كهف
Arabic
Etymology
Phonetic variant of كَفّ (kaff, “cup of the hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kahf/
- (Gulf Arabic) IPA(key): /kəhf/
Noun
كَهْف • (kahf) m (plural كُهُوف (kuhūf))
- cave
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:10:
- إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا
- ʔiḏ ʔawā l-fityatu ʔilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ʔātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyiʔ lanā min ʔamrinā rašadan
- Mufti Taqi: When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”
Declension
Declension of noun كَهْف (kahf)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كَهْف kahf |
الْكَهْف al-kahf |
كَهْف kahf |
Nominative | كَهْفٌ kahfun |
الْكَهْفُ al-kahfu |
كَهْفُ kahfu |
Accusative | كَهْفًا kahfan |
الْكَهْفَ al-kahfa |
كَهْفَ kahfa |
Genitive | كَهْفٍ kahfin |
الْكَهْفِ al-kahfi |
كَهْفِ kahfi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | كَهْفَيْن kahfayn |
الْكَهْفَيْن al-kahfayn |
كَهْفَيْ kahfay |
Nominative | كَهْفَانِ kahfāni |
الْكَهْفَانِ al-kahfāni |
كَهْفَا kahfā |
Accusative | كَهْفَيْنِ kahfayni |
الْكَهْفَيْنِ al-kahfayni |
كَهْفَيْ kahfay |
Genitive | كَهْفَيْنِ kahfayni |
الْكَهْفَيْنِ al-kahfayni |
كَهْفَيْ kahfay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُهُوف kuhūf |
الْكُهُوف al-kuhūf |
كُهُوف kuhūf |
Nominative | كُهُوفٌ kuhūfun |
الْكُهُوفُ al-kuhūfu |
كُهُوفُ kuhūfu |
Accusative | كُهُوفًا kuhūfan |
الْكُهُوفَ al-kuhūfa |
كُهُوفَ kuhūfa |
Genitive | كُهُوفٍ kuhūfin |
الْكُهُوفِ al-kuhūfi |
كُهُوفِ kuhūfi |
See also
- غَار (ḡār)
References
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1125
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “كهف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 67a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كهف”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 939a
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kahf/
South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kahf/, [kahf]
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