قافية

See also: قافیه and قافیہ

Arabic
FWOTD – 7 February 2020
Root
ق ف و (q-f-w)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb قَفَا (qafā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qaː.fi.ja/

Noun

قَافِيَة • (qāfiya) f (plural قَافِيَات (qāfiyāt) or قَوَافٍ (qawāfin))

  1. nape of the neck
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Ibn Mājah, section 5:
      يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ بِحَبْلٍ فِيهِ ثَلَاثُ عُقَدٍ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ ٱللَّهَ ٱنْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِذَا قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ٱنْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِذَا قَامَ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَاةِ ٱنْحَلَّتْ عُقَدُهُ كُلُّهَا
      yaʕqidu š-šayṭānu ʕalā qāfiyati raʔsi ʔaḥadi-kum bi-l-layli bi-ḥablin fī-hi ṯalāṯu ʕuqadin fa-ʔini stayqaẓa fa-ḏakara l-laha nḥallat ʕuqdatun fa-ʔiḏā qāma fa-tawaḍḍaʔa nḥallat ʕuqdatun fa-ʔiḏā qāma ʔilā ṣ-ṣalāti nḥallat ʕuqadu-hū kullu-hā
      At night Satan ties a rope in which there are three knots to the nape of the neck of anyone of you. If he wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is untied. If he performs ablution, another knot is untied, and if he gets up to pray, all the knots are untied.
  2. rhyme
    • a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]:
      وَكَمْ عَلَّمْتُهُ نَظْمَ الْقَوَافِي / فَلَمَّا قَالَ قَافِيَةً هَجَانِي
      wakam ʕallamtuhū naẓma al-qawāfī / falammā qāla qāfiyatan hajānī
      And how often I taught him to compose rhymes / and when he told one, he mocked me.

Declension
Declension of noun قَافِيَة (qāfiya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَافِيَة
qāfiya		 الْقَافِيَة
al-qāfiya		 قَافِيَة
qāfiyat
Nominative قَافِيَةٌ
qāfiyatun		 الْقَافِيَةُ
al-qāfiyatu		 قَافِيَةُ
qāfiyatu
Accusative قَافِيَةً
qāfiyatan		 الْقَافِيَةَ
al-qāfiyata		 قَافِيَةَ
qāfiyata
Genitive قَافِيَةٍ
qāfiyatin		 الْقَافِيَةِ
al-qāfiyati		 قَافِيَةِ
qāfiyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَافِيَتَيْن
qāfiyatayn		 الْقَافِيَتَيْن
al-qāfiyatayn		 قَافِيَتَيْ
qāfiyatay
Nominative قَافِيَتَانِ
qāfiyatāni		 الْقَافِيَتَانِ
al-qāfiyatāni		 قَافِيَتَا
qāfiyatā
Accusative قَافِيَتَيْنِ
qāfiyatayni		 الْقَافِيَتَيْنِ
al-qāfiyatayni		 قَافِيَتَيْ
qāfiyatay
Genitive قَافِيَتَيْنِ
qāfiyatayni		 الْقَافِيَتَيْنِ
al-qāfiyatayni		 قَافِيَتَيْ
qāfiyatay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَافِيَات‎; قَوَافِي
qāfiyāt‎; qawāfī		 الْقَافِيَات‎; الْقَوَافِي
al-qāfiyāt‎; al-qawāfī		 قَافِيَات‎; قَوَافِي
qāfiyāt‎; qawāfī
Nominative قَافِيَاتٌ‎; قَوَافٍ
qāfiyātun‎; qawāfin		 الْقَافِيَاتُ‎; الْقَوَافِي
al-qāfiyātu‎; al-qawāfī		 قَافِيَاتُ‎; قَوَافِي
qāfiyātu‎; qawāfī
Accusative قَافِيَاتٍ‎; قَوَافِيَ
qāfiyātin‎; qawāfiya		 الْقَافِيَاتِ‎; الْقَوَافِيَ
al-qāfiyāti‎; al-qawāfiya		 قَافِيَاتِ‎; قَوَافِيَ
qāfiyāti‎; qawāfiya
Genitive قَافِيَاتٍ‎; قَوَافٍ
qāfiyātin‎; qawāfin		 الْقَافِيَاتِ‎; الْقَوَافِي
al-qāfiyāti‎; al-qawāfī		 قَافِيَاتِ‎; قَوَافِي
qāfiyāti‎; qawāfī

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: qafiyə
  • → Middle Armenian: կաֆայ (kafay)
    • Armenian: կաֆա (kafa)
  • → Old Armenian: կափայ (kapʻay)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قافیه
    • Turkish: kafiye
    • Crimean Tatar: qafiye
  • → Persian: قافیه (qâfiye)
    • → Hindustani:
      • Hindi: क़ाफ़िया (qāfiyā)
      • Urdu: قافیہ (qāfiyā)
  • → Uzbek: qofiya
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