حَفْر
digging
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Highlights
Present tense
يَحْفِرُ
Verbal noun
حَفْر
Active participle
حَافِر
Passive participle
مَحْفُور
Most common words from the same root
حَفَرَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to dig, dig out, hollow
- to dig or clean a well
- to investigate
- to lie with
- to emaciate by milking frequently
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *ḥapar-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חָפַר (ḥɔp̄ar, “to dig, search for”).
Words from the root ح-ف-ر
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حَفَرَ
· present يَحْفِرُ
Form I · The plain action
to dig, dig out, hollow; to dig or clean a well; to investigate
حَافِر
hoof
مَحْفُور
streaked
اِحْتَفَرَ
· present يَحْتَفِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to dig
اِحْتِفَار
مُحْتَفِر
مُحْتَفَر
حَفَرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | حَفَرْتُ | أَحْفِرُ | أَحْفِرَ | أَحْفِرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | حَفَرْتَ | تَحْفِرُ | تَحْفِرَ | تَحْفِرْ | اِحْفِرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | حَفَرْتِ | تَحْفِرِينَ | تَحْفِرِي | تَحْفِرِي | اِحْفِرِي |
| هُوَ he | حَفَرَ | يَحْفِرُ | يَحْفِرَ | يَحْفِرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | حَفَرَتْ | تَحْفِرُ | تَحْفِرَ | تَحْفِرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | حَفَرْتُمَا | تَحْفِرَانِ | تَحْفِرَا | تَحْفِرَا | اِحْفِرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | حَفَرَا | يَحْفِرَانِ | يَحْفِرَا | يَحْفِرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | حَفَرَتَا | تَحْفِرَانِ | تَحْفِرَا | تَحْفِرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | حَفَرْنَا | نَحْفِرُ | نَحْفِرَ | نَحْفِرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | حَفَرْتُمْ | تَحْفِرُونَ | تَحْفِرُوا | تَحْفِرُوا | اِحْفِرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | حَفَرْتُنَّ | تَحْفِرْنَ | تَحْفِرْنَ | تَحْفِرْنَ | اِحْفِرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | حَفَرُوا | يَحْفِرُونَ | يَحْفِرُوا | يَحْفِرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | حَفَرْنَ | يَحْفِرْنَ | يَحْفِرْنَ | يَحْفِرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | حَفْر |
|---|---|
| Active participle | حَافِر |
| Passive participle | مَحْفُور |
حَفَرَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
وَحَفَرَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ فِي الْوَادِي فَوَجَدُوا هُنَاكَ بِئْرَ مَاءٍ حَيٍّ.And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.Genesis 26:19, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَمَّا الَّذِي أَخَذَ الْوَزْنَةَ فَمَضَى وَحَفَرَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَأَخْفَى فِضَّةَ سَيِّدِهِ.But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.Matthew 25:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا وَدَعَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. وَنَصَبَ هُنَاكَ خَيْمَتَهُ، وَحَفَرَ هُنَاكَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ بِئْرًا.And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.Genesis 26:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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