ح ف ر

Arabic

Root

ح ف ر • (ḥ-f-r)

  1. related to digging

Derived terms
  • Form I: حَفَرَ (ḥafara, “to dig”)
  • Form III: حَافَرَ (ḥāfara, “to go deep into so one can hardly be dug out”)
    • Verbal noun: مُحَافَرَة (muḥāfara), حِفَار (ḥifār)
    • Active participle: مُحَافِر (muḥāfir)
    • Passive participle: مُحَافَر (muḥāfar)
  • Form IV: أَحْفَرَ (ʔaḥfara, “to assist in digging; to have the nippers wabbling”)
    • Verbal noun: إِحْفَار (ʔiḥfār)
    • Active participle: مُحْفِر (muḥfir)
    • Passive participle: مُحْفَر (muḥfar)
  • Form VII: اِنْحَفَرَ (inḥafara, “to be dug”)
    • Verbal noun: اِنْحِفَار (inḥifār)
    • Active participle: مُنْحَفِر (munḥafir)
  • Form VIII: اِحْتَفَرَ (iḥtafara, “to dig”)
    • Verbal noun: اِحْتِفَار (iḥtifār)
    • Active participle: مُحْتَفِر (muḥtafir)
    • Passive participle: مُحْتَفَر (muḥtafar)
  • Form X: اِسْتَحْفَرَ (istaḥfara, “to desire from to dig”)
    • Verbal noun: اِسْتِحْفَار (istiḥfār)
    • Active participle: مُسْتَحْفِر (mustaḥfir)
    • Passive participle: مُسْتَحْفَر (mustaḥfar)
  • حُفْرَة (ḥufra, “dug pit, ditch”)
  • حَفَّار (ḥaffār, “digger”)
  • حَفَّارَة (ḥaffāra, “digging machine”)
  • حَفِيرَة (ḥafīra, “what is dug out”)
  • أُحْفُور (ʔuḥfūr, “fossil”)
  • مِحْفَر (miḥfar, “spade”)
  • حَفِير (ḥafīr, “dug”)
  • حَافِر (ḥāfir, “hoof”)
  • حَافِرَة (ḥāfira, “beginning, prior state”)

References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ح ف ر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 303a–b
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “ح ف ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 401b–402a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ح ف ر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 457
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ح ف ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 600–601
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