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قُفّاز
glove /qufˈfaːz/
nounB1#2889 most common
Also: gauntlet, mitt
Example sentences
أَرْتَدي قُفَّازًا في الشِّتاءِ.
I wear a glove in winter.
نَسِيَتْ سارة قُفَّازَها على الطّاولةِ.
Sarah forgot her glove on the table.
يَجِبُ على المُمَرِّضَةِ أَنْ تَرْتَدِيَ قُفَّازَاتٍ مُعَقَّمَةً قَبْلَ الفَحْصِ.
The nurse must wear sterile gloves before the exam.
اشْتَرَيْتُ قُفَّازَيْنِ جِلْدِيَّيْنِ لِلتَّزَلُّجِ على الجَليدِ.
I bought two leather gloves for ice skating.
يَرْتَدي المُلاكِمُ قُفَّازَاتٍ ثَقيلَةً لِحِمايَةِ يَدَيْهِ أَثْناءَ المُبارَاةِ.
The boxer wears heavy gloves to protect his hands during the match.
كانَ الصَّقَّارُ يُمْسِكُ الصَّقْرَ فَوْقَ قُفَّازِهِ الجِلْدِيِّ المُخَصَّصِ لِهذا الغَرَضِ.
The falconer held the falcon atop his leather glove made for that purpose.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُفَّازٌ | قُفَّازَاتٌ |
| Genitive | قُفَّازٍ | قُفَّازَاتٍ |
| Accusative | قُفَّازًا | قُفَّازَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا قُفَّازُ | يا قُفَّازَاتُ |
Word family
قُفَّازَاتgloves (plural)
قُفَّازَا يَدٍa pair of hand gloves
قُفَّاز طِبّيmedical glove
قُفَّاز مُلاكَمَةboxing glove
Etymology
Quffāz is built on the pattern fu''āl, a form Arabic often uses for tools and instruments, applied to the root q-f-z. That root's verb, qafaza, means to jump or leap. Some dictionaries link the glove sense to falconry, where a bird springs onto the falconer's thick hand covering. Others simply record it as a fixed instrumental noun without further explanation, so the link to jumping should be treated as a plausible tradition rather than a settled fact.
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