حف

حِفَافٌ حفاف A side (S, K) of a thing; حِفَافَا شَىْءٍ signifying the two sides of a thing: (S:) pl. أَحفَّةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- A border of hair remaining around the head of one who has become bald: (S, K: *) pl. as above. (S, K.) Dhu-r-Rummeh says, (S, TA,) describing bowls [of food], (TA,) لَهُنَّ أِذَا أَصْبَحْنَ مِنْهُمْ أَحِفَّةٌ وَحِينَ يَرَوْنَ اللَّيْلَ أَقْبَلَ جَائِيَا meaning They, i. e. the bowls, have a party of them surrounding them [ when they are set in the beginning of the day, and when they see the night, that it has advanced, coming on ]. (S, TA.) And you say, قَوْمُهُ أَحِفَّةٌ بِهِ His people are surrounding him. (TA.) ― -b3- حِفَافُ الرَّمْلِ The place where the sand ends: pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b4- كَانَ الطَّعَامُ حِفَافَ مَا أَكَلُوا The food was proportionate to what they ate. (TA.) ― -b5- See also حَفٌّ, in two places.