قفير
Arabic
Etymology
Probably from Old South Arabian, compare Ge'ez ከፈር (käfär, “basket, canister; peck, modius”), Tigrinya ከፈር (käfär, “big basket”), Amharic ቀፎ (ḳäfo, “beehive”), Sabaean 𐩫𐩰𐩧 (kfr, “sluice; covered cistern”). Compare Hebrew כְּפוֹר (kəp̄ōr, “jar, bowl”), Classical Syriac ܟܳܦܱܪܬ݂ܳܐ (kāp̄artā, “a type of palm basket”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܴܦܬܴ݁ܐ (krāp̄tā, “household appliances”), Akkadian 𒅗𒀊𒀸 (ka-ap-rum /kapru/, “a type of sacrifice; the cup, platter, or table for it”), 𒅗𒅈𒁍 (ka-ar-pu /karpu/, “pot, jar, earthen vessel, especially of a fragile kind”), 𒂁 (DUG /karpatu/, “jar, vessel of a fragile kind”). It may be related to the meanings of covering discussed at كفر (k-f-r), less likely it is extended from a term equaling Akkadian 𒆏𒁍 (/kappu/, “from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“hand”), cupped hands; a bowl, a small serving container”) or قُفَّة (quffa, “large wicker-baskeŧ”); see else قَفِيز (qafīz) for a picture of the frequency of container names with guttural onset leading over an open vowel to a labial plosive or fricative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qa.fiːr/
Noun
قَفِير • (qafīr) m (plural قُفْرَان (qufrān))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَفِير qafīr |
الْقَفِير al-qafīr |
قَفِير qafīr |
| nominative | قَفِيرٌ qafīrun |
الْقَفِيرُ al-qafīru |
قَفِيرُ qafīru |
| accusative | قَفِيرًا qafīran |
الْقَفِيرَ al-qafīra |
قَفِيرَ qafīra |
| genitive | قَفِيرٍ qafīrin |
الْقَفِيرِ al-qafīri |
قَفِيرِ qafīri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَفِيرَيْن qafīrayn |
الْقَفِيرَيْن al-qafīrayn |
قَفِيرَيْ qafīray |
| nominative | قَفِيرَانِ qafīrāni |
الْقَفِيرَانِ al-qafīrāni |
قَفِيرَا qafīrā |
| accusative | قَفِيرَيْنِ qafīrayni |
الْقَفِيرَيْنِ al-qafīrayni |
قَفِيرَيْ qafīray |
| genitive | قَفِيرَيْنِ qafīrayni |
الْقَفِيرَيْنِ al-qafīrayni |
قَفِيرَيْ qafīray |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُفْرَان qufrān |
الْقُفْرَان al-qufrān |
قُفْرَان qufrān |
| nominative | قُفْرَانٌ qufrānun |
الْقُفْرَانُ al-qufrānu |
قُفْرَانُ qufrānu |
| accusative | قُفْرَانًا qufrānan |
الْقُفْرَانَ al-qufrāna |
قُفْرَانَ qufrāna |
| genitive | قُفْرَانٍ qufrānin |
الْقُفْرَانِ al-qufrāni |
قُفْرَانِ qufrāni |
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ከፈር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 879
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قفير”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 383
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “قفير”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قفير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 850
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قفير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1046
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 34
- “kprh2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “krph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–