verb form X āsḥfr AsHfr اسحفر Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.He asked, or desired, [another] to dig a well, or pit, and a rivulet, or canal. (KL.) 2.استحفر النَّهْرُ It was time for the river, or rivulet, or canal, to be dug [or cleared out]. (S.)