رغيف

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic *רְעִיפְתׇּא (rəʿīp̄tā) (attested: רִיפְתָּא (rīp̄tā)) / ܪܥܝܼܦܬܵܐ (rəʿīp̄tā), diminutive of ܪܲܥܦܵܐ (raʿpā, loaf of bread).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَغِيف (raḡīfm (plural رُغُف (ruḡuf) or أَرْغِفَة (ʔarḡifa) or رُغْفَان (ruḡfān)) (countable)

  1. a loaf; a bread roll; a bun

Declension

Descendants

  • Andalusian Arabic:

References

  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 740a
  • 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 544
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3957

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَغِيف (raḡīf).

Pronunciation

Noun

رغيف (raḡīfm (plural أرغفة (ʔarḡifa))

  1. loaf
    رَغِيف خُبُزraḡīf ḵubuza loaf of bread

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَغِيف (raḡīf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɣiːf/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

رغيف (rḡīfm (plural أرغفة (ʔarḡife) or إرغفة (ʔirḡfe))

  1. loaf
    رغيف خبزrḡīf ḵubza loaf of bread