إفريز

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic אַפְרִיזָא (ʾap̄rīzā), פִּרְזוֹמָא / פַרִזוֹמָא (parizōmā, pirəzōmā), ܦܪܼ̈ܝܙܵܡܲܛܲܐ (pərīzōmā), from Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma, “girdle”).

Noun

إِفْرِيز • (ʔifrīz) m (plural أَفَارِيز (ʔafārīz))

1. frieze, king beam, king post, ledge, lintel, cornice
2. curb; pavement, platform

Declension

Declension of noun إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِفْرِيز ʔifrīz	الْإِفْرِيز al-ʔifrīz	إِفْرِيز ʔifrīz
Nominative	إِفْرِيزٌ ʔifrīzun	الْإِفْرِيزُ al-ʔifrīzu	إِفْرِيزُ ʔifrīzu
Accusative	إِفْرِيزًا ʔifrīzan	الْإِفْرِيزَ al-ʔifrīza	إِفْرِيزَ ʔifrīza
Genitive	إِفْرِيزٍ ʔifrīzin	الْإِفْرِيزِ al-ʔifrīzi	إِفْرِيزِ ʔifrīzi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِفْرِيزَيْن ʔifrīzayn	الْإِفْرِيزَيْن al-ʔifrīzayn	إِفْرِيزَيْ ʔifrīzay
Nominative	إِفْرِيزَانِ ʔifrīzāni	الْإِفْرِيزَانِ al-ʔifrīzāni	إِفْرِيزَا ʔifrīzā
Accusative	إِفْرِيزَيْنِ ʔifrīzayni	الْإِفْرِيزَيْنِ al-ʔifrīzayni	إِفْرِيزَيْ ʔifrīzay
Genitive	إِفْرِيزَيْنِ ʔifrīzayni	الْإِفْرِيزَيْنِ al-ʔifrīzayni	إِفْرِيزَيْ ʔifrīzay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفَارِيز ʔafārīz	الْأَفَارِيز al-ʔafārīz	أَفَارِيز ʔafārīz
Nominative	أَفَارِيزُ ʔafārīzu	الْأَفَارِيزُ al-ʔafārīzu	أَفَارِيزُ ʔafārīzu
Accusative	أَفَارِيزَ ʔafārīza	الْأَفَارِيزَ al-ʔafārīza	أَفَارِيزَ ʔafārīza
Genitive	أَفَارِيزَ ʔafārīza	الْأَفَارِيزِ al-ʔafārīzi	أَفَارِيزِ ʔafārīzi

Descendants

• → Galician: alefriz
• → Portuguese: alefriz
• → Spanish: alefriz
  • → Catalan: alefrís

References

• “ˀpryz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “pryzwmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “إفريز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 331
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “إفريز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2366
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إفريز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 30