مكفن

Arabic

Root
ك ف ن (k-f-n)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of كَفَّنَ (kaffana, “to wrap”).

Adjective

مُكَفَّن • (mukaffan) (feminine مُكَفَّنَة (mukaffana), masculine plural مُكَفَّنُونَ (mukaffanūna), feminine plural مُكَفَّنَات (mukaffanāt))

1. wrapped, shrouded

Declension

Declension of adjective مُكَفَّن (mukaffan)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُكَفَّن mukaffan	الْمُكَفَّن al-mukaffan	مُكَفَّنَة mukaffana	الْمُكَفَّنَة al-mukaffana
Nominative	مُكَفَّنٌ mukaffanun	الْمُكَفَّنُ al-mukaffanu	مُكَفَّنَةٌ mukaffanatun	الْمُكَفَّنَةُ al-mukaffanatu
Accusative	مُكَفَّنًا mukaffanan	الْمُكَفَّنَ al-mukaffana	مُكَفَّنَةً mukaffanatan	الْمُكَفَّنَةَ al-mukaffanata
Genitive	مُكَفَّنٍ mukaffanin	الْمُكَفَّنِ al-mukaffani	مُكَفَّنَةٍ mukaffanatin	الْمُكَفَّنَةِ al-mukaffanati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُكَفَّنَيْن mukaffanayn	الْمُكَفَّنَيْن al-mukaffanayn	مُكَفَّنَتَيْن mukaffanatayn	الْمُكَفَّنَتَيْن al-mukaffanatayn
Nominative	مُكَفَّنَانِ mukaffanāni	الْمُكَفَّنَانِ al-mukaffanāni	مُكَفَّنَتَانِ mukaffanatāni	الْمُكَفَّنَتَانِ al-mukaffanatāni
Accusative	مُكَفَّنَيْنِ mukaffanayni	الْمُكَفَّنَيْنِ al-mukaffanayni	مُكَفَّنَتَيْنِ mukaffanatayni	الْمُكَفَّنَتَيْنِ al-mukaffanatayni
Genitive	مُكَفَّنَيْنِ mukaffanayni	الْمُكَفَّنَيْنِ al-mukaffanayni	مُكَفَّنَتَيْنِ mukaffanatayni	الْمُكَفَّنَتَيْنِ al-mukaffanatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُكَفَّنِين mukaffanīn	الْمُكَفَّنِين al-mukaffanīn	مُكَفَّنَات mukaffanāt	الْمُكَفَّنَات al-mukaffanāt
Nominative	مُكَفَّنُونَ mukaffanūna	الْمُكَفَّنُونَ al-mukaffanūna	مُكَفَّنَاتٌ mukaffanātun	الْمُكَفَّنَاتُ al-mukaffanātu
Accusative	مُكَفَّنِينَ mukaffanīna	الْمُكَفَّنِينَ al-mukaffanīna	مُكَفَّنَاتٍ mukaffanātin	الْمُكَفَّنَاتِ al-mukaffanāti
Genitive	مُكَفَّنِينَ mukaffanīna	الْمُكَفَّنِينَ al-mukaffanīna	مُكَفَّنَاتٍ mukaffanātin	الْمُكَفَّنَاتِ al-mukaffanāti

Noun

مُكَفَّن • (mukaffan) m (plural مُكَفَّنَات (mukaffanāt))

1. wrap, roll, namely a confection wrapped in thin pastry
   • 1226, محمد بن الحسن بن محمد بن الكريم الكاتب البغدادي [Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad bin al-Karīm al-Baḡdādīy], “في ذكر الحلاوات وأصنافها” (chapter 9), in كتاب الطبيخ ومعجم المآكل الدمشقية, Hindawi Foundation, published 2018, →ISBN, page 75:

     مُكَفَّن
     يُؤْخَذُ رَطْلُ سُكَّرٍ وَثُلُثُ رَطْلِ لَوْزٍ أَوْ فُسْتُقٍ، فَيُدَقُّ ٱلْجَمِيعُ نَاعِمًا، وَيُعْجَنُ بِمَاءِ ٱلْوَرْدِ عَجْنًا قَوِيًّا، ثُمَّ يُطْرَحُ فِي ٱلدَّسْتِ أُوقِيَّةَ شَيْرَجٍ، وَيُحَلُّ نِصْفُ رَطْلِ سُكَّرٍ فَيُعْمَلُ جُلَّابًا، فَإِذَا غَلَى ٱلشَّيْرَجُ طُرِحَ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَ ٱلْجُلَّابِ، وَيُوَاصَلُ تَحْرِيكُهُ، ثُمَّ يُطْرَحُ عَلَيْهِ أُوقِيَّةَ نَشًا مُدَافًا بِمَاءٍ، وَلَا يَزَالُ يُحَرَّكُ حَتَّى يَنْعَقِدَ، ثُمَّ يُطْرَحُ عَلَى بَلَاطَةٍ نَاعِمَةٍ حَتَّى يُبَرَّدُ، وَيُبْسَطُ قِطَعًا صِغَارًا مُرَبَّعَةً قَدْرَ ٱلْكَفِّ، ثُمَّ يُجْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلسُّكَّرِ وَٱللَّوْزِ وَٱلْمَعْجُونِ، وَيُلَفُّ عَلَى هَيْئَةِ ٱلْأَوْسَاطِ، ثُمَّ يُذَرُّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسُّكَّرُ ٱلْمُطَيَّبُ وَيُرْفَعُ.

