حف

1 حَفُّوهُ حف حفوه حفوة حفي , (Ksh and Bd in xviii. 31,) or حَفُّوا حَوْلَهُ, (S, K,) or بِهِ, (Msb, and W p. 153, [and so in the present day, because syn. with احاطوا به and اطافوا به and استداروا به, &c.,]) but the verb is properly trans. by itself, (W ibid.,) aor. حَفُ3َ , (S,) inf. n. حَفٌّ (S, TA) and حِفَافٌ; (TA [accord. to a meaning there assigned to it];) and ↓ حفّفوا and ↓ احتفّوا; all signify the same; (K, TA;) They went round about, circuited, compassed, or surrounded, it, or him. (S, Ksh, Bd, Msb, TA.) You say, حَفَّ القَوْمُ بِالبَيْتِ, [or rather حَوْلَ البَيْتِ,] The company of men went round about the House [called the House of God, i. e. the Kaabeh]. (Msb.) And it is said in a trad., فَيَحُفُّونَهُمْ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمْ And they circuit round about them with their wings. (TA.) And in a prov., مَنْ حَفَّنَا أَوْ رَفَّنَا فَلْيَقْتَصِدْ, i. e. Whoso goes round about us, and minds, or manages, our affairs, (K, TA,) and treats us with honour; (TA;) or [in the K “ and ”] serves us, (S, K,) and guards us, defends us, or takes care of us, and regards us, or behaves towards us, with benevolence and solicitude; (S, TA;) or [in the K “ and ”] praises us; (A 'Obeyd, K, TA;) let him [ act moderately, and ] not exceed the due bounds, (A 'Obeyd, K, TA,) but speak truth. (A 'Obeyd, TA.) Hence the saying, (K,) وَلَا رَافٌّ ↓ مَا لَهُ حَافٌّ (S, K) [ He has not any who goes round about him, and minds, or manages, his affairs, &c.]. And ذَهَبَ مَنْ كَانَ يَحُفُّهُ وَيَرُفُّهُ (S, K) [ He went away, or has gone away, who used to go round about him, &c.; or] who used to give to him, and bring him corn or food: (TA:) [for] حَفَّهُ signifies also he gave to him. (Msb.) And هُوَ يَحُفُّ وَيَرُفُّ He stands and sits: and he acts as a sincere, or faithful, adviser, and with benevolence and solicitude. (As,) (TA.) [See also art. رف.] One says, of persons in want, حَفَّتْهُمُ الحَاجَةُ, (S, K,) aor. حَفُ3َ , (S,) inf. n. حَفٌّ, (TA,) (tropical:) [ Want beset, or encompassed, them; or has beset, &c.;] and ↓ هُمْ قَومٌ مَحْفُوفُونَ (tropical:) [ They are persons beset, or encompassed, by want]. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- حَفَّهُ بِالشَّىْءِ, aor. حَفُ3َ , (S, O, K,) He surrounded it, or him, with the thing; (K, TA;) as, for instance, a هَوْدَج with pieces of cloth; (S, O;) and so ↓ حفّفهُ, inf. n. تَحْفِيفٌ. (S.) It is said in the Kur [xviii. 31], حَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ We made them, namely, the two gardens, to be surrounded by palm-trees; (Ksh, Bd;) We made palm-trees to encompass their أَحِفَّة, (K,) i. e., their sides. (TA.) And you say, حَفَفْتُهُ بِهِمْ I surrounded it, or him, with them. (Ksh and Bd in xviii. 31, and TA.) And حُفَّتِ الجَنَّةُ بِالمَكَارِهِ (TA) a trad., meaning (assumed tropical:) Paradise is encompassed by things that one dislikes to do: these being likened to a wall, through which alone one can enter Paradise. (Gloss in a copy of the “ Jámi' es-Sagheer ” of Es-Suyootee.) -A2- حَفَّ شَارِبَهُ, (S, Msb, K,) and رَأْسَهُ, (S, K,) and اللِّحْيَةَ, (M,) aor. حَفِ3َ , (S,) or حَفُ3َ , (M, IB, TA,) [the former contr. to rule, and disapproved by IB,] inf. n. حَفٌّ, (S, M, TA,) He cut, or clipped, (S, M, Msb, K,) his mustache, (S, Msb, K,) and the hair of his head, (S, K,) and the beard, (M,) much, or short, or to the utmost degree. