رغيف

Arabic

Alternative forms

رَغِيفَة‎ (raḡīfa) – colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic *רְעִיפְתׇּא (rəʿīp̄tā) (attested: רִיפְתָּא‎ (rīp̄tā)) / ܪܥܝܼܦܬܵܐ‎ (rəʿīp̄tā), diminutive of ܪܲܥܦܵܐ‎ (raʿpā, “loaf of bread”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.ɣiːf/
- (Hejazi) IPA^(key): /ra.ɣiːf/

Noun

رَغِيف • (raḡīf) m (plural رُغُف‎ (ruḡuf) or أَرْغِفَة‎ (ʔarḡifa) or رُغْفَان‎ (ruḡfān)) (countable)

a loaf; a bread roll; a bun

Declension

Declension of noun رَغِيف (raḡīf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَغِيف raḡīf	الرَّغِيف‎ ar-raḡīf	رَغِيف raḡīf
Nominative	رَغِيفٌ raḡīfun	الرَّغِيفُ‎ ar-raḡīfu	رَغِيفُ raḡīfu
Accusative	رَغِيفًا‎ raḡīfan	الرَّغِيفَ‎ ar-raḡīfa	رَغِيفَ raḡīfa
Genitive	رَغِيفٍ raḡīfin	الرَّغِيفِ‎ ar-raḡīfi	رَغِيفِ raḡīfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَغِيفَيْن‎ raḡīfayn	الرَّغِيفَيْن‎ ar-raḡīfayn	رَغِيفَيْ‎ raḡīfay
Nominative	رَغِيفَانِ‎ raḡīfāni	الرَّغِيفَانِ‎ ar-raḡīfāni	رَغِيفَا‎ raḡīfā
Accusative	رَغِيفَيْنِ‎ raḡīfayni	الرَّغِيفَيْنِ‎ ar-raḡīfayni	رَغِيفَيْ‎ raḡīfay
Genitive	رَغِيفَيْنِ‎ raḡīfayni	الرَّغِيفَيْنِ‎ ar-raḡīfayni	رَغِيفَيْ‎ raḡīfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُغُف‎‎; أَرْغِفَة‎‎; رُغْفَان‎ ruḡuf‎; ʔarḡifa‎; ruḡfān	الرُّغُف‎‎; الْأَرْغِفَة‎‎; الرُّغْفَان‎ ar-ruḡuf‎; al-ʔarḡifa‎; ar-ruḡfān	رُغُف‎‎; أَرْغِفَة‎‎; رُغْفَان‎ ruḡuf‎; ʔarḡifat‎; ruḡfān
Nominative	رُغُفٌ‎‎; أَرْغِفَةٌ‎‎; رُغْفَانٌ‎ ruḡufun‎; ʔarḡifatun‎; ruḡfānun	الرُّغُفُ‎‎; الْأَرْغِفَةُ‎‎; الرُّغْفَانُ‎ ar-ruḡufu‎; al-ʔarḡifatu‎; ar-ruḡfānu	رُغُفُ‎‎; أَرْغِفَةُ‎‎; رُغْفَانُ‎ ruḡufu‎; ʔarḡifatu‎; ruḡfānu
Accusative	رُغُفًا‎‎; أَرْغِفَةً‎‎; رُغْفَانًا‎ ruḡufan‎; ʔarḡifatan‎; ruḡfānan	الرُّغُفَ‎‎; الْأَرْغِفَةَ‎‎; الرُّغْفَانَ‎ ar-ruḡufa‎; al-ʔarḡifata‎; ar-ruḡfāna	رُغُفَ‎‎; أَرْغِفَةَ‎‎; رُغْفَانَ‎ ruḡufa‎; ʔarḡifata‎; ruḡfāna
Genitive	رُغُفٍ‎‎; أَرْغِفَةٍ‎‎; رُغْفَانٍ‎ ruḡufin‎; ʔarḡifatin‎; ruḡfānin	الرُّغُفِ‎‎; الْأَرْغِفَةِ‎‎; الرُّغْفَانِ‎ ar-ruḡufi‎; al-ʔarḡifati‎; ar-ruḡfāni	رُغُفِ‎‎; أَرْغِفَةِ‎‎; رُغْفَانِ‎ ruḡufi‎; ʔarḡifati‎; ruḡfāni

Descendants

→ Galician: regueifa
→ Portuguese: regueifa
→ Spanish: regaifa

References

Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 740a
Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 544
Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3957

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَغِيف‎ (raḡīf).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɣiːf/, [rɣiːf]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

رغيف • (rḡīf) m (plural أرغفة‎ (ʔarḡife) or إرغفة‎ (ʔirḡfe))

loaf
‏رغيف خبز‎‎ ― rḡīf ḵubz ― a loaf of bread

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