حفرة

Arabic

Root
ح ف ر (ḥ f r)
6 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħuf.ra/

Noun

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

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)
pit, ditch
hollow, cavity

Declension

Declension of noun **حُفْرَة** (ḥufra)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	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
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

مَنْ حَفَرَ حُفْرَةً لِأَخِيهِ وَقَعَ فِيهَا (man ḥafara ḥufratan liʔ-aḵīhi waqaʕa fīhā, “set harm, get harm; he who digs a pit for others, falls in himself”, proverb, literally “whoever digs a hole for his brother will fall into it”)

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