مخرفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max.ra.fa/

Noun

مَخْرَفَة • (maḵrafa) f (plural مَخَارِف (maḵārif)) (rare)

1. garden
2. narrow path between two trees allowing to pluck off their fruits easily
3. senile talk, blather

Declension

Declension of noun مَخْرَفَة (maḵrafa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْرَفَة maḵrafa	الْمَخْرَفَة al-maḵrafa	مَخْرَفَة maḵrafat
Nominative	مَخْرَفَةٌ maḵrafatun	الْمَخْرَفَةُ al-maḵrafatu	مَخْرَفَةُ maḵrafatu
Accusative	مَخْرَفَةً maḵrafatan	الْمَخْرَفَةَ al-maḵrafata	مَخْرَفَةَ maḵrafata
Genitive	مَخْرَفَةٍ maḵrafatin	الْمَخْرَفَةِ al-maḵrafati	مَخْرَفَةِ maḵrafati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْرَفَتَيْن maḵrafatayn	الْمَخْرَفَتَيْن al-maḵrafatayn	مَخْرَفَتَيْ maḵrafatay
Nominative	مَخْرَفَتَانِ maḵrafatāni	الْمَخْرَفَتَانِ al-maḵrafatāni	مَخْرَفَتَا maḵrafatā
Accusative	مَخْرَفَتَيْنِ maḵrafatayni	الْمَخْرَفَتَيْنِ al-maḵrafatayni	مَخْرَفَتَيْ maḵrafatay
Genitive	مَخْرَفَتَيْنِ maḵrafatayni	الْمَخْرَفَتَيْنِ al-maḵrafatayni	مَخْرَفَتَيْ maḵrafatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخَارِف maḵārif	الْمَخَارِف al-maḵārif	مَخَارِف maḵārif
Nominative	مَخَارِفُ maḵārifu	الْمَخَارِفُ al-maḵārifu	مَخَارِفُ maḵārifu
Accusative	مَخَارِفَ maḵārifa	الْمَخَارِفَ al-maḵārifa	مَخَارِفَ maḵārifa
Genitive	مَخَارِفَ maḵārifa	الْمَخَارِفِ al-maḵārifi	مَخَارِفِ maḵārifi

References

• “مخرفة” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “مخرفة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مخرفة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 562