِسْكَافَانِ ʔiskāfāni	الْإِسْكَافَانِ al-ʔiskāfāni	إِسْكَافَا ʔiskāfā
accusative	إِسْكَافَيْنِ ʔiskāfayni	الْإِسْكَافَيْنِ al-ʔiskāfayni	إِسْكَافَيْ ʔiskāfay
genitive	إِسْكَافَيْنِ ʔiskāfayni	الْإِسْكَافَيْنِ al-ʔiskāfayni	إِسْكَافَيْ ʔiskāfay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَسَكِفَة ʔasakifa	الْأَسَكِفَة al-ʔasakifa	أَسَكِفَة ʔasakifat
nominative	أَسَكِفَةٌ ʔasakifatun	الْأَسَكِفَةُ al-ʔasakifatu	أَسَكِفَةُ ʔasakifatu
accusative	أَسَكِفَةً ʔasakifatan	الْأَسَكِفَةَ al-ʔasakifata	أَسَكِفَةَ ʔasakifata
genitive	أَسَكِفَةٍ ʔasakifatin	الْأَسَكِفَةِ al-ʔasakifati	أَسَكِفَةِ ʔasakifati

Derived terms

سِكَافَة (sikāfa, “shoemaking, shoemaker’s trade”)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 12
Freytag, Georg (1833) “إسكاف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334
Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 28