زفت

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זִפתָּא (zip̄tā) / זִיפתָּא (zip̄tā), Classical Syriac ܙܦܬܐ (zep̄tā), ܙܒܬܐ (zeḇtā), Hebrew זֶפֶת (zéfeṯ), possibly Arabic-borrowed Ge'ez ዝፍት (zəft) and Semitic-borrowed Old Armenian ձիւթ (jiwtʻ) and Old Georgian ძივთი (ʒivti). Neo-Babylonian 𒍣𒅁𒌈 (zi-ib-tum /⁠ziptu, zibtu⁠/), once glossed “pitch” and rare enough to be West Semitic borrowing, is more correctly[1] glossed “a stone”.

Noun

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زِفْت (ziftm

  1. pitch, tar, latex, asphalt
Declension
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Descendants
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Further reading

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  • zpt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 185, 310
  • Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 283
  1. ^ Kogan, Leonid (2019) “Additions and Corrections to Wolf Leslau's Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (1987–2017)”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 139, number 4, →DOI, page 903 to 632

Etymology 2

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Denominal verb of زِفْت (zift).

Verb

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زَفَّتَ (zaffata) II (non-past يُزَفِّتُ (yuzaffitu), verbal noun تَزْفِيت (tazfīt))

  1. to smear pitch onto
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References

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ز ف ت
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic زِفْت (zift).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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زفت (zaftm

  1. tar, pitch
  2. (figuratively) rubbish, trash, shit
    شهاد الزفت اللي جبتي معاك للدار ؟
    š-hād ez-zaft elli jabti mʕāk l-ed-dār ?
    What is this rubbish you brought home with you?

Etymology 2

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From Arabic زَفَّتَ (zaffata).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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زفت (zaffat) II (non-past يزفت (yzaffat), verbal noun تزفات (tazfāt))

  1. to pave
    Synonym: عبّد (ʕabbad)
    البلدية ما بغاتش تعاود تزفت طريقنا حيت ما كانتش فالميزانية المقررة. أما فالحقيقة غير سالات الانتخابات ما بقاوش مسوقين لينا.
    el-baladiyya ma bḡātši tʕāwad tzaffat trīqna ḥīt ma kānitši f-el-mīzāniyya. ʔamma f-el-ḥaqīqa ḡīr sālāt l-intiḵābāt ma bqāwši msawwqin līna.
    The municipality didn't want to repave our road because it wasn't included in the budget. But in truth once the elections were done, they no longer care about us.

Ottoman Turkish

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زفت

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic زِفْت (zift, pitch, tar).

Noun

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زفت (zift) (definite accusative زفتی (zifti), plural زفتلر (ziftler))

  1. pitch, tar, a black, oily, viscous substance derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal
    Synonyms: قره ساقز (kara sakız), قطران (katran), قیر (kir)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ز ف ت
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic زَفَّتَ (zaffata).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zaf.fat/, [ˈzaf.fat]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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زفّت (zaffat) II (present بزفّت (bizaffet))

  1. to pave
    Synonym: عبّد (ʕabbad)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of زفّت (zaffat)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m زفّتت (zaffatt) زفّتت (zaffatt) زفّت (zaffat) زفّتنا (zaffatna) زفّتتو (zaffattu) زفّتو (zaffatu)
f زفّتتي (zaffatti) زفّتت (zaffatat)
present m بزفّت (bazaffet) بتزفّت (bitzaffet) بزفّت (bizaffet) منزفّت (minzaffet) بتزفّتو (bitzafftu) بزفّتو (bizafftu)
f بتزفّتي (bitzaffti) بتزفّت (bitzaffet)
subjunctive m ازفّت (azaffet) تزفّت (tzaffet) يزفّت (yzaffet) نزفّت (nzaffet) تزفّتو (tzafftu) يزفّتو (yzafftu)
f تزفّتي (tzaffti) تزفّت (tzaffet)
imperative m زفّت (zaffet) زفّتو (zafftu)
f زفّتي (zaffti)

Noun

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زفت (transliteration needed?

  1. tar, asphalt
  2. (figurative) something terrible, awful, very bad