ذو الكفل
Arabic
Etymology
From ذُو (ḏū, “owner”) and كِفْل (kifl, “lot, portion, share”): "He who possesses the lot." The meaning of this is unclear. First attested in the Quran (at 21:85 and 38:48).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðu‿l.kifl/
Proper noun
ذُو الْكِفْل • (ḏū l-kifl) m
- (Islam) Dhul-Kifl, Zul-Kifl, a prophet of Islam, sometimes identified with Ezekiel in the Bible
Declension
Declension of noun ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)
| Singular | singular long construct | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | ذُو الْكِفْل ḏū l-kifl | — |
| Nominative | — | ذُو الْكِفْلِ ḏū l-kifli | — |
| Accusative | — | ذَا الْكِفْلِ ḏā l-kifli | — |
| Genitive | — | ذِي الْكِفْلِ ḏī l-kifli | — |
Related terms
- حِزْقِيَال (ḥizqiyāl, “Ezekiel”)
See also
- (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʾādam), إِدْرِيس (ʾidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʾibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʾismāʿīl), إِسْحَاق (ʾisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʿqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʾayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʿayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʾilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʿ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʿīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (Category: ar:Islamic prophets)