غفير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ف ر‎ (ḡ-f-r).

Noun

غَفِير • (ḡafīr) m (plural غُفَرَاء‎ (ḡufarāʾ) or غِفْرَان‎ (ḡifrān))

watchman, caretaker

Declension

Declension of noun غَفِير (ḡafīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَفِير ḡafīr	الْغَفِير‎ al-ḡafīr	غَفِير ḡafīr
Nominative	غَفِيرٌ ḡafīrun	الْغَفِيرُ‎ al-ḡafīru	غَفِيرُ ḡafīru
Accusative	غَفِيرًا‎ ḡafīran	الْغَفِيرَ‎ al-ḡafīra	غَفِيرَ ḡafīra
Genitive	غَفِيرٍ ḡafīrin	الْغَفِيرِ‎ al-ḡafīri	غَفِيرِ ḡafīri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَفِيرَيْن‎ ḡafīrayn	الْغَفِيرَيْن‎ al-ḡafīrayn	غَفِيرَيْ‎ ḡafīray
Nominative	غَفِيرَانِ‎ ḡafīrāni	الْغَفِيرَانِ‎ al-ḡafīrāni	غَفِيرَا‎ ḡafīrā
Accusative	غَفِيرَيْنِ‎ ḡafīrayni	الْغَفِيرَيْنِ‎ al-ḡafīrayni	غَفِيرَيْ‎ ḡafīray
Genitive	غَفِيرَيْنِ‎ ḡafīrayni	الْغَفِيرَيْنِ‎ al-ḡafīrayni	غَفِيرَيْ‎ ḡafīray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُفَرَاء‎‎; غِفْرَان‎ ḡufarāʾ‎; ḡifrān	الْغُفَرَاء‎‎; الْغِفْرَان‎ al-ḡufarāʾ‎; al-ḡifrān	غُفَرَاء‎‎; غِفْرَان‎ ḡufarāʾ‎; ḡifrān
Nominative	غُفَرَاءُ‎‎; غِفْرَانٌ‎ ḡufarāʾu‎; ḡifrānun	الْغُفَرَاءُ‎‎; الْغِفْرَانُ‎ al-ḡufarāʾu‎; al-ḡifrānu	غُفَرَاءُ‎‎; غِفْرَانُ‎ ḡufarāʾu‎; ḡifrānu
Accusative	غُفَرَاءَ‎‎; غِفْرَانًا‎ ḡufarāʾa‎; ḡifrānan	الْغُفَرَاءَ‎‎; الْغِفْرَانَ‎ al-ḡufarāʾa‎; al-ḡifrāna	غُفَرَاءَ‎‎; غِفْرَانَ‎ ḡufarāʾa‎; ḡifrāna
Genitive	غُفَرَاءَ‎‎; غِفْرَانٍ‎ ḡufarāʾa‎; ḡifrānin	الْغُفَرَاءِ‎‎; الْغِفْرَانِ‎ al-ḡufarāʾi‎; al-ḡifrāni	غُفَرَاءِ‎‎; غِفْرَانِ‎ ḡufarāʾi‎; ḡifrāni

References

“غفير” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Wehr, Hans (1979), “غفير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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