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ح-ف-ر

The Arabic root ح-ف-ر (h-f-r)

Form I verb حَفَرَ: to dig

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

Most common

Verb · Form I
to dig
Noun
حَفَّار
digger
Noun
حَفَّار
excavator

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

حَفَرَ · present يَحْفِرُ
Form I · The plain action

to dig, dig out, hollow; to dig or clean a well; to investigate

حَفْر
Verbal noun
digging
حَافِر
Active participle
hoof
مَحْفُور
Passive participle
streaked
اِحْتَفَرَ · present يَحْتَفِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to dig

اِحْتِفَار
Verbal noun
مُحْتَفِر
Active participle
مُحْتَفَر
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
hole
حَفَّار
Noun
digger
حَفَّار
Noun
excavator
أُحْفُور
Noun
fossil

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