لحاف

Arabic

Root
ل ح ف (l-ḥ-f)

Etymology

Compare لَحَفَ (laḥafa, “to wrap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ħaːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

لِحَاف • (liḥāf) m (plural لُحُف (luḥuf))

1. cover, blanket
2. wrapper
3. woman
4. armor, coat of mail

Declension

Declension of noun لِحَاف (liḥāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِحَاف liḥāf	اللِّحَاف al-liḥāf	لِحَاف liḥāf
Nominative	لِحَافٌ liḥāfun	اللِّحَافُ al-liḥāfu	لِحَافُ liḥāfu
Accusative	لِحَافًا liḥāfan	اللِّحَافَ al-liḥāfa	لِحَافَ liḥāfa
Genitive	لِحَافٍ liḥāfin	اللِّحَافِ al-liḥāfi	لِحَافِ liḥāfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِحَافَيْن liḥāfayn	اللِّحَافَيْن al-liḥāfayn	لِحَافَيْ liḥāfay
Nominative	لِحَافَانِ liḥāfāni	اللِّحَافَانِ al-liḥāfāni	لِحَافَا liḥāfā
Accusative	لِحَافَيْنِ liḥāfayni	اللِّحَافَيْنِ al-liḥāfayni	لِحَافَيْ liḥāfay
Genitive	لِحَافَيْنِ liḥāfayni	اللِّحَافَيْنِ al-liḥāfayni	لِحَافَيْ liḥāfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُحُف luḥuf	اللُّحُف al-luḥuf	لُحُف luḥuf
Nominative	لُحُفٌ luḥufun	اللُّحُفُ al-luḥufu	لُحُفُ luḥufu
Accusative	لُحُفًا luḥufan	اللُّحُفَ al-luḥufa	لُحُفَ luḥufa
Genitive	لُحُفٍ luḥufin	اللُّحُفِ al-luḥufi	لُحُفِ luḥufi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: lihaf
• → Baluchi: لَہێف
• → Persian: لحاف (lehâf)
  • → Bengali: লেপ (lep)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: liḧêf, lihêf, lehêf, lihêf

• → Middle Armenian: լեհեֆ (lehef)
  • → Armenian: լեհեպ (lehep), լեհեփ (lehepʿ), լհեբ (lheb), լխեֆ (lxef); լէհէպ (lēhēp)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لحاف (lihaf)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لحاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل ح ف
1 term

لِحَاف

Etymology

From Arabic لِحَاف (liḥāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈħaːf/, [lɪ.ˈħaːf]

Noun

لِحاف • (liḥāf) m (plural لُحُف (luḥuf))

1. comforter, duvet
2. light blanket

See also

• بَطَّانِيَّة (baṭṭāniyya, “heavy blanket”)
• شَرْشَف (šaršaf, “bedsheet”)
• غَطا (ḡaṭa, “duvet cover”)
• كُفِرْتة (kuvirta, “light blanket”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِحَاف (liḥāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lħaːf/, [(ɪ)lˈħæːf]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

لحاف • (lḥāf) m (plural لحف (luḥof))

1. duvet, quilt