زخرفة
Arabic
Etymology
Verbal noun of زَخْرَفَ (zaḵrafa, “to adorn, decorate, embellish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zax.ra.fa/
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Noun
زَخْرَفَة • (zaḵrafa) f (plural زَخْرَفَات (zaḵrafāt) or زَخَارِف (zaḵārif))
- verbal noun of زَخْرَفَ (zaḵrafa, “to adorn, decorate, embellish”) (form Iq)
- adornment
- decoration
- ornamentation
- embellishment
- false gold, false ornaments or jewelry
- tinsel
- gilding, gloss
- ornateness of speech, tinsel of speech
Declension
Declension of noun زَخْرَفَة (zaḵrafa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَخْرَفَة zaḵrafa | الزَّخْرَفَة az-zaḵrafa | زَخْرَفَة zaḵrafat |
Nominative | زَخْرَفَةٌ zaḵrafatun | الزَّخْرَفَةُ az-zaḵrafatu | زَخْرَفَةُ zaḵrafatu |
Accusative | زَخْرَفَةً zaḵrafatan | الزَّخْرَفَةَ az-zaḵrafata | زَخْرَفَةَ zaḵrafata |
Genitive | زَخْرَفَةٍ zaḵrafatin | الزَّخْرَفَةِ az-zaḵrafati | زَخْرَفَةِ zaḵrafati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | زَخْرَفَتَيْن zaḵrafatayn | الزَّخْرَفَتَيْن az-zaḵrafatayn | زَخْرَفَتَيْ zaḵrafatay |
Nominative | زَخْرَفَتَانِ zaḵrafatāni | الزَّخْرَفَتَانِ az-zaḵrafatāni | زَخْرَفَتَا zaḵrafatā |
Accusative | زَخْرَفَتَيْنِ zaḵrafatayni | الزَّخْرَفَتَيْنِ az-zaḵrafatayni | زَخْرَفَتَيْ zaḵrafatay |
Genitive | زَخْرَفَتَيْنِ zaḵrafatayni | الزَّخْرَفَتَيْنِ az-zaḵrafatayni | زَخْرَفَتَيْ zaḵrafatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَخْرَفَات; زَخَارِف zaḵrafāt; zaḵārif | الزَّخْرَفَات; الزَّخَارِف az-zaḵrafāt; az-zaḵārif | زَخْرَفَات; زَخَارِف zaḵrafāt; zaḵārif |
Nominative | زَخْرَفَاتٌ; زَخَارِفُ zaḵrafātun; zaḵārifu | الزَّخْرَفَاتُ; الزَّخَارِفُ az-zaḵrafātu; az-zaḵārifu | زَخْرَفَاتُ; زَخَارِفُ zaḵrafātu; zaḵārifu |
Accusative | زَخْرَفَاتٍ; زَخَارِفَ zaḵrafātin; zaḵārifa | الزَّخْرَفَاتِ; الزَّخَارِفَ az-zaḵrafāti; az-zaḵārifa | زَخْرَفَاتِ; زَخَارِفَ zaḵrafāti; zaḵārifa |
Genitive | زَخْرَفَاتٍ; زَخَارِفَ zaḵrafātin; zaḵārifa | الزَّخْرَفَاتِ; الزَّخَارِفِ az-zaḵrafāti; az-zaḵārifi | زَخْرَفَاتِ; زَخَارِفِ zaḵrafāti; zaḵārifi |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “زخرفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “زخرفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN