محفة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ف ف (ḥ f f)
5 terms

Covered camel litters (مِحَفَّات) in Tunisia (1916)

Covered palanquin (محفة) in India (c. 1800)

Related to حَفَّ (ḥaffa, “to enclose, to border”).

Noun

مِحَفَّة • (miḥaffa) f (plural مِحَفَّات (miḥaffāt))

1. (dated, chiefly historical) covered kajawah, howdah, or other animal litters for women
2. (dated, chiefly historical) covered litter for women
3. (chiefly historical) litter (a human-borne bed used for transport)
4. litter, stretcher, gurney (a human-borne bed used for medical transport)

   Synonyms: حِدَاجَة (ḥidāja), نَقَّالَة (naqqāla), حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla)

Declension

Declension of noun مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِحَفَّة miḥaffa	الْمِحَفَّة al-miḥaffa	مِحَفَّة miḥaffat
nominative	مِحَفَّةٌ miḥaffatun	الْمِحَفَّةُ al-miḥaffatu	مِحَفَّةُ miḥaffatu
accusative	مِحَفَّةً miḥaffatan	الْمِحَفَّةَ al-miḥaffata	مِحَفَّةَ miḥaffata
genitive	مِحَفَّةٍ miḥaffatin	الْمِحَفَّةِ al-miḥaffati	مِحَفَّةِ miḥaffati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِحَفَّتَيْن miḥaffatayn	الْمِحَفَّتَيْن al-miḥaffatayn	مِحَفَّتَيْ miḥaffatay
nominative	مِحَفَّتَانِ miḥaffatāni	الْمِحَفَّتَانِ al-miḥaffatāni	مِحَفَّتَا miḥaffatā
accusative	مِحَفَّتَيْنِ miḥaffatayni	الْمِحَفَّتَيْنِ al-miḥaffatayni	مِحَفَّتَيْ miḥaffatay
genitive	مِحَفَّتَيْنِ miḥaffatayni	الْمِحَفَّتَيْنِ al-miḥaffatayni	مِحَفَّتَيْ miḥaffatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِحَفَّات miḥaffāt	الْمِحَفَّات al-miḥaffāt	مِحَفَّات miḥaffāt
nominative	مِحَفَّاتٌ miḥaffātun	الْمِحَفَّاتُ al-miḥaffātu	مِحَفَّاتُ miḥaffātu
accusative	مِحَفَّاتٍ miḥaffātin	الْمِحَفَّاتِ al-miḥaffāti	مِحَفَّاتِ miḥaffāti
genitive	مِحَفَّاتٍ miḥaffātin	الْمِحَفَّاتِ al-miḥaffāti	مِحَفَّاتِ miḥaffāti

Descendants

• Hindi: मिहफ़्फ़ा (mihaffā), मुहाफ़ा (muhāfā)
  • English: mihaffa
• Urdu: محفہ (miḥaffa), محافہ (muḥāfa)