عفش

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ف ش
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic عَفْش (ʕafš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕafʃ/, [ˈʕa.f(ɪ)ʃ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Noun

عفش • (ʕafš) m

1. furniture

   Synonyms: مفروشات (mafrūšāt), أثاث (ʔaṯāṯ), موبليا (mubilya)

Sudanese Arabic

Root
ع ف ش
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic عَفْش (ʕafš).

Noun

عفش • (ʕafaš) m

1. furniture
   • 2024, كِتاب العَهد الجَّديد مِن الكِتاب المُقَدَّس‎^[1], Pioneer Bible Translators, لُوقَا [Luke] 11:21:

     و لَمّا القَوّي العِندو سِلاح يَحرُس بيتو، العَفَش بِتاعو يَكون مَحفوظ

     wa lamma l-gawwi l-ʕindu silāḥ yaḥrus bētu, al-ʕafaš bitāʕu yakūn maḥfūẓ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. luggage

Descendants

• Juba Arabic: afash

References

• The Catholic Language Institute Khartoum (C.L.I.K) (2008), Spoken Arabic of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, page 245