إسكاف
Arabic
إِسْكَاف
Alternative forms
- إِسْكَافِيّ (ʾiskāfiyy), سَكَّاف (sakkāf), أُسْكُوف (ʾuskūf)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܶܫܟܳܦܳܐ (ʾeškap̄ā, “shoemaker”), from Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /aškāpu/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔis.kaːf/
Noun
إِسْكَاف • (ʾiskāf) m (plural أَسَكِفَة (ʾasakifa))
- shoemaker, cobbler
Declension
Declension of noun إِسْكَاف (ʾiskāf)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِسْكَاف ʾiskāf | الْإِسْكَاف al-ʾiskāf | إِسْكَاف ʾiskāf |
| Nominative | إِسْكَافٌ ʾiskāfun | الْإِسْكَافُ al-ʾiskāfu | إِسْكَافُ ʾiskāfu |
| Accusative | إِسْكَافًا ʾiskāfan | الْإِسْكَافَ al-ʾiskāfa | إِسْكَافَ ʾiskāfa |
| Genitive | إِسْكَافٍ ʾiskāfin | الْإِسْكَافِ al-ʾiskāfi | إِسْكَافِ ʾiskāfi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | إِسْكَافَيْن ʾiskāfayn | الْإِسْكَافَيْن al-ʾiskāfayn | إِسْكَافَيْ ʾiskāfay |
| Nominative | إِسْكَافَانِ ʾiskāfāni | الْإِسْكَافَانِ al-ʾiskāfāni | إِسْكَافَا ʾiskāfā |
| Accusative | إِسْكَافَيْنِ ʾiskāfayni | الْإِسْكَافَيْنِ al-ʾiskāfayni | إِسْكَافَيْ ʾiskāfay |
| Genitive | إِسْكَافَيْنِ ʾiskāfayni | الْإِسْكَافَيْنِ al-ʾiskāfayni | إِسْكَافَيْ ʾiskāfay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَسَكِفَة ʾasakifa | الْأَسَكِفَة al-ʾasakifa | أَسَكِفَة ʾasakifat |
| Nominative | أَسَكِفَةٌ ʾasakifatun | الْأَسَكِفَةُ al-ʾasakifatu | أَسَكِفَةُ ʾasakifatu |
| Accusative | أَسَكِفَةً ʾasakifatan | الْأَسَكِفَةَ al-ʾasakifata | أَسَكِفَةَ ʾasakifata |
| Genitive | أَسَكِفَةٍ ʾasakifatin | الْأَسَكِفَةِ al-ʾasakifati | أَسَكِفَةِ ʾasakifati |
Derived terms
- سِكَافَة (sikāfa, “shoemaking, shoemaker’s trade”)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “إسكاف”, 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