حُفْنَةٌ

A hollow, cavity, trench, or the like, dug, or excavated, in the ground, (S, K, TA,) wherever it be; or excavated by a torrent in rugged ground, in the channel of the water: (TA:) and a [hollow, or cavity, in the ground, such as is termed] نُقْرَة, (ISk, K,) having in it water, and in its bottom pebbles and earth; (ISk, TA;) as also حَفْنَةٌ: (K:) a well, or pit: (KL:) plural of the former حُفَنٌ; (S, K;) which is explained by Sh as meaning small round hollows or cavities, in which rain-water stagnates, excavated by the water, in the form of pools. (TA.)