أسكفة

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אֵסְכּוּפְתָא (ʾeskūp̄ətā) / אִיסְכּוּפְתָא (ʾiskūp̄ətā) ܐܶܣܟܽܘܦܬܳܐ (ʾeskūp̄əṯā, “threshold, lintel”), from Akkadian 𒄿𒇻 (KUN4 /⁠askuppatu⁠/, “threshold, lintel”), from 𒄿𒇻 (KUN4 /⁠askuppu⁠/, “stone slab; threshold, lintel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔus.kuf.fa/

Noun

أُسْكُفَّة • (ʔuskuffa) f (plural أُسْكُفَّات (ʔuskuffāt))

  1. lintel, doorstep, doorsill, windowsill, threshold

Declension

References

  • “ˀskwph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “أسكفة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 37
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