قفلة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Instance noun

Noun

قَفْلَة • (qafla) f

1. instance noun of قَفَلَ (qafala), an instance of there being a locking-up or block, for instance a writer’s block
2. cadence in music

Declension

Declension of noun قَفْلَة (qafla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَفْلَة qafla	الْقَفْلَة al-qafla	قَفْلَة qaflat
Nominative	قَفْلَةٌ qaflatun	الْقَفْلَةُ al-qaflatu	قَفْلَةُ qaflatu
Accusative	قَفْلَةً qaflatan	الْقَفْلَةَ al-qaflata	قَفْلَةَ qaflata
Genitive	قَفْلَةٍ qaflatin	الْقَفْلَةِ al-qaflati	قَفْلَةِ qaflati

Etymology 2

From Classical Syriac ܩܷܦܱܠܷܐܘܳܢ (qeppalleʾōn, “sum”), from Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion, “sum”).

Noun

قَفْلَة • (qafla) f

1. (obsolete, Yemen, in apposition) whole, without deduction

Declension

Declension of noun قَفْلَة (qafla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَفْلَة qafla	الْقَفْلَة al-qafla	قَفْلَة qaflat
Nominative	قَفْلَةٌ qaflatun	الْقَفْلَةُ al-qaflatu	قَفْلَةُ qaflatu
Accusative	قَفْلَةً qaflatan	الْقَفْلَةَ al-qaflata	قَفْلَةَ qaflata
Genitive	قَفْلَةٍ qaflatin	الْقَفْلَةِ al-qaflati	قَفْلَةِ qaflati

Further reading

• Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana‎^[1] (in German), volume 18, pages 142–144