حفرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ف ر‎ (ḥ-f-r).

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 quote)
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 liʾ-aḵīhi waqaʿa 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”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “حفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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