إكاف

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.kaːf/

Noun

إِكَاف • (ʔikāf) m (plural أُكُف (ʔukuf) or آكِفَة (ʔākifa) or أَكِفَّة (ʔakiffa)) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of أُكَّاف (ʔukkāf, “packsaddle”)
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 32:141:

     […] أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ —صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ— رَكِبَ حِمَارًا عَلَيْهِ إِكَافٌ تَحْتَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ فَدَكِيَّةٌ وَأَرْدَفَ وَرَاءَهُ أُسَامَةَ

     […] ʔaḵbarahu ʔanna n-nabiyya —ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama— rakiba ḥimāran ʕalayhi ʔikāfun taḥtahu qaṭīfatun fadakiyyatun waʔardafa warāʔahu ʔusāmata

     […] The Prophet (ﷺ) rode a donkey. It had on it a saddle under which was a mattress made at Fadak. Behind him he seated Usama.

Declension

Declension of noun إِكَاف (ʔikāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكَاف ʔikāf	الْإِكَاف al-ʔikāf	إِكَاف ʔikāf
Nominative	إِكَافٌ ʔikāfun	الْإِكَافُ al-ʔikāfu	إِكَافُ ʔikāfu
Accusative	إِكَافًا ʔikāfan	الْإِكَافَ al-ʔikāfa	إِكَافَ ʔikāfa
Genitive	إِكَافٍ ʔikāfin	الْإِكَافِ al-ʔikāfi	إِكَافِ ʔikāfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكَافَيْن ʔikāfayn	الْإِكَافَيْن al-ʔikāfayn	إِكَافَيْ ʔikāfay
Nominative	إِكَافَانِ ʔikāfāni	الْإِكَافَانِ al-ʔikāfāni	إِكَافَا ʔikāfā
Accusative	إِكَافَيْنِ ʔikāfayni	الْإِكَافَيْنِ al-ʔikāfayni	إِكَافَيْ ʔikāfay
Genitive	إِكَافَيْنِ ʔikāfayni	الْإِكَافَيْنِ al-ʔikāfayni	إِكَافَيْ ʔikāfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُكُف‎; آكِفَة‎; أَكِفَّة ʔukuf‎; ʔākifa‎; ʔakiffa	الْأُكُف‎; الْآكِفَة‎; الْأَكِفَّة al-ʔukuf‎; al-ʔākifa‎; al-ʔakiffa	أُكُف‎; آكِفَة‎; أَكِفَّة ʔukuf‎; ʔākifat‎; ʔakiffat
Nominative	أُكُفٌ‎; آكِفَةٌ‎; أَكِفَّةٌ ʔukufun‎; ʔākifatun‎; ʔakiffatun	الْأُكُفُ‎; الْآكِفَةُ‎; الْأَكِفَّةُ al-ʔukufu‎; al-ʔākifatu‎; al-ʔakiffatu	أُكُفُ‎; آكِفَةُ‎; أَكِفَّةُ ʔukufu‎; ʔākifatu‎; ʔakiffatu
Accusative	أُكُفًا‎; آكِفَةً‎; أَكِفَّةً ʔukufan‎; ʔākifatan‎; ʔakiffatan	الْأُكُفَ‎; الْآكِفَةَ‎; الْأَكِفَّةَ al-ʔukufa‎; al-ʔākifata‎; al-ʔakiffata	أُكُفَ‎; آكِفَةَ‎; أَكِفَّةَ ʔukufa‎; ʔākifata‎; ʔakiffata
Genitive	أُكُفٍ‎; آكِفَةٍ‎; أَكِفَّةٍ ʔukufin‎; ʔākifatin‎; ʔakiffatin	الْأُكُفِ‎; الْآكِفَةِ‎; الْأَكِفَّةِ al-ʔukufi‎; al-ʔākifati‎; al-ʔakiffati	أُكُفِ‎; آكِفَةِ‎; أَكِفَّةِ ʔukufi‎; ʔākifati‎; ʔakiffati