خرافة
Arabic edit
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خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
خُرَافَة • (ḵurāfa) f (plural خُرَافَات (ḵurāfāt))
- (archaic) plucked up fruits
- myth, chatter, rigmarole, mumbo jumbo, cock-and-bull story, tall tale
Declension edit
Declension of noun خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خُرَافَة ḵurāfa |
الْخُرَافَة al-ḵurāfa |
خُرَافَة ḵurāfat |
Nominative | خُرَافَةٌ ḵurāfatun |
الْخُرَافَةُ al-ḵurāfatu |
خُرَافَةُ ḵurāfatu |
Accusative | خُرَافَةً ḵurāfatan |
الْخُرَافَةَ al-ḵurāfata |
خُرَافَةَ ḵurāfata |
Genitive | خُرَافَةٍ ḵurāfatin |
الْخُرَافَةِ al-ḵurāfati |
خُرَافَةِ ḵurāfati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | خُرَافَتَيْن ḵurāfatayn |
الْخُرَافَتَيْن al-ḵurāfatayn |
خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay |
Nominative | خُرَافَتَانِ ḵurāfatāni |
الْخُرَافَتَانِ al-ḵurāfatāni |
خُرَافَتَا ḵurāfatā |
Accusative | خُرَافَتَيْنِ ḵurāfatayni |
الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵurāfatayni |
خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay |
Genitive | خُرَافَتَيْنِ ḵurāfatayni |
الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵurāfatayni |
خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خُرَافَات ḵurāfāt |
الْخُرَافَات al-ḵurāfāt |
خُرَافَات ḵurāfāt |
Nominative | خُرَافَاتٌ ḵurāfātun |
الْخُرَافَاتُ al-ḵurāfātu |
خُرَافَاتُ ḵurāfātu |
Accusative | خُرَافَاتٍ ḵurāfātin |
الْخُرَافَاتِ al-ḵurāfāti |
خُرَافَاتِ ḵurāfāti |
Genitive | خُرَافَاتٍ ḵurāfātin |
الْخُرَافَاتِ al-ḵurāfāti |
خُرَافَاتِ ḵurāfāti |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: xurafat
- Maltese: ħrafa
- → Persian: خرافه (xorâfe)
- Turkish: hurafe (in religous context — false belief) , (obselescing — in informal speech any superstitious belief)
References edit
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرافة”, 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 478
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خرافة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 562
South Levantine Arabic edit
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خ ر ف |
6 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa).