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▪ An ints./adj. formation based on ³ḥafala ʻto pay attention, attend, give one’s mind to s.th., concern o.s. with, make much of, set great store by’. Due to scarce attestation in Sem, the latter’s relation, if any, to ¹ˈ²ḥafala ʻto gather, assemble, congregate; to flow copiously, be replete, teem, superabound with’ has remained obscure so far.
▪ ↗ḥaffala ʻto adorn, decorate, ornament’ may be an original *ʻto attend to s.th. with great diligence, enthusiasm, zeal’, thus be akin to ḥafīl or even a denom.-applicative D-stem coined from it (unless from the vb. I, ³ḥafala, see above). For another possible etymology, cf. ↗s.v.
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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’.
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►ḥaffala, vb. II, to adorn, decorate, ornament (s.th. bi‑ with): D-stem, perh. denom. applic. from ḥafīl, thus originally meaning *ʻto attend to s.th. with great diligence, enthusiasm, zeal’; cf., however, also ↗s.v..
►^BP#3861ĭḥtafala, vb. VIII, 1-2 ↗¹ḥafala, ↗¹ˈ²ḥaflaẗ; 3a to concern o.s. (bi‑ or li‑ with), attend, pay attention, give one’s mind (bi‑ or li‑ to s.th.); b to honour, welcome, receive kindly (bi‑ s.o.): Gt-stem, self-ref.

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗ḥafala, ↗ḥaffala, ↗ḥaflaẗ, ↗ḥāfilaẗ, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ḤFL.

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