خصفة

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Arabic

Root
خ ص ف (ḵ ṣ f)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xasˤ.fa/, /xa.sˤa.fa/

Noun

خَصْفَة or خَصَفَة • (ḵaṣfa or ḵaṣafa) f (plural خِصَاف (ḵiṣāf) or خَصَف (ḵaṣaf))

  1. a matting or basket made of palm-leaves particularly for collecting dates
    • 2014 November 22, “عبدالله الطراروة: ركبت السفن الشراعية «تباب» وفي إحدى السفرات إلى الهند هبت علينا ريح شديدة فانكسرت سفينتنا وأنقذنا «ماشوه»”, in Al-Anbāʿ‎:
      ونضعه بالخصاف الطويل والبحارة هم الذين يضعون الخصاف التمور داخل الخن بالسفينة وإذا زاد التمر نضعه على سطح السفينة نسميه (الكراخة)
      And we take the long palm-leaf frails of dates and the seamen are those who put the frails of dates into the coop of the vessel, and when the dates have grown in amount we put them on the surface of the vessel that we name the karāḵa

Declension

Declension of noun خَصْفَة (ḵaṣfa)‎; خَصَفَة (ḵaṣafa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَصْفَة‎; خَصَفَة
ḵaṣfa‎; ḵaṣafa 		الْخَصْفَة‎; الْخَصَفَة
al-ḵaṣfa‎; al-ḵaṣafa 		خَصْفَة‎; خَصَفَة
ḵaṣfat‎; ḵaṣafat
Nominative خَصْفَةٌ‎; خَصَفَةٌ
ḵaṣfatun‎; ḵaṣafatun 		الْخَصْفَةُ‎; الْخَصَفَةُ
al-ḵaṣfatu‎; al-ḵaṣafatu 		خَصْفَةُ‎; خَصَفَةُ
ḵaṣfatu‎; ḵaṣafatu
Accusative خَصْفَةً‎; خَصَفَةً
ḵaṣfatan‎; ḵaṣafatan 		الْخَصْفَةَ‎; الْخَصَفَةَ
al-ḵaṣfata‎; al-ḵaṣafata 		خَصْفَةَ‎; خَصَفَةَ
ḵaṣfata‎; ḵaṣafata
Genitive خَصْفَةٍ‎; خَصَفَةٍ
ḵaṣfatin‎; ḵaṣafatin 		الْخَصْفَةِ‎; الْخَصَفَةِ
al-ḵaṣfati‎; al-ḵaṣafati 		خَصْفَةِ‎; خَصَفَةِ
ḵaṣfati‎; ḵaṣafati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَصْفَتَيْن‎; خَصَفَتَيْن
ḵaṣfatayn‎; ḵaṣafatayn 		الْخَصْفَتَيْن‎; الْخَصَفَتَيْن
al-ḵaṣfatayn‎; al-ḵaṣafatayn 		خَصْفَتَيْ‎; خَصَفَتَيْ
ḵaṣfatay‎; ḵaṣafatay
Nominative خَصْفَتَانِ‎; خَصَفَتَانِ
ḵaṣfatāni‎; ḵaṣafatāni 		الْخَصْفَتَانِ‎; الْخَصَفَتَانِ
al-ḵaṣfatāni‎; al-ḵaṣafatāni 		خَصْفَتَا‎; خَصَفَتَا
ḵaṣfatā‎; ḵaṣafatā
Accusative خَصْفَتَيْنِ‎; خَصَفَتَيْنِ
ḵaṣfatayni‎; ḵaṣafatayni 		الْخَصْفَتَيْنِ‎; الْخَصَفَتَيْنِ
al-ḵaṣfatayni‎; al-ḵaṣafatayni 		خَصْفَتَيْ‎; خَصَفَتَيْ
ḵaṣfatay‎; ḵaṣafatay
Genitive خَصْفَتَيْنِ‎; خَصَفَتَيْنِ
ḵaṣfatayni‎; ḵaṣafatayni 		الْخَصْفَتَيْنِ‎; الْخَصَفَتَيْنِ
al-ḵaṣfatayni‎; al-ḵaṣafatayni 		خَصْفَتَيْ‎; خَصَفَتَيْ
ḵaṣfatay‎; ḵaṣafatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خِصَاف‎; خَصَف
ḵiṣāf‎; ḵaṣaf 		الْخِصَاف‎; الْخَصَف
al-ḵiṣāf‎; al-ḵaṣaf 		خِصَاف‎; خَصَف
ḵiṣāf‎; ḵaṣaf
Nominative خِصَافٌ‎; خَصَفٌ
ḵiṣāfun‎; ḵaṣafun 		الْخِصَافُ‎; الْخَصَفُ
al-ḵiṣāfu‎; al-ḵaṣafu 		خِصَافُ‎; خَصَفُ
ḵiṣāfu‎; ḵaṣafu
Accusative خِصَافًا‎; خَصَفًا
ḵiṣāfan‎; ḵaṣafan 		الْخِصَافَ‎; الْخَصَفَ
al-ḵiṣāfa‎; al-ḵaṣafa 		خِصَافَ‎; خَصَفَ
ḵiṣāfa‎; ḵaṣafa
Genitive خِصَافٍ‎; خَصَفٍ
ḵiṣāfin‎; ḵaṣafin 		الْخِصَافِ‎; الْخَصَفِ
al-ḵiṣāfi‎; al-ḵaṣafi 		خِصَافِ‎; خَصَفِ
ḵiṣāfi‎; ḵaṣafi

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خصفة”, 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 582b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خصفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 750b
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خصفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 281b
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