غفير

Arabic

Root
غ ف ر (ḡ f r)
11 terms

Adjective

غَفِير • (ḡafīr)

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جَمْعٌ غَفِيرٌ ― jamʕun ḡafīrun ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

غَفِير • (ḡafīr) m (plural غُفَرَاء (ḡufarāʔ) or غِفْرَان (ḡifrān))

watchman, caretaker

Declension

Declension of noun **غَفِير** (ḡafīr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَفِير ḡafīr	الْغَفِير al-ḡafīr	غَفِير ḡafīr
nominative	غَفِيرٌ ḡafīrun	الْغَفِيرُ al-ḡafīru	غَفِيرُ ḡafīru
accusative	غَفِيرًا ḡafīran	الْغَفِيرَ al-ḡafīra	غَفِيرَ ḡafīra
genitive	غَفِيرٍ ḡafīrin	الْغَفِيرِ al-ḡafīri	غَفِيرِ ḡafīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَفِيرَيْن ḡafīrayn	الْغَفِيرَيْن al-ḡafīrayn	غَفِيرَيْ ḡafīray
nominative	غَفِيرَانِ ḡafīrāni	الْغَفِيرَانِ al-ḡafīrāni	غَفِيرَا ḡafīrā
accusative	غَفِيرَيْنِ ḡafīrayni	الْغَفِيرَيْنِ al-ḡafīrayni	غَفِيرَيْ ḡafīray
genitive	غَفِيرَيْنِ ḡafīrayni	الْغَفِيرَيْنِ al-ḡafīrayni	غَفِيرَيْ ḡafīray
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غُفَرَاء‎; غِفْرَان ḡufarāʔ‎; ḡifrān	الْغُفَرَاء‎; الْغِفْرَان al-ḡufarāʔ‎; al-ḡifrān	غُفَرَاء‎; غِفْرَان ḡufarāʔ‎; ḡifrān
nominative	غُفَرَاءُ‎; غِفْرَانٌ ḡufarāʔu‎; ḡifrānun	الْغُفَرَاءُ‎; الْغِفْرَانُ al-ḡufarāʔu‎; al-ḡifrānu	غُفَرَاءُ‎; غِفْرَانُ ḡufarāʔu‎; ḡifrānu
accusative	غُفَرَاءَ‎; غِفْرَانًا ḡufarāʔa‎; ḡifrānan	الْغُفَرَاءَ‎; الْغِفْرَانَ al-ḡufarāʔa‎; al-ḡifrāna	غُفَرَاءَ‎; غِفْرَانَ ḡufarāʔa‎; ḡifrāna
genitive	غُفَرَاءَ‎; غِفْرَانٍ ḡufarāʔa‎; ḡifrānin	الْغُفَرَاءِ‎; الْغِفْرَانِ al-ḡufarāʔi‎; al-ḡifrāni	غُفَرَاءِ‎; غِفْرَانِ ḡufarāʔi‎; ḡifrāni

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “غفير”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Wehr, Hans (1979) “غفير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN