قفا

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ق ف و (q-f-w). From Proto-Semitic *ḳapy- (back of the head), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳapay- (back of the head).

Noun[edit]

قَفًا (qafanm or f (dual قَفَوَان (qafawān), plural أَقْفِيَة (ʔaqfiya) or أَقْفٍ (ʔaqfin) or أَقْفَاء (ʔaqfāʔ) or قُفِيّ (qufiyy) or قِفِيّ (qifiyy))

  1. (countable, anatomy) the back of the neck, the nape

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: kafa

Verb[edit]

قَفَا (qafā) I, non-past يَقْفُو‎ (yaqfū)

  1. to go behind, to follow the track, to persecute, to attach to the trail

Conjugation[edit]

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَفًا (qafan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قفا (gafam (plural أَقْفِيَة (ʔagfiya))

  1. the back of the neck, the nape

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَفًا (qafan).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.fa/, [ˈʔa.fa]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.fa/, [ˈɡa.fa]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

قفا (ʔafam

  1. back (side of something), reverse side, wrong side
  2. nape
    قفا رقبةʔafa raʔabenape of the neck
  3. bottom, buttocks, ass
    Synonym: (vulgar) طيز (ṭīz)