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