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ح-ف-ظ

The Arabic root ح-ف-ظ (h-f-z)

Form I verb حَفِظَ: to preserve

20 words in the dictionary are built from ح-ف-ظ, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, X. 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 VIII
to uphold
Verb · Form I
to preserve
Verb · Form III
to preserve
Noun
guard
Adjective
conservative
Noun
حِفَاظ
protection

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

حَفِظَ · present يَحْفَظُ
Form I · The plain action

to preserve, to conserve; to protect, to guard, to defend; to observe, to bear in mind, to comply

حِفْظ
Verbal noun
preservation
Active participle
guard
حَفِيظ
Active participle
مَحْفُوظ
Passive participle
passive participle of حَفِظَ
Derived noun
wallet
حَافِظَة
Derived noun
memory
حَفَّظَ · present يُحَفِّظُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to have someone memorize

تَحْفِيظ
Verbal noun
مُحَفِّظ
Active participle
مُحَفَّظ
Passive participle
حَافَظَ · present يُحَافِظُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to preserve, to maintain, to keep up, to uphold, to sustain; to supervise, to control, to watch over, to watch out for; to take care, to attend, to pay attention

حِفَاظ
Verbal noun
protection
مُحَافَظَة
Verbal noun
preservation
Active participle
conservative
مُحَافَظ
Passive participle
أَحْفَظَ · present يُحْفِظُ
Form IV · Causative

to vex, to annoy, to gall, to irritate, to offend; to cause to memorize

إِحْفَاظ
Verbal noun
مُحْفِظ
Active participle
مُحْفَظ
Passive participle
تَحَفَّظَ · present يَتَحَفَّظُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to preserve, to keep up, to maintain; to be reserved, to be cautious; to observe, to keep in mind, to be heedful

تَحَفُّظ
Verbal noun
مُتَحَفِّظ
Active participle
مُتَحَفَّظ
Passive participle
اِحْتَفَظَ · present يَحْتَفِظُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to uphold, to maintain; to keep up, to retain; to take care, to take custody

Verbal noun
مُحْتَفِظ
Active participle
مُحْتَفَظ
Passive participle
اِسْتَحْفَظَ · present يَسْتَحْفِظُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to ask someone to guard, to ask someone to protect; to entrust; to commit something to the charge of someone

اِسْتِحْفَاظ
Verbal noun
مُسْتَحْفِظ
Active participle
مُسْتَحْفَظ
Passive participle

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