عفرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ف ر (ʕ-f-r).

Noun

عُفْرَة • (ʕufra) f

1. dust colour, ash-gray
   • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 12:80:

     كُنْتُ أَرَى عُفْرَةَ إِبْطَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ

     kuntu ʔarā ʕufrata ʔibṭayhi ʔiḏā sajada

     I used to see the whiteness of his armpits when he prostrated.

Declension

Declension of noun عُفْرَة (ʕufra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُفْرَة ʕufra	الْعُفْرَة al-ʕufra	عُفْرَة ʕufrat
Nominative	عُفْرَةٌ ʕufratun	الْعُفْرَةُ al-ʕufratu	عُفْرَةُ ʕufratu
Accusative	عُفْرَةً ʕufratan	الْعُفْرَةَ al-ʕufrata	عُفْرَةَ ʕufrata
Genitive	عُفْرَةٍ ʕufratin	الْعُفْرَةِ al-ʕufrati	عُفْرَةِ ʕufrati