قفاز

Arabic

FWOTD – 9 July 2023

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qu.faːz/

Noun

قُفَاز • (qufāz) m

1. verbal noun of قَفَزَ (qafaza) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun قُفَاز (qufāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُفَاز qufāz	الْقُفَاز al-qufāz	قُفَاز qufāz
Nominative	قُفَازٌ qufāzun	الْقُفَازُ al-qufāzu	قُفَازُ qufāzu
Accusative	قُفَازًا qufāzan	الْقُفَازَ al-qufāza	قُفَازَ qufāza
Genitive	قُفَازٍ qufāzin	الْقُفَازِ al-qufāzi	قُفَازِ qufāzi

Etymology 2

Transfixed from a rare variant قَفَز (qafaz) of قَفَص (qafaṣ, “cage”), because the surface of a crudely structured glove will often resemble a grid, even in feeling if a medieval gauntlet of iron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quf.faːz/

• Audio:

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Noun

قُفَّاز • (quffāz) m (dual قُفَّازَانِ (quffāzāni), plural قَفَافِيز (qafāfīz) or قُفَّازَات (quffāzāt))

1. glove
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 10, Art. 5, page 525, line 18:

     وَالْوَرْدُ يُنَقَّى فِي شَهْرِ أُكْتُوبِرَ مِنَ الْعُشْبِ بِالْأَيَادِي بِالْقُفَّازَاتِ

     wa-l-wardu yunaqqā fī šahri ʔuktūbira mina l-ʕušbi bi-l-ʔayādī bi-l-quffāzāti

     Roses are cleansed of weeds in October with gloved hands.

Declension

Declension of noun قُفَّاز (quffāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُفَّاز quffāz	الْقُفَّاز al-quffāz	قُفَّاز quffāz
Nominative	قُفَّازٌ quffāzun	الْقُفَّازُ al-quffāzu	قُفَّازُ quffāzu
Accusative	قُفَّازًا quffāzan	الْقُفَّازَ al-quffāza	قُفَّازَ quffāza
Genitive	قُفَّازٍ quffāzin	الْقُفَّازِ al-quffāzi	قُفَّازِ quffāzi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُفَّازَيْن quffāzayn	الْقُفَّازَيْن al-quffāzayn	قُفَّازَيْ quffāzay
Nominative	قُفَّازَانِ quffāzāni	الْقُفَّازَانِ al-quffāzāni	قُفَّازَا quffāzā
Accusative	قُفَّازَيْنِ quffāzayni	الْقُفَّازَيْنِ al-quffāzayni	قُفَّازَيْ quffāzay
Genitive	قُفَّازَيْنِ quffāzayni	الْقُفَّازَيْنِ al-quffāzayni	قُفَّازَيْ quffāzay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَفَافِيز‎; قُفَّازَات qafāfīz‎; quffāzāt	الْقَفَافِيز‎; الْقُفَّازَات al-qafāfīz‎; al-quffāzāt	قَفَافِيز‎; قُفَّازَات qafāfīz‎; quffāzāt
Nominative	قَفَافِيزُ‎; قُفَّازَاتٌ qafāfīzu‎; quffāzātun	الْقَفَافِيزُ‎; الْقُفَّازَاتُ al-qafāfīzu‎; al-quffāzātu	قَفَافِيزُ‎; قُفَّازَاتُ qafāfīzu‎; quffāzātu
Accusative	قَفَافِيزَ‎; قُفَّازَاتٍ qafāfīza‎; quffāzātin	الْقَفَافِيزَ‎; الْقُفَّازَاتِ al-qafāfīza‎; al-quffāzāti	قَفَافِيزَ‎; قُفَّازَاتِ qafāfīza‎; quffāzāti
Genitive	قَفَافِيزَ‎; قُفَّازَاتٍ qafāfīza‎; quffāzātin	الْقَفَافِيزِ‎; الْقُفَّازَاتِ al-qafāfīzi‎; al-quffāzāti	قَفَافِيزِ‎; قُفَّازَاتِ qafāfīzi‎; quffāzāti

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 436
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قفاز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 383
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 55
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قفاز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قفاز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1047