is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ [meaning Dug, excavated, hollowed out, or cleared out, in the ground]. (TA.) [Hence,] رَكِيَّةٌ حَفِيرَةٌA newly-dug well; as also ↓حَفَرٌ. (TA.)
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See also this last word.
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Also, (IAar, S, A, K,) and ↓حَفِيرَةٌ and ↓حَفْرٌ, (A,) [or ↓حَفَرٌ, q. v., and ↓حُفْرَةٌ, as is shown by an explanation of its plural (حُفَرٌ) in the Ham p. 562,] A grave. (IAar, S, A, K.)