غلاف
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| غ ل ف (ḡ l f) |
| 6 terms |
Compare غَلَفَ (ḡalafa, “to sheathe, cover, wrap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣi.laːf/
Noun
غِلَاف • (ḡilāf) m (plural غِلَافَات (ḡilāfāt) or غُلُف (ḡuluf) or أَغْلِفَة (ʔaḡlifa) or غُلْف (ḡulf) or غُلَّف (ḡullaf))
- cover
- wrapper
- envelope (for letters)
- case
- sheath, scabbard
- box, capsule
- fruit shell
- prepuce
- pericardium
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غِلَافَات; غُلُف; أَغْلِفَة; غُلْف; غُلَّف ḡilāfāt; ḡuluf; ʔaḡlifa; ḡulf; ḡullaf |
الْغِلَافَات; الْغُلُف; الْأَغْلِفَة; الْغُلْف; الْغُلَّف al-ḡilāfāt; al-ḡuluf; al-ʔaḡlifa; al-ḡulf; al-ḡullaf |
غِلَافَات; غُلُف; أَغْلِفَة; غُلْف; غُلَّف ḡilāfāt; ḡuluf; ʔaḡlifat; ḡulf; ḡullaf |
| nominative | غِلَافَاتٌ; غُلُفٌ; أَغْلِفَةٌ; غُلْفٌ; غُلَّفٌ ḡilāfātun; ḡulufun; ʔaḡlifatun; ḡulfun; ḡullafun |
الْغِلَافَاتُ; الْغُلُفُ; الْأَغْلِفَةُ; الْغُلْفُ; الْغُلَّفُ al-ḡilāfātu; al-ḡulufu; al-ʔaḡlifatu; al-ḡulfu; al-ḡullafu |
غِلَافَاتُ; غُلُفُ; أَغْلِفَةُ; غُلْفُ; غُلَّفُ ḡilāfātu; ḡulufu; ʔaḡlifatu; ḡulfu; ḡullafu |
| accusative | غِلَافَاتٍ; غُلُفًا; أَغْلِفَةً; غُلْفًا; غُلَّفًا ḡilāfātin; ḡulufan; ʔaḡlifatan; ḡulfan; ḡullafan |
الْغِلَافَاتِ; الْغُلُفَ; الْأَغْلِفَةَ; الْغُلْفَ; الْغُلَّفَ al-ḡilāfāti; al-ḡulufa; al-ʔaḡlifata; al-ḡulfa; al-ḡullafa |
غِلَافَاتِ; غُلُفَ; أَغْلِفَةَ; غُلْفَ; غُلَّفَ ḡilāfāti; ḡulufa; ʔaḡlifata; ḡulfa; ḡullafa |
| genitive | غِلَافَاتٍ; غُلُفٍ; أَغْلِفَةٍ; غُلْفٍ; غُلَّفٍ ḡilāfātin; ḡulufin; ʔaḡlifatin; ḡulfin; ḡullafin |
الْغِلَافَاتِ; الْغُلُفِ; الْأَغْلِفَةِ; الْغُلْفِ; الْغُلَّفِ al-ḡilāfāti; al-ḡulufi; al-ʔaḡlifati; al-ḡulfi; al-ḡullafi |
غِلَافَاتِ; غُلُفِ; أَغْلِفَةِ; غُلْفِ; غُلَّفِ ḡilāfāti; ḡulufi; ʔaḡlifati; ḡulfi; ḡullafi |
Descendants
- Maltese: ħliefa
- → Azerbaijani: qılaf
- → Middle Armenian: ղլէֆ (ġlēf)
- → Ottoman Turkish: قلف (kılıf)
- Turkish: kılıf
- → Armenian: խըլըֆ (xələf)
- → Georgian: ხილიფა (xilipa)
- → Persian: غِلاف (ġelâf)
- → Uzbek: gʻilof
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], 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