أسكفة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أُسْكُبَّة (ʾuskubba), سَاكِف (sākif)
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic אֵסְכּוּפְתָא (ʾeskūp̄ətā) / אִיסְכּוּפְתָא (ʾiskūp̄ətā) ܐܶܣܟܽܘܦܬܳܐ (ʾeskūp̄əṯā, “threshold, lintel”), from Akkadian 𒄿𒇻 (KUN4 /askuppatu/, “threshold, lintel”), from 𒄿𒇻 (KUN4 /askuppu/, “stone slab; threshold, lintel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔus.kuf.fa/
Noun
أُسْكُفَّة • (ʾuskuffa) f (plural أُسْكُفَّات (ʾuskuffāt))
- lintel, doorstep, doorsill, windowsill, threshold
Declension
Declension of noun أُسْكُفَّة (ʾuskuffa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُسْكُفَّة ʾuskuffa | الْأُسْكُفَّة al-ʾuskuffa | أُسْكُفَّة ʾuskuffat |
| Nominative | أُسْكُفَّةٌ ʾuskuffatun | الْأُسْكُفَّةُ al-ʾuskuffatu | أُسْكُفَّةُ ʾuskuffatu |
| Accusative | أُسْكُفَّةً ʾuskuffatan | الْأُسْكُفَّةَ al-ʾuskuffata | أُسْكُفَّةَ ʾuskuffata |
| Genitive | أُسْكُفَّةٍ ʾuskuffatin | الْأُسْكُفَّةِ al-ʾuskuffati | أُسْكُفَّةِ ʾuskuffati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أُسْكُفَّتَيْن ʾuskuffatayn | الْأُسْكُفَّتَيْن al-ʾuskuffatayn | أُسْكُفَّتَيْ ʾuskuffatay |
| Nominative | أُسْكُفَّتَانِ ʾuskuffatāni | الْأُسْكُفَّتَانِ al-ʾuskuffatāni | أُسْكُفَّتَا ʾuskuffatā |
| Accusative | أُسْكُفَّتَيْنِ ʾuskuffatayni | الْأُسْكُفَّتَيْنِ al-ʾuskuffatayni | أُسْكُفَّتَيْ ʾuskuffatay |
| Genitive | أُسْكُفَّتَيْنِ ʾuskuffatayni | الْأُسْكُفَّتَيْنِ al-ʾuskuffatayni | أُسْكُفَّتَيْ ʾuskuffatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُسْكُفَّات ʾuskuffāt | الْأُسْكُفَّات al-ʾuskuffāt | أُسْكُفَّات ʾuskuffāt |
| Nominative | أُسْكُفَّاتٌ ʾuskuffātun | الْأُسْكُفَّاتُ al-ʾuskuffātu | أُسْكُفَّاتُ ʾuskuffātu |
| Accusative | أُسْكُفَّاتٍ ʾuskuffātin | الْأُسْكُفَّاتِ al-ʾuskuffāti | أُسْكُفَّاتِ ʾuskuffāti |
| Genitive | أُسْكُفَّاتٍ ʾuskuffātin | الْأُسْكُفَّاتِ al-ʾuskuffāti | أُسْكُفَّاتِ ʾuskuffāti |
References
- “ˀskwph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “أسكفة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 37