غلاف

Arabic

Etymology
Root
غ ل ف (ḡ-l-f)

Compare غَلَفَ (ḡalafa, “to sheathe, cover, wrap”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣi.laːf/

Noun

غِلَاف • (ḡilāf) m (plural غِلَافَات (ḡilāfāt) or غُلُف (ḡuluf) or أَغْلِفَة (ʔaḡlifa) or غُلْف (ḡulf) or غُلَّف (ḡullaf))

  1. cover
  2. wrapper
  3. envelope (for letters)
  4. case
  5. sheath, scabbard
  6. box, capsule
  7. fruit shell
  8. prepuce
  9. pericardium

Declension
Declension of noun غِلَاف (ḡilāf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غِلَاف
ḡilāf		 الْغِلَاف
al-ḡilāf		 غِلَاف
ḡilāf
Nominative غِلَافٌ
ḡilāfun		 الْغِلَافُ
al-ḡilāfu		 غِلَافُ
ḡilāfu
Accusative غِلَافًا
ḡilāfan		 الْغِلَافَ
al-ḡilāfa		 غِلَافَ
ḡilāfa
Genitive غِلَافٍ
ḡilāfin		 الْغِلَافِ
al-ḡilāfi		 غِلَافِ
ḡilāfi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غِلَافَيْن
ḡilāfayn		 الْغِلَافَيْن
al-ḡilāfayn		 غِلَافَيْ
ḡilāfay
Nominative غِلَافَانِ
ḡilāfāni		 الْغِلَافَانِ
al-ḡilāfāni		 غِلَافَا
ḡilāfā
Accusative غِلَافَيْنِ
ḡilāfayni		 الْغِلَافَيْنِ
al-ḡilāfayni		 غِلَافَيْ
ḡilāfay
Genitive غِلَافَيْنِ
ḡilāfayni		 الْغِلَافَيْنِ
al-ḡilāfayni		 غِلَافَيْ
ḡilāfay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غِلَافَات‎; غُلُف‎; أَغْلِفَة‎; غُلْف‎; غُلَّف
ḡilāfāt‎; ḡuluf‎; ʔaḡlifa‎; ḡulf‎; ḡullaf		 الْغِلَافَات‎; الْغُلُف‎; الْأَغْلِفَة‎; الْغُلْف‎; الْغُلَّف
al-ḡilāfāt‎; al-ḡuluf‎; al-ʔaḡlifa‎; al-ḡulf‎; al-ḡullaf		 غِلَافَات‎; غُلُف‎; أَغْلِفَة‎; غُلْف‎; غُلَّف
ḡilāfāt‎; ḡuluf‎; ʔaḡlifat‎; ḡulf‎; ḡullaf
Nominative غِلَافَاتٌ‎; غُلُفٌ‎; أَغْلِفَةٌ‎; غُلْفٌ‎; غُلَّفٌ
ḡilāfātun‎; ḡulufun‎; ʔaḡlifatun‎; ḡulfun‎; ḡullafun		 الْغِلَافَاتُ‎; الْغُلُفُ‎; الْأَغْلِفَةُ‎; الْغُلْفُ‎; الْغُلَّفُ
al-ḡilāfātu‎; al-ḡulufu‎; al-ʔaḡlifatu‎; al-ḡulfu‎; al-ḡullafu		 غِلَافَاتُ‎; غُلُفُ‎; أَغْلِفَةُ‎; غُلْفُ‎; غُلَّفُ
ḡilāfātu‎; ḡulufu‎; ʔaḡlifatu‎; ḡulfu‎; ḡullafu
Accusative غِلَافَاتٍ‎; غُلُفًا‎; أَغْلِفَةً‎; غُلْفًا‎; غُلَّفًا
ḡilāfātin‎; ḡulufan‎; ʔaḡlifatan‎; ḡulfan‎; ḡullafan		 الْغِلَافَاتِ‎; الْغُلُفَ‎; الْأَغْلِفَةَ‎; الْغُلْفَ‎; الْغُلَّفَ
al-ḡilāfāti‎; al-ḡulufa‎; al-ʔaḡlifata‎; al-ḡulfa‎; al-ḡullafa		 غِلَافَاتِ‎; غُلُفَ‎; أَغْلِفَةَ‎; غُلْفَ‎; غُلَّفَ
ḡilāfāti‎; ḡulufa‎; ʔaḡlifata‎; ḡulfa‎; ḡullafa
Genitive غِلَافَاتٍ‎; غُلُفٍ‎; أَغْلِفَةٍ‎; غُلْفٍ‎; غُلَّفٍ
ḡilāfātin‎; ḡulufin‎; ʔaḡlifatin‎; ḡulfin‎; ḡullafin		 الْغِلَافَاتِ‎; الْغُلُفِ‎; الْأَغْلِفَةِ‎; الْغُلْفِ‎; الْغُلَّفِ
al-ḡilāfāti‎; al-ḡulufi‎; al-ʔaḡlifati‎; al-ḡulfi‎; al-ḡullafi		 غِلَافَاتِ‎; غُلُفِ‎; أَغْلِفَةِ‎; غُلْفِ‎; غُلَّفِ
ḡilāfāti‎; ḡulufi‎; ʔaḡlifati‎; ḡulfi‎; ḡullafi

Descendants
  • Maltese: ħliefa
  • → Middle Armenian: ղլէֆ (ġlēf)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قلف (kılıf)
    • Turkish: kılıf
    • → Armenian: խըլըֆ (xələf)
  • → Persian: غِلاف (ğelâf)
  • → Uzbek: g’ilof

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلاف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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