حجفة
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From the otherwise sparsely attested root ح ج ف (ḥ-j-f) meaning “to parry”, “to deflect”, “to echo”, “to send back”, “to repel”; likely a variant of ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
حَجَفَة • (ḥajafa) f (plural حَجَف (ḥajaf) or حَجَفَات (ḥajafāt))
- shield made of skins, without wood or sinews
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 29:7:
- لَمْ تُقْطَعْ يَدُ سَارِقٍ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ حَجَفَةٍ أَوْ تُرْسٍ وَكِلاَهُمَا ذُو ثَمَنٍ.
- During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) the hand of a thief was not cut off for less than the price of a shield, skin-shield or scutum, and both of them are valuable.
Declension edit
Declension of noun حَجَفَة (ḥajafa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَجَفَة ḥajafa |
الْحَجَفَة al-ḥajafa |
حَجَفَة ḥajafat |
| Nominative | حَجَفَةٌ ḥajafatun |
الْحَجَفَةُ al-ḥajafatu |
حَجَفَةُ ḥajafatu |
| Accusative | حَجَفَةً ḥajafatan |
الْحَجَفَةَ al-ḥajafata |
حَجَفَةَ ḥajafata |
| Genitive | حَجَفَةٍ ḥajafatin |
الْحَجَفَةِ al-ḥajafati |
حَجَفَةِ ḥajafati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | حَجَفَتَيْن ḥajafatayn |
الْحَجَفَتَيْن al-ḥajafatayn |
حَجَفَتَيْ ḥajafatay |
| Nominative | حَجَفَتَانِ ḥajafatāni |
الْحَجَفَتَانِ al-ḥajafatāni |
حَجَفَتَا ḥajafatā |
| Accusative | حَجَفَتَيْنِ ḥajafatayni |
الْحَجَفَتَيْنِ al-ḥajafatayni |
حَجَفَتَيْ ḥajafatay |
| Genitive | حَجَفَتَيْنِ ḥajafatayni |
الْحَجَفَتَيْنِ al-ḥajafatayni |
حَجَفَتَيْ ḥajafatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote; sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَجَف; حَجَفَات ḥajaf; ḥajafāt |
الْحَجَف; الْحَجَفَات al-ḥajaf; al-ḥajafāt |
حَجَف; حَجَفَات ḥajaf; ḥajafāt |
| Nominative | حَجَفٌ; حَجَفَاتٌ ḥajafun; ḥajafātun |
الْحَجَفُ; الْحَجَفَاتُ al-ḥajafu; al-ḥajafātu |
حَجَفُ; حَجَفَاتُ ḥajafu; ḥajafātu |
| Accusative | حَجَفًا; حَجَفَاتٍ ḥajafan; ḥajafātin |
الْحَجَفَ; الْحَجَفَاتِ al-ḥajafa; al-ḥajafāti |
حَجَفَ; حَجَفَاتِ ḥajafa; ḥajafāti |
| Genitive | حَجَفٍ; حَجَفَاتٍ ḥajafin; ḥajafātin |
الْحَجَفِ; الْحَجَفَاتِ al-ḥajafi; al-ḥajafāti |
حَجَفِ; حَجَفَاتِ ḥajafi; ḥajafāti |
Derived terms edit
- حَاجَفَ (ḥājafa, “to oppose, to repel; to fence against”)
- اِحْتَجَفَ (iḥtajafa, “to turn away”)
Descendants edit
- Ge'ez: ሐገፋ (ḥägäfa, “shield”)
References edit
- “حجفة” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “حجفة”, 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 347
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “حجفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 520
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227