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حفل

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

The root حفل primarily denotes gathering, assembling, and abundance. It extends to concepts of fullness, intensity, and importance, often related to water, crowds, or effort. It can also signify adornment or preparation.

Derived headwords

حَفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, assembleboth

    Water or milk gathered and became abundant. Also used for people gathering.

  2. 2.
    to overflowclassical

    A valley overflowed with a flood, filling its sides.

  3. 3.
    to intensifyclassical

    The sky's rain intensified.

  4. 4.
    to shedclassical

    Tears shed profusely.

تَحَفَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, assembleclassical

    To gather together, similar to the root verb.

  2. 2.
    to adorn oneselfclassical

    To adorn oneself or prepare oneself.

  3. 3.
    to be crowdedclassical

    A gathering or assembly became crowded with people.

احْتَفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, assembleclassical

    To gather together, similar to the root verb.

  2. 2.
    to overflowclassical

    A valley overflowed with a flood, filling its sides.

  3. 3.
    to become clear, evidentclassical

    A road became clear and visible.

  4. 4.
    to exert oneself, striveclassical

    A horse showed its utmost effort to its rider, with remaining strength.

حَفْلnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, assemblyboth

    A gathering of people.

  2. 2.
    abundanceclassical

    Abundance of milk in a udder.

حُفُولnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    Abundance of milk in a udder.

حَفِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    A udder full of milk.

  2. 2.
    numerousclassical

    A large gathering or crowd.

  3. 3.
    thorough, diligentclassical

    One who is thorough or diligent in an undertaking.

حَافِلadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    A udder full of milk.

  2. 2.
    numerousclassical

    A large gathering or crowd.

حَافِلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    A udder full of milk.

حَفُولadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    A udder full of milk.

حُفْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, assemblyclassical

    A gathering or assembly, a variant pronunciation of 'juhla'.

أَحْفَلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, assemblyclassical

    A gathering or assembly, a variant pronunciation of 'juhla'.

حَفِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    entirety, allclassical

    Used to indicate completeness or entirety, as in 'all of them'.

مَحْفِلnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering place, assemblyboth

    A place where people gather; an assembly or convention.

مُحْتَفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering place, assemblyclassical

    A place where people gather; an assembly or convention.

احْتِفَالnoun
  1. 1.
    clarity, prominenceclassical

    The state of being clear, evident, or prominent.

  2. 2.
    thoroughness, diligenceclassical

    Thoroughness or diligence in handling affairs.

  3. 3.
    exaggerationclassical

    Exaggeration or going to extremes in an action.

حَفِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    thorough, diligentclassical

    One who is thorough or diligent in an undertaking.

ذُو حَفْلadjective phrase
  1. 1.
    diligent, thoroughclassical

    Possessing diligence or thoroughness in an endeavor.

حَفْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    diligence, thoroughnessclassical

    The quality of being diligent or thorough in an undertaking.

حَفَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dregs, sedimentclassical

    The dregs or sediment of oil, or the froth of milk.

تَحْفِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    adornment, decorationclassical

    The act of adorning or decorating.

  2. 2.
    milking (a ewe)classical

    The act of stimulating a ewe to produce more milk.

حَفَلَ بهverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to care about, mindclassical

    To pay attention to, care about, or mind something.

احْتَفَلَ بهverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to care about, mindclassical

    To pay attention to, care about, or mind something.

حَفُولnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A tree whose fruit resembles a small pear, is bitter, and is edible.

حَوْفَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    porcupineclassical

    A porcupine.

حَوْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become swollenclassical

    To have one's 'houfala' (likely referring to the belly or a specific part) become swollen.

حُفْلnoun
  1. 1.
    great gatheringclassical

    A large or great gathering of people.

  2. 2.
    collected milkclassical

    Milk that has collected or coagulated.

مَحَافِلnoun
  1. 1.
    gatherings, assembliesboth

    Plural of 'mahfil', meaning gatherings or assemblies.

حَفِيلَلnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A type of tree.

حَفَائِلnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a valley or a specific location.

ذَات الحَفَائِلname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A proper name for a place, likely a valley or region.

Parallel reading

حفل الماء واللبن يحفل حفلا وحفولا وحفيلا: اجتمع
Water and milk gathered, gathering a gathering, and abundance, and abundantly: they assembled.
والوادي بالسيل: جاء بملء جنبيه، كاحتفل
And the valley with the flood: it came filling its sides, like it overflowed.
والسماء: اشتد مطرها
And the sky: its rain intensified.
والدمع: نثر
And the tears: scattered profusely.
والقوم حفلا: اجتمعوا، كاحتفلوا
And the people gathered, they gathered, like they assembled.
وتحفل: تزين
And it adorned itself: it became decorated.
والمجلس: كثر أهله
And the assembly: its people became numerous.
ودعاهم الحفلى، والأحفلى: لغة في الجيم
And he invited them to the gathering, and the great gathering: a dialectal variation of 'al-juhma'.
وجاؤوا بحفيلتهم: بأجمعهم
And they came with their entirety: with all of them.
والمحفل، كمجلس: المجتمع، كالمحتفل
And the gathering place, like a sitting place: the assembled, like the one who assembled.
والاحتفال: الوضوح، والمبالغة، كالحفيل، وحسن القيام بالأمور
And the clarity: clarity, and exaggeration, like the thorough one, and good execution of affairs.
ورجل حفيل وذو حفل وحفلة: مبالغ فيما أخذ فيه
And a thorough man and one with thoroughness and thoroughness: one who exaggerates in what he undertakes.
وأخذ للأمر حفلته: جد فيه
And he took for the matter its due diligence: he was serious in it.
والحفالة: الحثالة، وما رق من عكر الدهن ورغوة اللبن
And the dregs: the dregs, and what is thin from the sediment of oil and the froth of milk.
والتحفيل: التزيين، وتصرية الشاة
And the adornment: the decoration, and stimulating the ewe (for milk).
وما حفله، و به، يحفله، وما احتفل به: ما بالى
And he did not care about it, and with it, he cares about it, and he did not care about it: he did not mind.
والحفول، كخروع: شجر ثمره كإجاصة صغيرة، فيه مرارة، ويؤكل
And the 'hafoul', like 'kharwa': a tree whose fruit is like a small pear, it has bitterness, and it is eaten.
والحوفلة: القنفاء
And the porcupine: the porcupine.
وحوفل: انتفخت حوفلته
And he became swollen: his 'houfala' became swollen.
وكغراب: الجمع العظيم، واللبن المجتمع
And like 'ghurab': the great gathering, and the collected milk.
وهو محافظ على حسبه محافل، أي: يصونه
And he is protective of his lineage, its gatherings, meaning: he preserves it.
واحتفل الطريق: بان وظهر
And the road became clear: it became apparent and visible.
واحتفل الفرس: أظهر لفارسه أنه بلغ أقصى حضره وفيه بقية
And the horse exerted itself: it showed its rider that it had reached its utmost effort and still had remaining strength.