قطيفة

Arabic

قَطِيفَة

قَطَائِف

Etymology

From the root ق ط ف (q-ṭ-f), of which قَطَفَ (qaṭafa, “to pluck”), therefore perhaps originally meaning piled cloth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.tˤiː.fa/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡa.tˤiː.fa/

Noun

قَطِيفَة • (qaṭīfa) f (plural قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif) or قُطُف (quṭuf))

1. satin, velvet
2. a fabric made of satin or velvet (which might be a blanket or a carpet or a person’s dress)
3. a kind of fritter or cheburek, qatayef (chiefly found in the plural قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif), and in its vulgar form قَطَايِف (qaṭāyif))
4. African marigold (Tagetes erecta)

Declension

Declension of noun قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطِيفَة qaṭīfa	الْقَطِيفَة al-qaṭīfa	قَطِيفَة qaṭīfat
Nominative	قَطِيفَةٌ qaṭīfatun	الْقَطِيفَةُ al-qaṭīfatu	قَطِيفَةُ qaṭīfatu
Accusative	قَطِيفَةً qaṭīfatan	الْقَطِيفَةَ al-qaṭīfata	قَطِيفَةَ qaṭīfata
Genitive	قَطِيفَةٍ qaṭīfatin	الْقَطِيفَةِ al-qaṭīfati	قَطِيفَةِ qaṭīfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطِيفَتَيْن qaṭīfatayn	الْقَطِيفَتَيْن al-qaṭīfatayn	قَطِيفَتَيْ qaṭīfatay
Nominative	قَطِيفَتَانِ qaṭīfatāni	الْقَطِيفَتَانِ al-qaṭīfatāni	قَطِيفَتَا qaṭīfatā
Accusative	قَطِيفَتَيْنِ qaṭīfatayni	الْقَطِيفَتَيْنِ al-qaṭīfatayni	قَطِيفَتَيْ qaṭīfatay
Genitive	قَطِيفَتَيْنِ qaṭīfatayni	الْقَطِيفَتَيْنِ al-qaṭīfatayni	قَطِيفَتَيْ qaṭīfatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطَائِف‎; قُطُف qaṭāʔif‎; quṭuf	الْقَطَائِف‎; الْقُطُف al-qaṭāʔif‎; al-quṭuf	قَطَائِف‎; قُطُف qaṭāʔif‎; quṭuf
Nominative	قَطَائِفُ‎; قُطُفٌ qaṭāʔifu‎; quṭufun	الْقَطَائِفُ‎; الْقُطُفُ al-qaṭāʔifu‎; al-quṭufu	قَطَائِفُ‎; قُطُفُ qaṭāʔifu‎; quṭufu
Accusative	قَطَائِفَ‎; قُطُفًا qaṭāʔifa‎; quṭufan	الْقَطَائِفَ‎; الْقُطُفَ al-qaṭāʔifa‎; al-quṭufa	قَطَائِفَ‎; قُطُفَ qaṭāʔifa‎; quṭufa
Genitive	قَطَائِفَ‎; قُطُفٍ qaṭāʔifa‎; quṭufin	الْقَطَائِفِ‎; الْقُطُفِ al-qaṭāʔifi‎; al-quṭufi	قَطَائِفِ‎; قُطُفِ qaṭāʔifi‎; quṭufi

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကတ္တီပါ (kattipa)
• → Catalan: catifa
• → Ottoman Turkish: قطیفه (kadife), قدیفه (kadife)
  • Turkish: kadife
  • → Abkhaz: акадифа (akʼadifa)
  • → Albanian: kadife
  • → Armenian: խատիֆէ (xatifē), խատիֆա (xatifa), կա̈դիֆա̈ (kädifä), կա̈դո̈ւֆա̈ (kädüfä)
  • → Aromanian: catife
  • → Bulgarian: кадифе́ (kadifé)
  • → Macedonian: кадифе (kadife)
  • → Romanian: catifea
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kadífa／кади́фа
  • → Ubykh: ӄадифа (qadifa)
• → Portuguese: alcatifa
• → Spanish: alcatifa
• → Turkish: kadayıf

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قطيفة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1043
• Worrell, William Hoyt (1935) “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, pages 66–67