كهف

Arabic

Etymology

Phonetic variant of كَفّ (kaff, “cup of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kahf/
  • (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /kəhf/

Noun

كَهْف • (kahf) m (plural كُهُوف (kuhūf))

1. cave
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:10:

     إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

     ʔiḏ ʔawā l-fityatu ʔilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ʔātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyiʔ lanā min ʔamrinā rašadan

     Mufti Taqi: When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”

Declension

Declension of noun كَهْف (kahf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَهْف kahf	الْكَهْف al-kahf	كَهْف kahf
Nominative	كَهْفٌ kahfun	الْكَهْفُ al-kahfu	كَهْفُ kahfu
Accusative	كَهْفًا kahfan	الْكَهْفَ al-kahfa	كَهْفَ kahfa
Genitive	كَهْفٍ kahfin	الْكَهْفِ al-kahfi	كَهْفِ kahfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَهْفَيْن kahfayn	الْكَهْفَيْن al-kahfayn	كَهْفَيْ kahfay
Nominative	كَهْفَانِ kahfāni	الْكَهْفَانِ al-kahfāni	كَهْفَا kahfā
Accusative	كَهْفَيْنِ kahfayni	الْكَهْفَيْنِ al-kahfayni	كَهْفَيْ kahfay
Genitive	كَهْفَيْنِ kahfayni	الْكَهْفَيْنِ al-kahfayni	كَهْفَيْ kahfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُهُوف kuhūf	الْكُهُوف al-kuhūf	كُهُوف kuhūf
Nominative	كُهُوفٌ kuhūfun	الْكُهُوفُ al-kuhūfu	كُهُوفُ kuhūfu
Accusative	كُهُوفًا kuhūfan	الْكُهُوفَ al-kuhūfa	كُهُوفَ kuhūfa
Genitive	كُهُوفٍ kuhūfin	الْكُهُوفِ al-kuhūfi	كُهُوفِ kuhūfi

See also

• غَار (ḡār)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1125
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كهف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 67a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كهف”, 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 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 939a

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَهْف (kahf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kahf/

Noun

كهف • (kahf) m (plural كهوف (kuhūf)))

1. cave

See also

• غار (ḡār, “grotto; small cave”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَهْف (kahf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kahf/, [kahf]

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Noun

كهف • (kahf) m (plural كهوف (khūf))

1. cave

   Synonym: مغارة (mḡāra)