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حَفِيد
grandson /ħaˈfiːd/
nounB1#2851 most common
Also: descendant, grandchild
Example sentences
هذا حفيدي.
This is my grandson.
حفيد الجدة يلعب في الحديقة.
The grandmother's grandson is playing in the garden.
تحب الجدة أن تحكي القصص لحفيدها كل ليلة.
The grandmother likes to tell stories to her grandson every night.
زار الحفيد جده المريض في المستشفى وجلس بجانبه طويلاً.
The grandson visited his sick grandfather in the hospital and sat beside him for a long time.
ورث الحفيد عن جده حبه للزراعة واهتمامه بالأرض.
The grandson inherited from his grandfather his love of farming and his care for the land.
على الرغم من الفارق الكبير في العمر، نشأت بين الجد وحفيده علاقة عميقة قائمة على الاحترام المتبادل والحكمة المتوارثة.
Despite the wide age gap, a deep relationship grew between the grandfather and his grandson, built on mutual respect and inherited wisdom.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَفِيدٌ | أَحْفَادٌ |
| Genitive | حَفِيدٍ | أَحْفَادٍ |
| Accusative | حَفِيداً | أَحْفَاداً |
| Vocative | يا حَفِيدُ | يا أَحْفَادُ |
Word family
حَفِيدةgranddaughter
أَحْفَادgrandchildren (plural)
حَفَدَةgrandsons, descendants (Quranic plural)
جَدّgrandfather (related family term, different root)Etymology
حفيد comes from the Semitic root ح ف د (ḥ-f-d), cast in the faʿīl pattern common for nouns describing a person marked by a trait. The root's older sense in Arabic ties to serving or attending to someone with diligence, and the Quran uses the related plural حَفَدَة for grandsons or household helpers who serve the family. Over time the word narrowed to its main modern sense: a grandson, the descendant who carries the family forward.
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