حفلة

Arabic

Root
ح ف ل (ḥ-f-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaf.la/

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Noun

حَفْلَة • (ḥafla) f (plural حَفَلَات (ḥafalāt))

1. gathering, meeting, assembly
2. party, celebration
3. event (social or public)
4. show, performance
5. concert
6. festival, celebration

Declension

Declension of noun حَفْلَة (ḥafla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَفْلَة ḥafla	الْحَفْلَة al-ḥafla	حَفْلَة ḥaflat
Nominative	حَفْلَةٌ ḥaflatun	الْحَفْلَةُ al-ḥaflatu	حَفْلَةُ ḥaflatu
Accusative	حَفْلَةً ḥaflatan	الْحَفْلَةَ al-ḥaflata	حَفْلَةَ ḥaflata
Genitive	حَفْلَةٍ ḥaflatin	الْحَفْلَةِ al-ḥaflati	حَفْلَةِ ḥaflati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَفْلَتَيْن ḥaflatayn	الْحَفْلَتَيْن al-ḥaflatayn	حَفْلَتَيْ ḥaflatay
Nominative	حَفْلَتَانِ ḥaflatāni	الْحَفْلَتَانِ al-ḥaflatāni	حَفْلَتَا ḥaflatā
Accusative	حَفْلَتَيْنِ ḥaflatayni	الْحَفْلَتَيْنِ al-ḥaflatayni	حَفْلَتَيْ ḥaflatay
Genitive	حَفْلَتَيْنِ ḥaflatayni	الْحَفْلَتَيْنِ al-ḥaflatayni	حَفْلَتَيْ ḥaflatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَفَلَات ḥafalāt	الْحَفَلَات al-ḥafalāt	حَفَلَات ḥafalāt
Nominative	حَفَلَاتٌ ḥafalātun	الْحَفَلَاتُ al-ḥafalātu	حَفَلَاتُ ḥafalātu
Accusative	حَفَلَاتٍ ḥafalātin	الْحَفَلَاتِ al-ḥafalāti	حَفَلَاتِ ḥafalāti
Genitive	حَفَلَاتٍ ḥafalātin	الْحَفَلَاتِ al-ḥafalāti	حَفَلَاتِ ḥafalāti

Descendants

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܦ̮ܠܵܐ (ḥaflā)
• → Swedish: haffla

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حفلة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

حفلة • (ḥafla(t)) f, pl حفلات (ḥaflaat)

1. party (“social gathering”)
2. show (music)