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مِلَفَّة
wrap (a wrapping cloth or coverlet) /mɪˈlaf.fa/
nounB1#1523 most common
Also: wrapper, coverlet, shawl
Example sentences
عِنْدِي مِلَفَّةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ.
I have a new wrap.
اِشْتَرَتْ أُمِّي مِلَفَّةً صُوفِيَّةً لِلشِّتاءِ.
My mother bought a woolen wrap for winter.
لَفَّتِ الطِّفْلَةُ نَفْسَها بِالمِلَفَّةِ لِتَدْفَأَ.
The little girl wrapped herself in the wrap to keep warm.
وَضَعَتِ المِلَفَّةَ عَلَى كَتِفَيْها قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ فِي المَساءِ البارِدِ.
She put the wrap over her shoulders before going out in the cold evening.
كانَتِ المِلَفَّةُ المَنْسوجَةُ يَدَوِيًّا تُورَثُ فِي العائِلَةِ جِيلًا بَعْدَ جِيلٍ.
The hand-woven wrap was passed down in the family generation after generation.
رَغْمَ بَساطَتِها، حَمَلَتِ المِلَفَّةُ القَديمَةُ ذِكْرَياتٍ لا تُقَدَّرُ بِثَمَنٍ، فَقَدْ لَفَّتْ بِها جَدَّتي بَرْدَ السِّنينَ ودِفْءَ الحَنينِ.
Despite its simplicity, the old wrap carried priceless memories; in it my grandmother wrapped the cold of years and the warmth of longing.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِلَفَّةٌ | مِلَفَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | مِلَفَّةٍ | مِلَفَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | مِلَفَّةً | مِلَفَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مِلَفَّةُ | يا مِلَفَّاتُ |
Word family
لَفَّto wrap, wind, roll
مِلَفّfile, dossier; coilلِفافةwrapper, wrapping
لَفّةa turn, a roll, a wrap
مَلْفوفcabbage; wrapped thing
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ل-ف-ف (l-f-f), meaning to wind, fold, or wrap. It follows the instrument pattern مِفْعَلة, which forms nouns for a tool or thing used in an action. So a مِلَفّة is, literally, a thing for wrapping. The same root yields مِلَفّ (file, dossier) and لِفافة (wrapper).
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