حفرة

Arabic

Root
ح ف ر (ḥ f r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħuf.ra/

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

• 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