حف

2 حَفَّ3َ see 1, in two places: ― -b2- see also 4. -A2- Also حفّف, inf. n. تَحْفِيفٌ, (tropical:) He (a man, TA) was in a state of embarrassment, or distress, and his property became little: (K, TA:) from حَفَّتِ الأَرْضُ “ the earth, or land, dried up. ” (TA.) حفّف وَجْهُهُ occurs in a trad. [app. in the same sense]. (TA.)