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

• حَلْفَا (ḥalfā)