حرشف

Arabic

Etymology

Augmented from the root ح ر ش (ḥ-r-š).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħar.ʃaf/

Noun

حَرْشَف • (ḥaršaf) m (plural حَرَاشِف (ḥarāšif))

1. scale (of fish)

   Synonym: فَلْس (fals)

2. (military) troop

Declension

Declension of noun حَرْشَف (ḥaršaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرْشَف ḥaršaf	الْحَرْشَف al-ḥaršaf	حَرْشَف ḥaršaf
Nominative	حَرْشَفٌ ḥaršafun	الْحَرْشَفُ al-ḥaršafu	حَرْشَفُ ḥaršafu
Accusative	حَرْشَفًا ḥaršafan	الْحَرْشَفَ al-ḥaršafa	حَرْشَفَ ḥaršafa
Genitive	حَرْشَفٍ ḥaršafin	الْحَرْشَفِ al-ḥaršafi	حَرْشَفِ ḥaršafi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرْشَفَيْن ḥaršafayn	الْحَرْشَفَيْن al-ḥaršafayn	حَرْشَفَيْ ḥaršafay
Nominative	حَرْشَفَانِ ḥaršafāni	الْحَرْشَفَانِ al-ḥaršafāni	حَرْشَفَا ḥaršafā
Accusative	حَرْشَفَيْنِ ḥaršafayni	الْحَرْشَفَيْنِ al-ḥaršafayni	حَرْشَفَيْ ḥaršafay
Genitive	حَرْشَفَيْنِ ḥaršafayni	الْحَرْشَفَيْنِ al-ḥaršafayni	حَرْشَفَيْ ḥaršafay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرَاشِف ḥarāšif	الْحَرَاشِف al-ḥarāšif	حَرَاشِف ḥarāšif
Nominative	حَرَاشِفُ ḥarāšifu	الْحَرَاشِفُ al-ḥarāšifu	حَرَاشِفُ ḥarāšifu
Accusative	حَرَاشِفَ ḥarāšifa	الْحَرَاشِفَ al-ḥarāšifa	حَرَاشِفَ ḥarāšifa
Genitive	حَرَاشِفَ ḥarāšifa	الْحَرَاشِفِ al-ḥarāšifi	حَرَاشِفِ ḥarāšifi

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حرشف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN