English → Arabic
buried in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- dafana
- Arabizi
dafana- Type
- verb
- Root
- د ف ن
How to use it
"Buried" is the past participle of the verb "to bury" (دَفَنَ). It is used for putting something underground, especially a dead body. In Arabic the verb form is used, not a separate adjective, unless you need the adjective مَدْفُونٌ (buried, as a description).
Example sentences
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دَفَنَتِ العِصا فِي التُّرْبَةِ.
dafanat al-ʿiṣā fī al-turba
She buried the stick in the ground.
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قُتِلَ الجُنُودُ وَدُفِنَ فِي المَقْبَرَةِ.
qutila al-junūdu wa dufina fī al-maqbara
The soldier was killed and buried in the cemetery.
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سَيُدَفَنُ الكَتَبُ فِي الأَرْضِ بَعْدَ حَفْرِ الحُفْرَةِ.
sayudafanu al-kitabu fī al-arḍ baʿda ḥafri al-ḥufra
The book will be buried in the ground after digging the hole.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Why the Fed Buried Monetarism
لماذا دفن بنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي الأميركي المدرسة النقدية
The Folklore of Buried Memories
فولوكلور الذكريات الدفينة
She was buried in her hometown.
دفنت في مسقط رأسها.
I will certainly be buried there.
وبالتأكيد سوف أدفن فيها.
And the moon is buried in darkness.
« وخسف القمر » أظلم وذهب ضوءه.
Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
ومات يائير ودفن في قامون
when the buried infant shall be asked
« وإذا الموءودة » الجارية تدفن حية خوف العار والحاجة « سئلت » تبكيتا لقاتلها.
When the girl, buried alive, is asked:
« وإذا الموءودة » الجارية تدفن حية خوف العار والحاجة « سئلت » تبكيتا لقاتلها.
when the buried female infant is asked
« وإذا الموءودة » الجارية تدفن حية خوف العار والحاجة « سئلت » تبكيتا لقاتلها.
Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
ومات ابصان ودفن في بيت لحم
He is buried in Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.
دفن نوبل بمنطقة ("Norra Begravningsplatsen") في ستوكهولم.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
هناك دفنوا ابراهيم وسارة امرأته. هناك دفنوا اسحق ورفقة امرأته. وهناك دفنت ليئة.
Questions and answers
How do I say "He was buried yesterday"?
You can say: "دُفِنَ أَمْسِ" (dufina amsi).
Is there a noun for "burial"?
Yes, the noun is "دَفْن" (dafn).
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