عفرة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ف ر‎ (ʿ-f-r).

Noun

عُفْرَة • (ʿufra) f

  1. 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.
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
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