زخرفة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of زَخْرَفَ (zaḵrafa, “to adorn, decorate, embellish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zax.ra.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

زَخْرَفَة • (zaḵrafa) f (plural زَخْرَفَات (zaḵrafāt) or زَخَارِف (zaḵārif))

1. verbal noun of زَخْرَفَ (zaḵrafa, “to adorn, decorate, embellish”) (form Iq)
2. adornment
3. decoration
4. ornamentation
5. embellishment
6. false gold, false ornaments or jewelry
7. tinsel
8. gilding, gloss
9. ornateness of speech, tinsel of speech

Declension

Declension of noun زَخْرَفَة (zaḵrafa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَخْرَفَة zaḵrafa	الزَّخْرَفَة az-zaḵrafa	زَخْرَفَة zaḵrafat
Nominative	زَخْرَفَةٌ zaḵrafatun	الزَّخْرَفَةُ az-zaḵrafatu	زَخْرَفَةُ zaḵrafatu
Accusative	زَخْرَفَةً zaḵrafatan	الزَّخْرَفَةَ az-zaḵrafata	زَخْرَفَةَ zaḵrafata
Genitive	زَخْرَفَةٍ zaḵrafatin	الزَّخْرَفَةِ az-zaḵrafati	زَخْرَفَةِ zaḵrafati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَخْرَفَتَيْن zaḵrafatayn	الزَّخْرَفَتَيْن az-zaḵrafatayn	زَخْرَفَتَيْ zaḵrafatay
Nominative	زَخْرَفَتَانِ zaḵrafatāni	الزَّخْرَفَتَانِ az-zaḵrafatāni	زَخْرَفَتَا zaḵrafatā
Accusative	زَخْرَفَتَيْنِ zaḵrafatayni	الزَّخْرَفَتَيْنِ az-zaḵrafatayni	زَخْرَفَتَيْ zaḵrafatay
Genitive	زَخْرَفَتَيْنِ zaḵrafatayni	الزَّخْرَفَتَيْنِ az-zaḵrafatayni	زَخْرَفَتَيْ zaḵrafatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَخْرَفَات‎; زَخَارِف zaḵrafāt‎; zaḵārif	الزَّخْرَفَات‎; الزَّخَارِف az-zaḵrafāt‎; az-zaḵārif	زَخْرَفَات‎; زَخَارِف zaḵrafāt‎; zaḵārif
Nominative	زَخْرَفَاتٌ‎; زَخَارِفُ zaḵrafātun‎; zaḵārifu	الزَّخْرَفَاتُ‎; الزَّخَارِفُ az-zaḵrafātu‎; az-zaḵārifu	زَخْرَفَاتُ‎; زَخَارِفُ zaḵrafātu‎; zaḵārifu
Accusative	زَخْرَفَاتٍ‎; زَخَارِفَ zaḵrafātin‎; zaḵārifa	الزَّخْرَفَاتِ‎; الزَّخَارِفَ az-zaḵrafāti‎; az-zaḵārifa	زَخْرَفَاتِ‎; زَخَارِفَ zaḵrafāti‎; zaḵārifa
Genitive	زَخْرَفَاتٍ‎; زَخَارِفَ zaḵrafātin‎; zaḵārifa	الزَّخْرَفَاتِ‎; الزَّخَارِفِ az-zaḵrafāti‎; az-zaḵārifi	زَخْرَفَاتِ‎; زَخَارِفِ zaḵrafāti‎; zaḵārifi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “زخرفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “زخرفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN