حلفاء

Arabic
Root
⁧ح ل ف⁩ (ḥ-l-f)

Noun

⁧حُلَفَاء⁩ • (ḥulafāʔ) m pl

  1. plural of ⁧حَلِيف⁩ (ḥalīf)

Noun

⁧حَلْفَاء⁩ • (ḥalfāʔ) f

  1. Stipa tenacissima
  2. Cladium mariscus
  3. Cortaderia selloana

Declension
Declension of noun ⁧حَلْفَاء⁩ (ḥalfāʔ)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ⁧حَلْفَاء⁩
ḥalfāʔ		 ⁧الْحَلْفَاء⁩
al-ḥalfāʔ		 ⁧حَلْفَاء⁩
ḥalfāʔ
Nominative ⁧حَلْفَاءُ⁩
ḥalfāʔu		 ⁧الْحَلْفَاءُ⁩
al-ḥalfāʔu		 ⁧حَلْفَاءُ⁩
ḥalfāʔu
Accusative ⁧حَلْفَاءَ⁩
ḥalfāʔa		 ⁧الْحَلْفَاءَ⁩
al-ḥalfāʔa		 ⁧حَلْفَاءَ⁩
ḥalfāʔa
Genitive ⁧حَلْفَاءَ⁩
ḥalfāʔa		 ⁧الْحَلْفَاءِ⁩
al-ḥalfāʔi		 ⁧حَلْفَاءِ⁩
ḥalfāʔi

Quotations
  • a. 701, ⁧أبو عمرو⁩, quoted in aṣ-Ṣaġānīy’s ⁧العباب الزاخر واللباب الفاخر⁩ s. v. ⁧حلفاء⁩:
    ⁧يَعْدُو بِمِثْلِ أُسُودِ رَقَّةَ وَٱلشَّرَى … خَرَجَت مِنْ الْبَرْدِيِّ وَٱلحَلْفَاءِ⁩
    yaʕdū bimiṯli ʔusūdi raqqata waš-šarā … ḵarajat min al-bardiyyi wal-ḥalfāʔi
    He walks by the image of lions a vegetal as well as craggy tracts exiting from cattail and sawgrass.

Alternative forms
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