خرفة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xur.fa/
Noun
خُرْفَة • (ḵurfa) f
- collected fruits, harvest, yield
- 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 10:3-4:
- ”إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا عَادَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي خُرْفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ“ (…) قِيلَ مَا خُرْفَةُ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ ”جَنَاهَا“
- ”ʾinna l-muslima ʾiḏā ʿāda ʾaḵāhu l-muslima lam yazal fī ḵurfati l-jannati“ (…) qīla mā ḵurfatu l-jannati qāla ”janāhā“
- “Indeed the Muslim remains in the yield of Paradise while he visits his brother Muslim.” He was asked: “What is the yield of Paradise?” He said: ”Its harvest.”
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Declension
Declension of noun خُرْفَة (ḵurfa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خُرْفَة ḵurfa | الْخُرْفَة al-ḵurfa | خُرْفَة ḵurfat |
| Nominative | خُرْفَةٌ ḵurfatun | الْخُرْفَةُ al-ḵurfatu | خُرْفَةُ ḵurfatu |
| Accusative | خُرْفَةً ḵurfatan | الْخُرْفَةَ al-ḵurfata | خُرْفَةَ ḵurfata |
| Genitive | خُرْفَةٍ ḵurfatin | الْخُرْفَةِ al-ḵurfati | خُرْفَةِ ḵurfati |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “خرفة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “خرفة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages –562