Arabic
Verb
حَفِظَ مَاءَ الوَجْهِ • (ḥafiẓa māʾa l-wajhi) I, non-past يَحْفَظُ مَاءَ ٱلْوَجْهِ (yaḥfaẓu māʾa l-wajhi)
- (idiomatic) to preserve honor or self-respect; to save face (literally, to save the face's water)
Conjugation
See حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa).