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حفته

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of crushing, grinding, or destroying something. It can refer to the physical act of breaking something down or metaphorically to its annihilation or ruin.

Derived headwords

حَفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To crush something, to grind it down.

  2. 2.
    to destroyclassical

    To annihilate or ruin something completely.

حَفَتَ عُنُقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to break its neckclassical

    To break the neck of something, implying complete destruction or incapacitation.

دَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To crush or grind something into pieces.

الحَفْتnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing or grinding something.

الحَفْثnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    Synonymous with الحفت, referring to the act of crushing or grinding.

الحُفَيْتَأother
  1. 1.
    in the hamzaclassical

    This lemma is mentioned in relation to the hamza, likely referring to a specific grammatical or phonetic concept.

Parallel reading

حفته: أهلكه
It destroyed it: it annihilated it.
ودق عنقه
And broke its neck.
و الشيء: دقه
And the thing: it crushed it.
والحفت، ككتف: الحفث
And al-Haft, like 'katif': al-Hafth.
والحفيتأ: في الهمز
And al-Hufita': in the hamza.