מקורSemitic passive participle plus feminine suffix of a productive root. But see also Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa, “cinnamon”) suggesting ancient Dravidian influence.
- femininepeel, skin, bark, shell (as of a nut or fruit)
- femininecortex
- Judaism, femininespiritual impurity
- peeling, skinning
צורותקְלִפָּה(canonical, feminine) · k'lipá(romanization) · קליפות(indefinite, plural) · קְלִפּוֹת(indefinite, plural) · קליפים(indefinite, plural) · קְלִפִּים(indefinite, plural) · קליפת(construct, singular) · קְלִפַּת־(construct, singular) · קליפות(construct, plural) · קְלִפּוֹת־(construct, plural) · קליפי(construct, plural) · קְלִפֵּי־(construct, plural) · קְלִיפָה(canonical, feminine) · k'lifá(romanization)