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- حَفَّتْ وَجْهَهَا (S, Mgh, Msb, K) مِنَ الشَّعَرِ, (S, K,) aor. حَفُ3َ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. حَفٌّ (S, Msb, K) and حِفَافٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ اِحْتَفَّتْ; (S, K;) said of a woman; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) She plucked out the hair of her face: (Mgh:) or she embellished her face by removing the hair thereof: (Msb:) or she scraped off the hair of her face (K, TA) with a razor: (TA:) and ↓ اِحْتَفَّتْ she ordered another to pluck out the hair of her face with two threads: (K, * TA:) so some say: and ↓ أَحَفَّتْ, inf. n. اـِحْفَافٌ, signifies the same as احتفّت. (TA.) -A3- حَفَّ رَأْسُهُ, aor. حَفِ3َ , inf. n. حُفُوفٌ, His head remained long without ointment, (As, S, K,) and its hair was shaggy, matted, frouzy, or dusty: (TA:) and حَفَّتِ اللِّحْيَةُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, The beard was shaggy, matted, frouzy from long want of ointment, or dusty. (M, TA.) El-Kumeyt says, describing a wooden peg or stake, (S, L,) long neglected, (L,) وَأَشْعَثَ فِى الدَّارِ ذَا لِمَّةٍ يُطِيلُ الحُفُوفَ فَلَا يَقْمَلُ [ And a wooden peg or stake, in the dwelling, having a head of battered and pendent fibres, long neglected, but not lousy: the fibres being likened to hair; and (as is said in the TA in art. شعث, where this verse is cited, but with ذِي in the place of ذا,) the term اشعث being used to signify a wooden peg or stake because its head is bruised, or battered, and separated, so that the parts do not cohere]. (S, L.) ― -b2- حَفَّتِ الثَّرِيدَةُ The ثريدة [or mess of crumbled bread moistened with broth ] became dry in its upper part [ by reason of paucity of broth ], and cracked open in several places. (TA.) [See the part. n., حَافٌّ.] ― -b3- [The inf. n.] حُفُوفٌ signifies The being dry, without grease. (TA.) ― -b4- And حَفَّ بَطْنُهُ His (a man's) belly became dry in consequence of his not having eaten greasy food nor flesh-meat. (TA.) ― -b5- حَفَّتِ الأَرْضُ, (Msb, K,) aor. حَفِ3َ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. حُفُوفٌ, (TA,) The earth, or land, dried up: (TA:) or its plants, (Msb,) or its herbs, or leguminous plants, (K,) dried up, (Msb, K,) for want of water. (TA.) ― -b6- حَفَّ سَمْعُهُ, (IAar, K,) inf. n. حُفُوفٌ, (IAar, TA,) (assumed tropical:) His hearing went away entirely. (IAar, K.) -A4- حَفَّ, (S, K,) aor. حَفِ3َ , (S,) inf. n. حَفِيفٌ, (S, K, KL,) He (a horse) made a sound, (S, K, KL,) such as is termed دَوِيّ [i. e. a confused and continued sound ], (S,) with his fore and hind feet, (KL,) in his running, (S, K,) or in going along. (KL.) Said also of violent rain, It made a [ pattering ] sound. (As, TA.) And of a viper, It made a [ rustling ] sound with its skin: فَحَّ, inf. n. فَحِيحٌ, signifies “ it made a sound to proceed from its mouth: ” (Aboo-Kheyreh, K:) or [...]