هرشف

Arabic

Alternative forms

• هِرْشَفَّة (hiršaffa), هِرْشَبّة (hiršabba), قِرْشَبَّة (qiršabba), قِرْشَبّ (qiršabb), كِرْشَبّ (kiršabb)

Etymology

Applying the pattern فِعْلَلّ (fiʕlall) to multiple unclear words, including in some forms at least كِرْش (kirš, “paunch”) and perhaps حَشَف (ḥašaf, “the worst kind of dates that dry up without ripening so that they have no flesh”), with later augment (إِلْحَاق (ʔilḥāq)) of ر (r) for dissimilation (إِدْغَام (ʔidḡām)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hir.ʃaff/

Noun

هِرْشَفّ • (hiršaff) m (obsolete)

1. a rag or piece of cotton with which water or ink is dried up
2. an old, gross and wrinkly woman or man

Declension

Declension of noun هِرْشَفّ (hiršaff)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِرْشَفّ hiršaff	الْهِرْشَفّ al-hiršaff	هِرْشَفّ hiršaff
Nominative	هِرْشَفٌّ hiršaffun	الْهِرْشَفُّ al-hiršaffu	هِرْشَفُّ hiršaffu
Accusative	هِرْشَفًّا hiršaffan	الْهِرْشَفَّ al-hiršaffa	هِرْشَفَّ hiršaffa
Genitive	هِرْشَفٍّ hiršaffin	الْهِرْشَفِّ al-hiršaffi	هِرْشَفِّ hiršaffi

Further reading

• Baalbaki, Ramzi (2008) The Legacy of the Kitāb. Sībawayhi’s Analytical Methods within the Context of the Arabic Grammatical Theory (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 51)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 151; Sibawayhi’s passage in Derenbourg’s edition 1885 vol. 2 page 372 line 4.
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قِرْشَبٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2514a
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “كِرْشَبٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2607b
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “هِرْشَبَّةٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2892a
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “هِرْشَفَّةٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 3043a