خرفة

Arabic

Root
خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xur.fa/

Noun

خُرْفَة • (ḵurfa) f

1. collected fruits, harvest, yield
   • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 10:3-4:

     ”إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا عَادَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي خُرْفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ“ (…) قِيلَ مَا خُرْفَةُ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ ‏ ”جَنَاهَا“‏

     ”ʔinna l-muslima ʔiḏā ʕāda ʔaḵāhu l-muslima lam yazal fī ḵurfati l-jannati“ (…) qīla mā ḵurfatu l-jannati qāla ”janāhā“

     “Indeed the Muslim remains in the yield of Paradise while he visits his brother Muslim.” He was asked: “What is the yield of Paradise?” He said: ”Its harvest.”

Declension

Declension of noun خُرْفَة (ḵurfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرْفَة ḵurfa	الْخُرْفَة al-ḵurfa	خُرْفَة ḵurfat
Nominative	خُرْفَةٌ ḵurfatun	الْخُرْفَةُ al-ḵurfatu	خُرْفَةُ ḵurfatu
Accusative	خُرْفَةً ḵurfatan	الْخُرْفَةَ al-ḵurfata	خُرْفَةَ ḵurfata
Genitive	خُرْفَةٍ ḵurfatin	الْخُرْفَةِ al-ḵurfati	خُرْفَةِ ḵurfati

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرفة”, 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) “خرفة”, 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 C^ie, pages –562