     mukaffan
     yuʔḵaḏu raṭlu sukkarin waṯuluṯu raṭli lawzin ʔaw fustuqin, fayudaqqu l-jamīʕu nāʕiman, wayuʕjanu bimāʔi l-wardi ʕajnan qawiyyan, ṯumma yuṭraḥu fī d-dasti ʔūqiyyata šayrajin, wayuḥallu niṣfu raṭli sukkarin fayuʕmalu jullāban, faʔiḏā ḡalā š-šayraju ṭuriḥa ʕalayhi ṯuluṯa l-jullābi, wayuwāṣalu taḥrīkuhu, ṯumma yuṭraḥu ʕalayhi ʔūqiyyata našan mudāfan bimāʔin, walā yazālu yuḥarraku ḥattā yanʕaqida, ṯumma yuṭraḥu ʕalā balāṭatin nāʕimatin ḥattā yubarradu, wayubsaṭu qiṭaʕan ṣiḡāran murabbaʕatan qadra l-kaffi, ṯumma yujʕalu ʕalayhi šayʔun min ḏālika s-sukkari wal-lawzi wal-maʕjūni, wayulaffu ʕalā hayʔati l-ʔawsāṭi, ṯumma yuḏarru ʕalayhi s-sukkaru l-muṭayyabu wayurfaʕu.

     Mukaffan
     One takes a rottol of sugar and a third of a rottol of almond and pistachio, then pounds all fine, and kneads with rosewater heartily, then throws an ounce of sesame oil in a kettle, and dissolves half a rottol of sugar, and produces rosewater syrup, and when the sesame oil boils a third of the rosewater syrup is thrown upon it, connected by working it in a bit, then one throws upon it an ounce of starch diluted with water, then one continues to work it in until it becomes a slop, then on casts it upon a thin slate until it cools off, then it is spread into small strands quadrupled after the size of the handpalm, then one applies upon it some of that sugar and the almond and the dough and rolls in around the centres, then one scatters upon it the seasoned sugar and finishes.

Declension

Declension of noun مُكَفَّن (mukaffan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُكَفَّن mukaffan	الْمُكَفَّن al-mukaffan	مُكَفَّن mukaffan
Nominative	مُكَفَّنٌ mukaffanun	الْمُكَفَّنُ al-mukaffanu	مُكَفَّنُ mukaffanu
Accusative	مُكَفَّنًا mukaffanan	الْمُكَفَّنَ al-mukaffana	مُكَفَّنَ mukaffana
Genitive	مُكَفَّنٍ mukaffanin	الْمُكَفَّنِ al-mukaffani	مُكَفَّنِ mukaffani
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُكَفَّنَيْن mukaffanayn	الْمُكَفَّنَيْن al-mukaffanayn	مُكَفَّنَيْ mukaffanay
Nominative	مُكَفَّنَانِ mukaffanāni	الْمُكَفَّنَانِ al-mukaffanāni	مُكَفَّنَا mukaffanā
Accusative	مُكَفَّنَيْنِ mukaffanayni	الْمُكَفَّنَيْنِ al-mukaffanayni	مُكَفَّنَيْ mukaffanay
Genitive	مُكَفَّنَيْنِ mukaffanayni	الْمُكَفَّنَيْنِ al-mukaffanayni	مُكَفَّنَيْ mukaffanay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُكَفَّنَات mukaffanāt	الْمُكَفَّنَات al-mukaffanāt	مُكَفَّنَات mukaffanāt
Nominative	مُكَفَّنَاتٌ mukaffanātun	الْمُكَفَّنَاتُ al-mukaffanātu	مُكَفَّنَاتُ mukaffanātu
Accusative	مُكَفَّنَاتٍ mukaffanātin	الْمُكَفَّنَاتِ al-mukaffanāti	مُكَفَّنَاتِ mukaffanāti
Genitive	مُكَفَّنَاتٍ mukaffanātin	الْمُكَفَّنَاتِ al-mukaffanāti	مُكَفَّنَاتِ mukaffanāti