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 (in German), volume 18, pages 142–144
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