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حَفْلَة
party /ˈħaf.la/
nounA1#407 most common
Also: celebration, ceremony, concert
Example sentences
هَذِهِ حَفْلَة كَبِيرَة.
This is a big party.
نَذْهَبُ إِلَى الحَفْلَةِ اللَّيْلَةَ.
We are going to the party tonight.
أَقَامَتْ سَلْمَى حَفْلَةً لِعِيدِ مِيلَادِهَا.
Salma threw a party for her birthday.
اِنْتَهَتِ الحَفْلَةُ مُتَأَخِّرَةً، فَعُدْنَا إِلَى البَيْتِ بَعْدَ مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ.
The party ended late, so we went home after midnight.
كَانَتِ الحَفْلَةُ المُوسِيقِيَّةُ حَافِلَةً بِالجُمْهُورِ الَّذِي مَلَأَ القَاعَةَ.
The concert was packed with an audience that filled the hall.
رَغْمَ بَسَاطَةِ التَّحْضِيرِ، تَحَوَّلَتِ الحَفْلَةُ إِلَى مُنَاسَبَةٍ لَا تُنْسَى بِفَضْلِ دِفْءِ الحُضُورِ.
Despite the simple preparations, the party turned into an occasion no one would forget, thanks to the warmth of those present.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَفْلَةٌ | حَفَلاتٌ |
| Genitive | حَفْلَةٍ | حَفَلاتٍ |
| Accusative | حَفْلَةً | حَفَلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حَفْلَةُ | يا حَفَلاتُ |
Word family
حَفْلceremony, formal gathering
اِحْتَفَلَto celebrate
اِحْتِفَالcelebration
حَافِلfull, crowded, eventful
مَحْفِلassembly, forum
Etymology
حَفْلَة comes from the triliteral root ح-ف-ل, which carries the sense of gathering, assembling, and being full or crowded. The base noun حَفْل means a ceremony or assembly. Adding the tāʾ marbūṭa (ـة) forms the unit noun, a single celebration or party. The same root gives حَافِلَة, the modern Arabic word for a bus, literally the crowded one.
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