قطيفة

قطيفة

Arabic

قَطِيفَة

قَطَائِف

Etymology

From the root ق ط ف‎ (q-ṭ-f), of which قَطَفَ‎ (qaṭafa, “to pluck”), therefore perhaps originally meaning piled cloth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.tˤiː.fa/

Noun

قَطِيفَة • (qaṭīfa) f (plural قَطَائِف‎ (qaṭāʾif) or قُطُف‎ (quṭuf))

1. satin, velvet
2. a fabric made of satin or velvet (which might be a blanket or a carpet or a person’s dress)
3. a kind of fritter or cheburek, qatayef (chiefly found in the plural قَطَائِف‎ (qaṭāʾif), and in its vulgar form قَطَايِف‎ (qaṭāyif))
4. African marigold (Tagetes erecta)

Declension

Declension of noun قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطِيفَة qaṭīfa	الْقَطِيفَة‎ al-qaṭīfa	قَطِيفَة qaṭīfat
Nominative	قَطِيفَةٌ qaṭīfatun	الْقَطِيفَةُ‎ al-qaṭīfatu	قَطِيفَةُ qaṭīfatu
Accusative	قَطِيفَةً qaṭīfatan	الْقَطِيفَةَ‎ al-qaṭīfata	قَطِيفَةَ qaṭīfata
Genitive	قَطِيفَةٍ qaṭīfatin	الْقَطِيفَةِ‎ al-qaṭīfati	قَطِيفَةِ qaṭīfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطِيفَتَيْن‎ qaṭīfatayn	الْقَطِيفَتَيْن‎ al-qaṭīfatayn	قَطِيفَتَيْ‎ qaṭīfatay
Nominative	قَطِيفَتَانِ‎ qaṭīfatāni	الْقَطِيفَتَانِ‎ al-qaṭīfatāni	قَطِيفَتَا‎ qaṭīfatā
Accusative	قَطِيفَتَيْنِ‎ qaṭīfatayni	الْقَطِيفَتَيْنِ‎ al-qaṭīfatayni	قَطِيفَتَيْ‎ qaṭīfatay
Genitive	قَطِيفَتَيْنِ‎ qaṭīfatayni	الْقَطِيفَتَيْنِ‎ al-qaṭīfatayni	قَطِيفَتَيْ‎ qaṭīfatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطَائِف‎‎; قُطُف‎ qaṭāʾif‎; quṭuf	الْقَطَائِف‎‎; الْقُطُف‎ al-qaṭāʾif‎; al-quṭuf	قَطَائِف‎‎; قُطُف‎ qaṭāʾif‎; quṭuf
Nominative	قَطَائِفُ‎‎; قُطُفٌ‎ qaṭāʾifu‎; quṭufun	الْقَطَائِفُ‎‎; الْقُطُفُ‎ al-qaṭāʾifu‎; al-quṭufu	قَطَائِفُ‎‎; قُطُفُ‎ qaṭāʾifu‎; quṭufu
Accusative	قَطَائِفَ‎‎; قُطُفًا‎ qaṭāʾifa‎; quṭufan	الْقَطَائِفَ‎‎; الْقُطُفَ‎ al-qaṭāʾifa‎; al-quṭufa	قَطَائِفَ‎‎; قُطُفَ‎ qaṭāʾifa‎; quṭufa
Genitive	قَطَائِفَ‎‎; قُطُفٍ‎ qaṭāʾifa‎; quṭufin	الْقَطَائِفِ‎‎; الْقُطُفِ‎ al-qaṭāʾifi‎; al-quṭufi	قَطَائِفِ‎‎; قُطُفِ‎ qaṭāʾifi‎; quṭufi

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကတ္တီပါ (kattipa)
• → Catalan: catifa
• → Spanish: alcatifa
• → Turkish: kadayıf
• → Turkish: kadife
  • → Bulgarian: кадифе (kadife)
  • → Macedonian: кадифе (kadife)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kadífa / кади́фа
• → Portuguese: alcatifa

References

• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قطيفة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1043
• Worrell, William Hoyt (1935), “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/4515487, page 66–67