قفاز
Arabic
FWOTD – 9 July 2023
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qu.faːz/
Noun
قُفَاز • (qufāz) m
- verbal noun of قَفَزَ (qafaza) (form I)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُفَاز qufāz |
الْقُفَاز al-qufāz |
قُفَاز qufāz |
| nominative | قُفَازٌ qufāzun |
الْقُفَازُ al-qufāzu |
قُفَازُ qufāzu |
| accusative | قُفَازًا qufāzan |
الْقُفَازَ al-qufāza |
قُفَازَ qufāza |
| genitive | قُفَازٍ qufāzin |
الْقُفَازِ al-qufāzi |
قُفَازِ qufāzi |
Etymology 2
Transfixed from a rare variant قَفَز (qafaz) of قَفَص (qafaṣ, “cage”), because the surface of a crudely structured glove will often resemble a grid, even in feeling if a medieval gauntlet of iron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /quf.faːz/
Noun
قُفَّاز • (quffāz) m (dual قُفَّازَانِ (quffāzāni), plural قَفَافِيز (qafāfīz) or قُفَّازَات (quffāzāt))
- glove
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 10, Art. 5, page 525, line 18:
- وَالْوَرْدُ يُنَقَّى فِي شَهْرِ أُكْتُوبِرَ مِنَ الْعُشْبِ بِالْأَيَادِي بِالْقُفَّازَاتِ
- wa-l-wardu yunaqqā fī šahri ʔuktūbira mina l-ʕušbi bi-l-ʔayādī bi-l-quffāzāti
- Roses are cleansed of weeds in October with gloved hands.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُفَّاز quffāz |
الْقُفَّاز al-quffāz |
قُفَّاز quffāz |
| nominative | قُفَّازٌ quffāzun |
الْقُفَّازُ al-quffāzu |
قُفَّازُ quffāzu |
| accusative | قُفَّازًا quffāzan |
الْقُفَّازَ al-quffāza |
قُفَّازَ quffāza |
| genitive | قُفَّازٍ quffāzin |
الْقُفَّازِ al-quffāzi |
قُفَّازِ quffāzi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قُفَّازَيْن quffāzayn |
الْقُفَّازَيْن al-quffāzayn |
قُفَّازَيْ quffāzay |
| nominative | قُفَّازَانِ quffāzāni |
الْقُفَّازَانِ al-quffāzāni |
قُفَّازَا quffāzā |
| accusative | قُفَّازَيْنِ quffāzayni |
الْقُفَّازَيْنِ al-quffāzayni |
قُفَّازَيْ quffāzay |
| genitive | قُفَّازَيْنِ quffāzayni |
الْقُفَّازَيْنِ al-quffāzayni |
قُفَّازَيْ quffāzay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَفَافِيز; قُفَّازَات qafāfīz; quffāzāt |
الْقَفَافِيز; الْقُفَّازَات al-qafāfīz; al-quffāzāt |
قَفَافِيز; قُفَّازَات qafāfīz; quffāzāt |
| nominative | قَفَافِيزُ; قُفَّازَاتٌ qafāfīzu; quffāzātun |
الْقَفَافِيزُ; الْقُفَّازَاتُ al-qafāfīzu; al-quffāzātu |
قَفَافِيزُ; قُفَّازَاتُ qafāfīzu; quffāzātu |
| accusative | قَفَافِيزَ; قُفَّازَاتٍ qafāfīza; quffāzātin |
الْقَفَافِيزَ; الْقُفَّازَاتِ al-qafāfīza; al-quffāzāti |
قَفَافِيزَ; قُفَّازَاتِ qafāfīza; quffāzāti |
| genitive | قَفَافِيزَ; قُفَّازَاتٍ qafāfīza; quffāzātin |
الْقَفَافِيزِ; الْقُفَّازَاتِ al-qafāfīzi; al-quffāzāti |
قَفَافِيزِ; قُفَّازَاتِ qafāfīzi; quffāzāti |
References
- Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 436
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قفاز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 383
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 55
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “قفاز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قفاز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1047