إسكاف

Arabic

إِسْكَاف

Alternative forms

إِسْكَافِيّ (ʔiskāfiyy), سَكَّاف (sakkāf), أُسْكُوف (ʔuskūf)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܶܫܟܳܦܳܐ (ʾeškāp̄ā, “shoemaker”), from Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /⁠aškāpu⁠/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔis.kaːf/

Noun

إِسْكَاف • (ʔiskāf) m (plural أَسَكِفَة (ʔasakifa))

shoemaker, cobbler

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْكَاف ʔiskāf	الْإِسْكَاف al-ʔiskāf	إِسْكَاف ʔiskāf
Nominative	إِسْكَافٌ ʔiskāfun	الْإِسْكَافُ al-ʔiskāfu	إِسْكَافُ ʔiskāfu
Accusative	إِسْكَافًا ʔiskāfan	الْإِسْكَافَ al-ʔiskāfa	إِسْكَافَ ʔiskāfa
Genitive	إِسْكَافٍ ʔiskāfin	الْإِسْكَافِ al-ʔiskāfi	إِسْكَافِ ʔiskāfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْكَافَيْن ʔiskāfayn	الْإِسْكَافَيْن al-ʔiskāfayn	إِسْكَافَيْ ʔiskāfay
Nominative	إِسْكَافَانِ ʔiskāfāni	الْإِسْكَافَانِ al-ʔiskāfāni	إِسْكَافَا ʔiskāfā
Accusative	إِسْكَافَيْنِ ʔiskāfayni	الْإِسْكَافَيْنِ al-ʔiskāfayni	إِسْكَافَيْ ʔiskāfay
Genitive	إِسْكَافَيْنِ ʔiskāfayni	الْإِسْكَافَيْنِ al-ʔiskāfayni	إِسْكَافَيْ ʔiskāfay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَكِفَة ʔasakifa	الْأَسَكِفَة al-ʔasakifa	أَسَكِفَة ʔasakifat
Nominative	أَسَكِفَةٌ ʔasakifatun	الْأَسَكِفَةُ al-ʔasakifatu	أَسَكِفَةُ ʔasakifatu
Accusative	أَسَكِفَةً ʔasakifatan	الْأَسَكِفَةَ al-ʔasakifata	أَسَكِفَةَ ʔasakifata
Genitive	أَسَكِفَةٍ ʔasakifatin	الْأَسَكِفَةِ al-ʔasakifati	أَسَكِفَةِ ʔasakifati

Derived terms

سِكَافَة (sikāfa, “shoemaking, shoemaker’s trade”)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
Freytag, Georg (1833) “إسكاف”, 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

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