حلفاء

Arabic

Root
ح ل ف (ḥ l f)
6 terms

Noun

حُلَفَاء • (ḥulafāʔ) m pl

1. plural of حَلِيف (ḥalīf)

Noun

حَلْفَاء • (ḥalfāʔ) f

1. Stipa tenacissima
2. Cladium mariscus
   • a. 701, أبو عمرو, quoted in aṣ-Ṣaġānīy’s العباب الزاخر واللباب الفاخر s. v. حلفاء:

     يَعْدُو بِمِثْلِ أُسُودِ رَقَّةَ وَٱلشَّرَى … خَرَجَت مِنْ الْبَرْدِيِّ وَٱلحَلْفَاءِ

     yaʕdū bimiṯli ʔusūdi raqqata waš-šarā … ḵarajat min al-bardiyyi wal-ḥalfāʔi

     He walks by the image of lions a vegetal as well as craggy tracts exiting from cattail and sawgrass.

3. Cortaderia selloana

Declension

Declension of noun حَلْفَاء (ḥalfāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلْفَاء ḥalfāʔ	الْحَلْفَاء al-ḥalfāʔ	حَلْفَاء ḥalfāʔ
Nominative	حَلْفَاءُ ḥalfāʔu	الْحَلْفَاءُ al-ḥalfāʔu	حَلْفَاءُ ḥalfāʔu
Accusative	حَلْفَاءَ ḥalfāʔa	الْحَلْفَاءَ al-ḥalfāʔa	حَلْفَاءَ ḥalfāʔa
Genitive	حَلْفَاءَ ḥalfāʔa	الْحَلْفَاءِ al-ḥalfāʔi	حَلْفَاءِ ḥalfāʔi

Alternative forms

• حَلْفَا (ḥalfā)