حفر
العربية
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حفر¹
- /ħa.fa.ra/
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *ḥapar-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חָפַר (ḥɔp̄ar, “to dig, search for”).
verb حَفَرَ · ḥafara · يَحْفِرُ · حَفْر · حَافِر
- to dig, dig out, hollow
- to dig or clean a well
- to investigate
- to lie with
- to emaciate by milking frequently
حفر²
- /ħafr/
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *ḥapr-.
noun حَفْر · ḥafr · الْحَفْر · حَفْرٌ
- verbal noun of حَفَرَ (ḥafara) (form I)
- digging, hollowing
In English
- dig to move hard-packed earth out of the way
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