غلاف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
غ ل ف (ḡ-l-f)

Compare غَلَفَ (ḡalafa, “to sheathe, cover, wrap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣi.laːf/

Noun

غِلَاف • (ḡilāf) m (plural غِلَافَات (ḡilāfāt) or غُلُف (ḡuluf) or أَغْلِفَة (ʔaḡlifa) or غُلْف (ḡulf) or غُلَّف (ḡullaf))

1. cover
2. wrapper
3. envelope (for letters)
4. case
5. sheath, scabbard
6. box, capsule
7. fruit shell
8. prepuce
9. pericardium

Declension

Declension of noun غِلَاف (ḡilāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلَاف ḡilāf	الْغِلَاف al-ḡilāf	غِلَاف ḡilāf
Nominative	غِلَافٌ ḡilāfun	الْغِلَافُ al-ḡilāfu	غِلَافُ ḡilāfu
Accusative	غِلَافًا ḡilāfan	الْغِلَافَ al-ḡilāfa	غِلَافَ ḡilāfa
Genitive	غِلَافٍ ḡilāfin	الْغِلَافِ al-ḡilāfi	غِلَافِ ḡilāfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلَافَيْن ḡilāfayn	الْغِلَافَيْن al-ḡilāfayn	غِلَافَيْ ḡilāfay
Nominative	غِلَافَانِ ḡilāfāni	الْغِلَافَانِ al-ḡilāfāni	غِلَافَا ḡilāfā
Accusative	غِلَافَيْنِ ḡilāfayni	الْغِلَافَيْنِ al-ḡilāfayni	غِلَافَيْ ḡilāfay
Genitive	غِلَافَيْنِ ḡilāfayni	الْغِلَافَيْنِ al-ḡilāfayni	غِلَافَيْ ḡilāfay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلَافَات‎; غُلُف‎; أَغْلِفَة‎; غُلْف‎; غُلَّف ḡilāfāt‎; ḡuluf‎; ʔaḡlifa‎; ḡulf‎; ḡullaf	الْغِلَافَات‎; الْغُلُف‎; الْأَغْلِفَة‎; الْغُلْف‎; الْغُلَّف al-ḡilāfāt‎; al-ḡuluf‎; al-ʔaḡlifa‎; al-ḡulf‎; al-ḡullaf	غِلَافَات‎; غُلُف‎; أَغْلِفَة‎; غُلْف‎; غُلَّف ḡilāfāt‎; ḡuluf‎; ʔaḡlifat‎; ḡulf‎; ḡullaf
Nominative	غِلَافَاتٌ‎; غُلُفٌ‎; أَغْلِفَةٌ‎; غُلْفٌ‎; غُلَّفٌ ḡilāfātun‎; ḡulufun‎; ʔaḡlifatun‎; ḡulfun‎; ḡullafun	الْغِلَافَاتُ‎; الْغُلُفُ‎; الْأَغْلِفَةُ‎; الْغُلْفُ‎; الْغُلَّفُ al-ḡilāfātu‎; al-ḡulufu‎; al-ʔaḡlifatu‎; al-ḡulfu‎; al-ḡullafu	غِلَافَاتُ‎; غُلُفُ‎; أَغْلِفَةُ‎; غُلْفُ‎; غُلَّفُ ḡilāfātu‎; ḡulufu‎; ʔaḡlifatu‎; ḡulfu‎; ḡullafu
Accusative	غِلَافَاتٍ‎; غُلُفًا‎; أَغْلِفَةً‎; غُلْفًا‎; غُلَّفًا ḡilāfātin‎; ḡulufan‎; ʔaḡlifatan‎; ḡulfan‎; ḡullafan	الْغِلَافَاتِ‎; الْغُلُفَ‎; الْأَغْلِفَةَ‎; الْغُلْفَ‎; الْغُلَّفَ al-ḡilāfāti‎; al-ḡulufa‎; al-ʔaḡlifata‎; al-ḡulfa‎; al-ḡullafa	غِلَافَاتِ‎; غُلُفَ‎; أَغْلِفَةَ‎; غُلْفَ‎; غُلَّفَ ḡilāfāti‎; ḡulufa‎; ʔaḡlifata‎; ḡulfa‎; ḡullafa
Genitive	غِلَافَاتٍ‎; غُلُفٍ‎; أَغْلِفَةٍ‎; غُلْفٍ‎; غُلَّفٍ ḡilāfātin‎; ḡulufin‎; ʔaḡlifatin‎; ḡulfin‎; ḡullafin	الْغِلَافَاتِ‎; الْغُلُفِ‎; الْأَغْلِفَةِ‎; الْغُلْفِ‎; الْغُلَّفِ al-ḡilāfāti‎; al-ḡulufi‎; al-ʔaḡlifati‎; al-ḡulfi‎; al-ḡullafi	غِلَافَاتِ‎; غُلُفِ‎; أَغْلِفَةِ‎; غُلْفِ‎; غُلَّفِ ḡilāfāti‎; ḡulufi‎; ʔaḡlifati‎; ḡulfi‎; ḡullafi

Descendants

• Maltese: ħliefa
• → Middle Armenian: ղլէֆ (ġlēf)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قلف (kılıf)
  • Turkish: kılıf
  • → Armenian: խըլըֆ (xələf)
• → Persian: غِلاف (ğelâf)
• → Uzbek: g’ilof

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلاف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN