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ح-ف-ظ

keeping, memorizing

A2ElementaryAppears 44 times in the Quran

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فَعِلَ
Form I verb (i)
فَعِلَ = a basic verb, often a feeling or a state
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- حَفِظَ
  to memorize; to keep, preserve
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  يَحْفَظُ
  Command
  اِحْفَظْ
  حَفِظَ الْقُرْآنَ he memorized the Quran
مَفْعَلَة
Place noun مَفْعَلَة
مَفْعَلَة = another place for the action, with ة
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- مَحْفَظَةٌ
  wallet; portfolio
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  Plural
  مَحَافِظُ
فِعْل
Short noun فِعْل
فِعْل = a short abstract noun
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- حِفْظٌ
  memorizing; preservation
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فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- حَافِظٌ
  one who knows the Quran by heart; keeper
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  Feminine
  حَافِظَةٌ
مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَحْفُوظٌ
  memorized; preserved; reserved
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  Feminine
  مَحْفُوظَةٌ
اِفْتَعَلَ
Form VIII verb
اِفْتَعَلَ = do it for yourself, together
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- اِحْتَفَظَ
  to keep (for oneself), retain (اِحْتَفَظَ بِـ)
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  يَحْتَفِظُ
  Command
  اِحْتَفِظْ
  اِحْتَفِظْ بِالْوَصْلِ keep the receipt
مُفَاعَلَة
Masdar of form III
مُفَاعَلَة = the -ing of a form III verb
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- مُحَافَظَةٌ
  preserving; a governorate (province)
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  Plural
  مُحَافَظَاتٌ
فَاعِلَة
Noun فَاعِلَة
فَاعِلَة = she who does it, or a thing that does it
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- حَافِظَةٌ
  the faculty of memory; a folder
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How the patterns shape this root

حَفِظَ is to keep safe — and, for a text, to memorize: حَفِظَ الْقُرْآنَ. The حَافِظ (فَاعِل) is the one who has the Quran by heart, and مَحْفُوظ (مَفْعُول) is memorized or preserved. A مَحْفَظَة (مَفْعَلَة) is the place where you keep things: a wallet. Form VIII اِحْتَفَظَ بِـ is to keep for yourself — اِحْتَفِظْ بِالْوَصْلِ, keep the receipt — and مُحَافَظَة, preserving, is also the word for a governorate, the province kept under a governor.

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