قفاز

قفاز

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qu.faːz/

Noun

قُفَاز • (qufāz) m

1. verbal noun of قَفَزَ‎ (qafaza) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun قُفَاز (qufāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُفَاز qufāz	الْقُفَاز‎ al-qufāz	قُفَاز qufāz
Nominative	قُفَازٌ qufāzun	الْقُفَازُ‎ al-qufāzu	قُفَازُ qufāzu
Accusative	قُفَازًا‎ qufāzan	الْقُفَازَ‎ al-qufāza	قُفَازَ qufāza
Genitive	قُفَازٍ qufāzin	الْقُفَازِ‎ al-qufāzi	قُفَازِ qufāzi

Etymology 2

Transfixed from a rare variant قَفَز‎ (qafaz) of قَفَص‎ (qafaṣ, “cage”), because the surface of a crudely structured glove will often resemble a grid, even in feeling if a medieval gauntlet of iron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quf.faːz/

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Noun

قُفَّاز • (quffāz) m (dual قُفَّازَانِ‎ (quffāzāni), plural قَفَافِيز‎ (qafāfīz) or قُفَّازَات‎ (quffāzāt))

1. glove
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام‎ [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة‎ [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 10, Art. 5, page 525, line 18:

     ‏وَالْوَرْدُ يُنَقَّى فِي شَهْرِ أُكْتُوبِرَ مِنَ الْعُشْبِ بِالْأَيَادِي بِالْقُفَّازَاتِ‎

     wa-l-wardu yunaqqā fī šahri ʾuktūbira mina l-ʿušbi bi-l-ʾayādī bi-l-quffāzāti

     Roses are cleansed of weeds in October with gloved hands.

Declension

Declension of noun قُفَّاز (quffāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُفَّاز quffāz	الْقُفَّاز‎ al-quffāz	قُفَّاز quffāz
Nominative	قُفَّازٌ quffāzun	الْقُفَّازُ‎ al-quffāzu	قُفَّازُ quffāzu
Accusative	قُفَّازًا‎ quffāzan	الْقُفَّازَ‎ al-quffāza	قُفَّازَ quffāza
Genitive	قُفَّازٍ quffāzin	الْقُفَّازِ‎ al-quffāzi	قُفَّازِ quffāzi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُفَّازَيْن‎ quffāzayn	الْقُفَّازَيْن‎ al-quffāzayn	قُفَّازَيْ‎ quffāzay
Nominative	قُفَّازَانِ‎ quffāzāni	الْقُفَّازَانِ‎ al-quffāzāni	قُفَّازَا‎ quffāzā
Accusative	قُفَّازَيْنِ‎ quffāzayni	الْقُفَّازَيْنِ‎ al-quffāzayni	قُفَّازَيْ‎ quffāzay
Genitive	قُفَّازَيْنِ‎ quffāzayni	الْقُفَّازَيْنِ‎ al-quffāzayni	قُفَّازَيْ‎ quffāzay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَفَافِيز‎‎; قُفَّازَات‎ qafāfīz‎; quffāzāt	الْقَفَافِيز‎‎; الْقُفَّازَات‎ al-qafāfīz‎; al-quffāzāt	قَفَافِيز‎‎; قُفَّازَات‎ qafāfīz‎; quffāzāt
Nominative	قَفَافِيزُ‎‎; قُفَّازَاتٌ‎ qafāfīzu‎; quffāzātun	الْقَفَافِيزُ‎‎; الْقُفَّازَاتُ‎ al-qafāfīzu‎; al-quffāzātu	قَفَافِيزُ‎‎; قُفَّازَاتُ‎ qafāfīzu‎; quffāzātu
Accusative	قَفَافِيزَ‎‎; قُفَّازَاتٍ‎ qafāfīza‎; quffāzātin	الْقَفَافِيزَ‎‎; الْقُفَّازَاتِ‎ al-qafāfīza‎; al-quffāzāti	قَفَافِيزَ‎‎; قُفَّازَاتِ‎ qafāfīza‎; quffāzāti
Genitive	قَفَافِيزَ‎‎; قُفَّازَاتٍ‎ qafāfīza‎; quffāzātin	الْقَفَافِيزِ‎‎; الْقُفَّازَاتِ‎ al-qafāfīzi‎; al-quffāzāti	قَفَافِيزِ‎‎; قُفَّازَاتِ‎ qafāfīzi‎; quffāzāti

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, LCCN 96052434, page 436
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قفاز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 383
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 55
• Freytag, Georg (1835), “قفاز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
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