Arabic

Verb

حَفَلَ • ‎(ḥafala) I, non-past يَحْفِلُ‎ (yaḥfilu)

1. to gather, to assemble (intransitive)
2. to rain violently
3. to flow in abundance
4. to collect (transitive)
5. to smooth, to polish
6. to be afraid
7. to give care and attention

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حفل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

حَفَّلَ • ‎(ḥaffala) II, non-past يُحَفِّلُ‎ (yuḥaffilu)

1. to gather, to assemble (transitive)
2. to adorn, to decorate

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حفل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حفل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

حَفْل • ‎(ḥafl) m

1. verbal noun of حَفَلَ ‎(ḥafala) (form I)
2. gathering, assembling
3. crowd, large assembly
4. performance, show
5. celebration
6. festival
7. zeal

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حفل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حفل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4