قفير

Arabic

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Noun

قَفِير • (qafīr) m (plural قُفْرَان‎ (qufrān))

  1. frail, basket
  2. beehive
    Synonyms: خَلِيَّة‎ (ḵaliyya), جَبْح‎ (jabḥ), كُوَارَة‎ (kuwāra), عَسَّالَة‎ (ʿassāla), مَنْحَل‎ (manḥal)

Declension
Declension of noun قَفِير (qafīr)
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
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قفير”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (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 (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قفير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 850
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قفير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1046
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