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▪ vb. II, D-stem, caus., based either on ↗²ḥafala ʻto flow copiously; to be replete, teem, superabound with’ (ʻadorning, decorating’ thus originally meaning *ʻto make replete, richly embellish with s.th.’), or on ↗³ḥafala ʻto pay attention, attend, give one’s mind to s.th.’ (cf. also ↗ḥafīl ‘eager, assiduous, diligent’) (ʻdecoration, ornament’ thus being the result of *ʻapplying extra zeal to, attending to s.th. with great diligence’). The attestation given in Lane ii (1865) offers yet another explanation: ^†ḥaffala ʻhe collected, or caused to collect, namely water and milk in the udder of a ewe or she-goat\camel\cow, in order to deceive the purchaser, that he might increase the price; he abstained from milking the ewe or she-goat\camel\cow for some days in order that the milk might collect in her udder, for sale’. Thus, ʻdecoration, ornament’ would be, originally, an attempt to cheat: the owner of a she-animal trying to let its udder look fuller than usual.
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▪ DRS 9 (2010) #ḤPL-2: Ar ḥafala ʻs’appliquer avec zèle’, ḥaffala ʻorner, embellir’, ḥafl ʻsoin’, Mhr ḥəfūl ʻpréserver’, Ḥrs ḥəfōl ʻprendre garde à soi’, Jib ḥfɔl ʻprêter attention’, Jib ḥɔ́fəl ʻattention’.
▪ Cf. perh. also DRS 9 (2010) #ḤPL-1: Ar ḥafala ʻaffluer, couler à flots, (se) réunir’, ḥafl ʻnombreux; foule’, ḥaflaẗ ʻtroupe’.
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▪ See above, section CONC.
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For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗ḥafala, ↗ḥaflaẗ, ↗ ḥafīl, ↗ḥāfilaẗ, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ḤFL.

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