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حُفْرَة
pit /ˈħuf.ra/
nounB1#1628 most common
Also: hole, hollow, ditch
Example sentences
هُناكَ حُفْرَةٌ في الطَّريق.
There is a hole in the road.
سَقَطَ الكَلْبُ في الحُفْرَةِ.
The dog fell into the pit.
حَفَرَ العُمّالُ حُفْرَةً كَبيرَةً لِزَرْعِ الشَّجَرَةِ.
The workers dug a big pit to plant the tree.
تَجَنَّبَ السائِقُ الحُفْرَةَ العَميقَةَ في آخِرِ لَحْظَةٍ.
The driver avoided the deep pothole at the last moment.
تَحَوَّلَتِ الحُفْرَةُ الصَّغيرَةُ في الأرضِ إلى خَطَرٍ حَقيقيٍّ مَعَ هُطولِ الأمطار.
The small pit in the ground became a real danger when the rain fell.
مَنْ حَفَرَ حُفْرَةً لِأَخيهِ وَقَعَ فيها.
Whoever digs a pit for his brother falls into it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُفْرَةٌ | حُفَرٌ |
| Genitive | حُفْرَةٍ | حُفَرٍ |
| Accusative | حُفْرَةً | حُفَراً |
| Vocative | يا حُفْرَةُ | يا حُفَرُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح-ف-ر (ḥ-f-r), which means to dig or excavate. The verb حَفَرَ means he dug, and حُفْرَة names the result: the dug-out hole itself. The pattern فُعْلَة marks a concrete noun, and the final ة marks the feminine.
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