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ح-ف-ف

The Arabic root ح-ف-ف (h-f-f)

Form I verb حَفَّ: to surround

8 words in the dictionary are built from ح-ف-ف, including verbs in Forms I. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verbs and the nouns that come from them

حَفَّ · present يَحُفُّ
Form I · The plain action

to surround, to enclose, to encompass, to border; to surround with, to cause to be surrounded by

حَفّ
Verbal noun
حِفَاف
Verbal noun
حَافّ
Active participle
مَحْفُوف
Passive participle
مِحَفَّة
Derived noun
litter
حَفَّ · present يَحِفُّ
Form I · The plain action

to clip short the hair of, to pluck out the hair of; to shave; to rub off, to scrape off, to erase

حَفّ
Verbal noun
حِفَاف
Verbal noun
حَافّ
Active participle
مَحْفُوف
Passive participle
حَفَّ · present يَحُفُّ
Form I · The plain action

to shave

حَفّ
Verbal noun
حَافّ
Active participle
مَحْفُوف
Passive participle
حَفَّ · present يَحِفُّ
Form I · The plain action

to be disheveled; to bear dry herbs; to vanish entirely

حُفُوف
Verbal noun
حَافّ
Active participle
مَحْفُوف
Passive participle
حَفَّ · present يَحِفُّ
Form I · The plain action

to rumble (bowels); to snort; to hiss (snake)

حَفِيف
Verbal noun
rustling
حَافّ
Active participle
مَحْفُوف
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
edge

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