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مَحْفَظَة
wallet /ˈmaħ.fa.ðˤɑ/
nounB1#2309 most common
Also: purse, briefcase, portfolio
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ مَحْفَظَتِي.
This is my wallet.
أَيْنَ مَحْفَظَتُكَ؟
Where is your wallet?
وَضَعْتُ النُّقُودَ فِي الْمَحْفَظَةِ.
I put the money in the wallet.
سَرَقَ اللِّصُّ مَحْفَظَتَهُ فِي الْحَافِلَةِ.
The thief stole his wallet on the bus.
اِشْتَرَتْ مَحْفَظَةً جِلْدِيَّةً جَدِيدَةً مِنَ السُّوقِ.
She bought a new leather wallet from the market.
اِكْتَشَفَ أَنَّ مَحْفَظَتَهُ فَارِغَةٌ تَمَامًا بَعْدَ أَنْ أَنْفَقَ كُلَّ مَا يَمْلِكُ.
He found his wallet completely empty after he had spent everything he owned.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَحْفَظَةٌ | مَحَافِظُ |
| Genitive | مَحْفَظَةٍ | مَحَافِظَ |
| Accusative | مَحْفَظَةً | مَحَافِظَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَحْفَظَةُ | يَا مَحَافِظُ |
Word family
حَفِظَto keep, memorize, preserve
حِفْظpreservation, memorizationحَافِظَةportfolio, folder, memory
مُحَافِظgovernor; conservative
مَحْفُوظpreserved, reserved
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ح-ف-ظ, meaning to keep, guard, or preserve. Arabic forms nouns of place and instrument on the maf'ala pattern, so مَحْفَظَة literally names a thing for keeping. The same root gives words for memory, preservation, and safekeeping.
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