حفرة

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Arabic

Root
ح ف ر (ḥ f r)
6 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

حُفْرَة • (ḥufra) f (plural حُفَر (ḥufar) or حُفُرَات (ḥufurāt) or حُفْرَات (ḥufrāt))

  1. hole
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:103:
      وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا
      wa-kuntum ʕalā šafā ḥufratin mina n-nāri fa-ʔanqaḏakum minhā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. pit, ditch
  3. hollow, cavity

Declension

Declension of noun حُفْرَة (ḥufra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حُفْرَة
ḥufra 		الْحُفْرَة
al-ḥufra 		حُفْرَة
ḥufrat
Nominative حُفْرَةٌ
ḥufratun 		الْحُفْرَةُ
al-ḥufratu 		حُفْرَةُ
ḥufratu
Accusative حُفْرَةً
ḥufratan 		الْحُفْرَةَ
al-ḥufrata 		حُفْرَةَ
ḥufrata
Genitive حُفْرَةٍ
ḥufratin 		الْحُفْرَةِ
al-ḥufrati 		حُفْرَةِ
ḥufrati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حُفْرَتَيْن
ḥufratayn 		الْحُفْرَتَيْن
al-ḥufratayn 		حُفْرَتَيْ
ḥufratay
Nominative حُفْرَتَانِ
ḥufratāni 		الْحُفْرَتَانِ
al-ḥufratāni 		حُفْرَتَا
ḥufratā
Accusative حُفْرَتَيْنِ
ḥufratayni 		الْحُفْرَتَيْنِ
al-ḥufratayni 		حُفْرَتَيْ
ḥufratay
Genitive حُفْرَتَيْنِ
ḥufratayni 		الْحُفْرَتَيْنِ
al-ḥufratayni 		حُفْرَتَيْ
ḥufratay
Plural basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حُفَر‎; حُفُرَات‎; حُفْرَات
ḥufar‎; ḥufurāt‎; ḥufrāt 		الْحُفَر‎; الْحُفُرَات‎; الْحُفْرَات
al-ḥufar‎; al-ḥufurāt‎; al-ḥufrāt 		حُفَر‎; حُفُرَات‎; حُفْرَات
ḥufar‎; ḥufurāt‎; ḥufrāt
Nominative حُفَرٌ‎; حُفُرَاتٌ‎; حُفْرَاتٌ
ḥufarun‎; ḥufurātun‎; ḥufrātun 		الْحُفَرُ‎; الْحُفُرَاتُ‎; الْحُفْرَاتُ
al-ḥufaru‎; al-ḥufurātu‎; al-ḥufrātu 		حُفَرُ‎; حُفُرَاتُ‎; حُفْرَاتُ
ḥufaru‎; ḥufurātu‎; ḥufrātu
Accusative حُفَرًا‎; حُفُرَاتٍ‎; حُفْرَاتٍ
ḥufaran‎; ḥufurātin‎; ḥufrātin 		الْحُفَرَ‎; الْحُفُرَاتِ‎; الْحُفْرَاتِ
al-ḥufara‎; al-ḥufurāti‎; al-ḥufrāti 		حُفَرَ‎; حُفُرَاتِ‎; حُفْرَاتِ
ḥufara‎; ḥufurāti‎; ḥufrāti
Genitive حُفَرٍ‎; حُفُرَاتٍ‎; حُفْرَاتٍ
ḥufarin‎; ḥufurātin‎; ḥufrātin 		الْحُفَرِ‎; الْحُفُرَاتِ‎; الْحُفْرَاتِ
al-ḥufari‎; al-ḥufurāti‎; al-ḥufrāti 		حُفَرِ‎; حُفُرَاتِ‎; حُفْرَاتِ
ḥufari‎; ḥufurāti‎; ḥufrāti

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħofra
  • → Portuguese: alfobre

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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