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حَفْصَةُ Hafsa in Arabic

حَفْصَةُ is how you say “Hafsa” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

كَانَتْ حَفْصَةُ تَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَى هُذَيْلِ،

Hafsa was praying for mercy for Hudhayl.

حَفْصَةُ Hafsa

A feminine proper name, the subject of the 'used to' verb before it. As a name it is definite in itself and takes the plain subject-form ending. Though it follows the verb, it is the doer of the habitual action described, normal Arabic verb-first order.

From Mothers and the Companions

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More example sentences

فَحِزْبٌ فِيهِ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ وَصَفِيَّةُ وَسَوْدَةُ،

One group in it consisted of Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya, and Sawda.

وَحَفْصَةُ and Hafsa

The wa- here is a simple list-joining 'and', stringing the next name onto the roster; Arabic repeats this connector before every item rather than only before the last. The name keeps the same subject ending, marking it as another member of the same group.

From Wives of the Prophet

عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ ـ ثُمَّ قَالَ ـ

Aisha and Hafsa — then he said —

وَحَفْصَةُ and Hafsa

The wa- here is plain 'and', joining this second name to the first in a simple two-item list. Such wa- linking puts the joined word in step with the one before it.

From Umar and the Prophet's Wives

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