محفة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ف ف (ḥ f f)
5 terms

Covered camel litters (مِحَفَّات) in Tunisia (1916)

Covered palanquin (محفة) in India (c. 1800)

Related to حَفَّ (ḥaffa, “to enclose, to border”).

Noun

مِحَفَّة • (miḥaffa) f (plural مِحَفَّات (miḥaffāt))

1. (dated, chiefly historical) covered kajawah, howdah, or other animal litters for women
2. (dated, chiefly historical) covered litter for women
3. (chiefly historical) litter (a human-borne bed used for transport)
4. litter, stretcher, gurney (a human-borne bed used for medical transport)

   Synonyms: حِدَاجَة (ḥidāja), نَقَّالَة (naqqāla), حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla)

Declension

Declension of noun مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِحَفَّة miḥaffa	الْمِحَفَّة al-miḥaffa	مِحَفَّة miḥaffat
Nominative	مِحَفَّةٌ miḥaffatun	الْمِحَفَّةُ al-miḥaffatu	مِحَفَّةُ miḥaffatu
Accusative	مِحَفَّةً miḥaffatan	الْمِحَفَّةَ al-miḥaffata	مِحَفَّةَ miḥaffata
Genitive	مِحَفَّةٍ miḥaffatin	الْمِحَفَّةِ al-miḥaffati	مِحَفَّةِ miḥaffati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِحَفَّتَيْن miḥaffatayn	الْمِحَفَّتَيْن al-miḥaffatayn	مِحَفَّتَيْ miḥaffatay
Nominative	مِحَفَّتَانِ miḥaffatāni	الْمِحَفَّتَانِ al-miḥaffatāni	مِحَفَّتَا miḥaffatā
Accusative	مِحَفَّتَيْنِ miḥaffatayni	الْمِحَفَّتَيْنِ al-miḥaffatayni	مِحَفَّتَيْ miḥaffatay
Genitive	مِحَفَّتَيْنِ miḥaffatayni	الْمِحَفَّتَيْنِ al-miḥaffatayni	مِحَفَّتَيْ miḥaffatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِحَفَّات miḥaffāt	الْمِحَفَّات al-miḥaffāt	مِحَفَّات miḥaffāt
Nominative	مِحَفَّاتٌ miḥaffātun	الْمِحَفَّاتُ al-miḥaffātu	مِحَفَّاتُ miḥaffātu
Accusative	مِحَفَّاتٍ miḥaffātin	الْمِحَفَّاتِ al-miḥaffāti	مِحَفَّاتِ miḥaffāti
Genitive	مِحَفَّاتٍ miḥaffātin	الْمِحَفَّاتِ al-miḥaffāti	مِحَفَّاتِ miḥaffāti

Descendants

• Hindi: मिहफ़्फ़ा (mihaffā), मुहाफ़ा (muhāfā)
  • English: mihaffa
• Urdu: محفہ (miḥaffa), محافہ (muḥāfa)