غلاف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ل ف (ḡ-l-f); compare غَلَفَ (ḡalafa, to sheathe, cover, wrap).

Noun

غِلَاف (ḡilāf) m (plural غِلَافَات (ḡilāfāt) or غُلُف (ḡuluf) or أَغْلِفَة (ʾaḡlifa) or غُلْف (ḡulf) or غُلَّف (ḡullaf))

  1. cover
  2. wrapper
  3. envelope (for letters)
  4. case
  5. sheath, scabbard
  6. box, capsule
  7. fruit shell
  8. prepuce
  9. pericardium

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), غلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, 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
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