عفرة
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ع ف ر (ʿ-f-r).
Noun
عُفْرَة • (ʿufra) f
- dust colour, ash-gray
- 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 12:80:
- كُنْتُ أَرَى عُفْرَةَ إِبْطَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ
- kuntu ʾarā ʿufrata ʾibṭayhi ʾiḏā sajada
- I used to see the whiteness of his armpits when he prostrated.
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Declension
Declension of noun عُفْرَة (ʿufra)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُفْرَة ʿufra | الْعُفْرَة al-ʿufra | عُفْرَة ʿufrat |
| Nominative | عُفْرَةٌ ʿufratun | الْعُفْرَةُ al-ʿufratu | عُفْرَةُ ʿufratu |
| Accusative | عُفْرَةً ʿufratan | الْعُفْرَةَ al-ʿufrata | عُفْرَةَ ʿufrata |
| Genitive | عُفْرَةٍ ʿufratin | الْعُفْرَةِ al-ʿufrati | عُفْرَةِ ʿufrati |