هرشف

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Applying the pattern فِعْلَلّ (fiʕlall) to multiple unclear words, including in some forms at least كِرْش (kirš, “paunch”) and perhaps حَشَف (ḥašaf, “the worst kind of dates that dry up without ripening so that they have no flesh”), with later augment (إِلْحَاق (ʔilḥāq)) of ر (r) for dissimilation (إِدْغَام (ʔidḡām)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hir.ʃaff/

Noun

هِرْشَفّ • (hiršaff) m (obsolete)

  1. a rag or piece of cotton with which water or ink is dried up
  2. an old, gross and wrinkly woman or man

Declension

Declension of noun هِرْشَفّ (hiršaff)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal هِرْشَفّ
hiršaff 		الْهِرْشَفّ
al-hiršaff 		هِرْشَفّ
hiršaff
nominative هِرْشَفٌّ
hiršaffun 		الْهِرْشَفُّ
al-hiršaffu 		هِرْشَفُّ
hiršaffu
accusative هِرْشَفًّا
hiršaffan 		الْهِرْشَفَّ
al-hiršaffa 		هِرْشَفَّ
hiršaffa
genitive هِرْشَفٍّ
hiršaffin 		الْهِرْشَفِّ
al-hiršaffi 		هِرْشَفِّ
hiršaffi

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