قفلة

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Instance noun

Noun

قَفْلَة (qaflaf

  1. instance noun of قَفَلَ (qafala), an instance of there being a locking-up or block, for instance a writer’s block
  2. cadence in music
Declension
Declension of noun قَفْلَة (qafla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal قَفْلَة
qafla
الْقَفْلَة
al-qafla
قَفْلَة
qaflat
nominative قَفْلَةٌ
qaflatun
الْقَفْلَةُ
al-qaflatu
قَفْلَةُ
qaflatu
accusative قَفْلَةً
qaflatan
الْقَفْلَةَ
al-qaflata
قَفْلَةَ
qaflata
genitive قَفْلَةٍ
qaflatin
الْقَفْلَةِ
al-qaflati
قَفْلَةِ
qaflati

Etymology 2

From Classical Syriac ܩܷܦܱܠܷܐܘܳܢ (qeppalleʾōn, sum), from Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion, sum).

Noun

قَفْلَة (qaflaf

  1. (obsolete, Yemen, in apposition) whole, without deduction
Declension
Declension of noun قَفْلَة (qafla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal قَفْلَة
qafla
الْقَفْلَة
al-qafla
قَفْلَة
qaflat
nominative قَفْلَةٌ
qaflatun
الْقَفْلَةُ
al-qaflatu
قَفْلَةُ
qaflatu
accusative قَفْلَةً
qaflatan
الْقَفْلَةَ
al-qaflata
قَفْلَةَ
qaflata
genitive قَفْلَةٍ
qaflatin
الْقَفْلَةِ
al-qaflati
قَفْلَةِ
qaflati

Further reading

  • Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana (in German), volume 18, pages 142–144