غفير

Arabic

Root
غ ف ر (ḡ-f-r)

Adjective

غَفِير • (ḡafīr)

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   جَمْعٌ غَفِيرٌ ― jamʕun ḡafīrun ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

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

1. watchman, caretaker

Declension

Declension of noun غَفِير (ḡafīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُفَرَاء‎; غِفْرَان ḡufarāʔ‎; ḡifrān	الْغُفَرَاء‎; الْغِفْرَان al-ḡufarāʔ‎; al-ḡifrān	غُفَرَاء‎; غِفْرَان ḡufarāʔ‎; ḡifrān
Nominative	غُفَرَاءُ‎; غِفْرَانٌ ḡufarāʔu‎; ḡifrānun	الْغُفَرَاءُ‎; الْغِفْرَانُ al-ḡufarāʔu‎; al-ḡifrānu	غُفَرَاءُ‎; غِفْرَانُ ḡufarāʔu‎; ḡifrānu
Accusative	غُفَرَاءَ‎; غِفْرَانًا ḡufarāʔa‎; ḡifrānan	الْغُفَرَاءَ‎; الْغِفْرَانَ al-ḡufarāʔa‎; al-ḡifrāna	غُفَرَاءَ‎; غِفْرَانَ ḡufarāʔa‎; ḡifrāna
Genitive	غُفَرَاءَ‎; غِفْرَانٍ ḡufarāʔa‎; ḡifrānin	الْغُفَرَاءِ‎; الْغِفْرَانِ al-ḡufarāʔi‎; al-ḡifrāni	غُفَرَاءِ‎; غِفْرَانِ ḡufarāʔi‎; ḡifrāni

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “غفير”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd 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