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مَدْفُون
buried /mad.ˈfuːn/
adjectiveB2#4392 most common
Also: hidden, interred
Example sentences
الكَنزُ مَدْفُونٌ في الرَّمْلِ.
The treasure is buried in the sand.
وَجَدْنا صُنْدُوقاً مَدْفُوناً تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ.
We found a box buried under the tree.
لا يَزالُ جَدّي مَدْفُوناً في المَقْبَرَةِ القَديمَةِ لِلْعائِلَةِ.
My grandfather is still buried in the old family cemetery.
القَريَةُ القَديمَةُ مَدْفُونَةٌ تَحْتَ طَبَقاتٍ مِنَ الرَّمادِ البُرْكانِيِّ.
The ancient village is buried under layers of volcanic ash.
تَحْتَ أَنْقاضِ المَبْنى، كانَتْ آثارُ حَضارَةٍ مَدْفُونَةٌ مُنْذُ آلافِ السِّنين.
Under the ruins of the building lay traces of a civilization buried for thousands of years.
ظَلَّتِ الحَقيقَةُ مَدْفُونَةً في أَرْشيفاتِ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلى أَنْ كُشِفَ عَنْها بَعْدَ عُقُود.
The truth remained buried in the state archives until it was uncovered decades later.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَدْفُونٌ | مَدْفُونُونَ |
| Genitive | مَدْفُونٍ | مَدْفُونِينَ |
| Accusative | مَدْفُوناً | مَدْفُونِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَدْفُونُ | يا مَدْفُونُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
مَدْفُون is the passive participle of the verb دَفَنَ, meaning to bury, built on the mafʿūl pattern common for passive participles in Arabic. The root د-ف-ن covers the act of covering something with earth, whether a body, an object, or an abstract thing like a secret. This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so it has no PIE ancestor.
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