حرف

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'حرف' primarily relates to edges, sides, and boundaries, extending to concepts of livelihood, trade, and craftsmanship. It also encompasses notions of deviation, inclination, and measurement, particularly in the context of wounds and character.

Derived headwords

حِرْفَةnoun

1.
craftsmanshipboth
Skill in a trade or occupation; a profession or means of livelihood.
2.
tradeboth
A specific occupation or business; a way of earning a living.

حَرِيفnoun

1.
business associateclassical
A person with whom one deals in one's trade or profession.

اِحْتَرَفَverb

1.
to practice a tradeboth
To engage in a craft or profession as a means of livelihood.
2.
to manage affairsclassical
To look after the affairs of others, especially their financial matters and livelihoods.

حِرْفَةnoun

1.
literary pursuitclassical
A pursuit related to literature or scholarship, often used with the genitive case.

تَحَارَفَverb

1.
to retaliateclassical
To respond to a bad deed with another bad deed; to treat someone poorly in return.

أَحْرَفَverb

1.
to recompenseclassical
To be rewarded or punished for one's actions, whether good or bad.

حَرَّفَverb

1.
to inclineboth
To cause something to deviate or turn aside; to make something lean or slant.
2.
to apply kohlclassical
To apply kohl to the eyes.
3.
to distortclassical
To alter or twist the meaning of something.

مُحَرِّفnoun

1.
measuring instrumentclassical
An instrument used for measuring the depth or angle of wounds.

مِحْرَافnoun

1.
measuring probeclassical
A probe or stylet used by physicians to measure the depth of wounds.

مُحَارَفَةnoun

1.
measuring a woundclassical
The act of measuring a wound with a probe or instrument.

مَحَارِفnoun

1.
measuring instrumentsclassical
Plural of محراف, instruments used for measuring wounds.

حَارَفَverb

1.
to compete in prideclassical
To vie with someone in boasting or showing off.

حَرْفnoun

1.
pepper cress seedsboth
The seeds of the plant Lepidium sativum; garden cress.
2.
edgeclassical
A side, edge, or border of something.

حِرْفَةnoun

1.
single seedclassical
A single seed of pepper cress.

حِرَافnoun

1.
dark snakeclassical
A dark-colored snake, tending towards black, which is said to cause bleeding if it bites.

حِرَافَةnoun

1.
burning tasteclassical
A taste that burns the tongue and mouth.

بَصَلٌ حَرِيفadjective

1.
pungent onionboth
An onion that has a sharp, burning taste and heat.

حَرِيفadjective

1.
pungentboth
Having a sharp, burning taste that stings the tongue.

Parallel reading

لقد علم قومي أن حرفتي لم تكن تعجز عن مؤونة أهلي

My people know that my craft was not insufficient for the sustenance of my family.

فسيأكل آل أبي بكر من هذا ويحترف للمسلمين فيه

So the family of Abu Bakr will eat from this, and he will practice a trade for the Muslims in it.

الحرفة: الصناعة وجهة الكسب

Al-hirfah: craftsmanship and a means of earning a living.

وحريف الرجل: معامله في حرفته

And a man's harif: his business associate in his trade.

وأراد باحترافه للمسلمين نظره في أمورهم وتثمير مكاسبهم وأرزاقهم

And by his practicing a trade for the Muslims, he meant his looking after their affairs and increasing their gains and provisions.

إني لأرى الرجل يعجبني فأقول: هل له حرفة؟ فإن قالوا: لا، سقط من عيني

I see a man who impresses me, and I say: Does he have a trade? If they say: No, he falls in my estimation.

وقيل: معنى الحديث الأول هو أن يكون من الحرفة والحرفة، بالضم والكسر

And it was said: The meaning of the first hadith is that it pertains to al-hirfah (craftsmanship) and al-hirfah (literary pursuit), with dammah and kasrah respectively.

ومن قولهم: حرفة الأدب، بالكسر

And from their saying: hirfah al-adab (the pursuit of literature), with kasrah.

ويقال: لا تحارف أخاك بالسوء أي تجازه بسوء صنيعه تقايسه وأحسن إذا أساء واصفح عنه

And it is said: Do not retaliate against your brother with evil, meaning do not repay his bad deed with a similar one; be good when he does evil and forgive him.

أحرف الرجل إذا جازى على خير أو شر

A man is aḥrafa if he recompenses for good or evil.

إن العبد ليحارف عن عمله الخير أو الشر أي يجازى

Indeed, the servant is aḥrafa for his deed, good or evil, meaning he is recompensed.

وسلط عليهم موت طاعون دفيف يحرف القلوب أي يميلها ويجعلها على حرف

And death by a swift plague was sent upon them, which turns hearts, meaning it inclines them and makes them on the edge.

ووصف سفيان بكفه فحرفها أي أمالها

And Sufyan described with his palm and harrafa it, meaning he inclined it.

وقال بيده فحرفها كأنه يريد القتل ووصف بها قطع السيف بحده

And he gestured with his hand and harrafa it, as if he meant killing, and described with it the cutting of a sword with its edge.

حرف عينه: كحلها

Ḥarafa 'aynahu: he applied kohl to her eye.

بزرقاوين لم تحرف، ولما ... يصبها عائر بشفير ماق

With two blue [eyes] that were not kohl-applied, and when... no dust has reached the edge of the pupil.

والمحرف والمحراف: الميل الذي تقاس به الجراحات

And al-muḥarraf and al-miḥrāf: the probe by which wounds are measured.

إذا الطبيب بمحرافيه عالجها، ... زادت على النقر أو تحريكها ضجما

When the physician treated it with his miḥrāfayn, ... it increased from probing or moving it.

والمحارف والمحارفة: مقايسة الجرح بالمحراف، وهو الميل الذي تسبر به الجراحات

And al-maḥārif and al-maḥārafah: measuring the wound with the miḥrāf, which is the probe by which wounds are sounded.

كما زل عن رأس الشجيج المحارف

As the probe slipped from the head of the wounded man.

ودعوت لهفك بعد فاقرة، ... تبدي محارفها عن العظم

And I called out to your regret after a calamity, ... revealing its probes from the bone.

فإن تك قسر أعقبت من جنيدب، ... فقد علموا في الغزو كيف نحارف

If Qasr has succeeded from Junaydib, ... then they have known in warfare how we compete in pride.

الحرف: حب الرشاد، واحدته حرفة

Al-ḥarf: pepper cress seeds; its singular is ḥirfah.

الحرف، بالضم، هو الذي تسميه العامة حب الرشاد

Al-ḥurf, with dammah, is what the common people call pepper cress seeds.

الحرف والحراف: حية مظلم اللون يضرب إلى السواد إذا أخذ الإنسان لم يبق فيه دم إلا خرج

Al-ḥarf and al-ḥirāf: a dark-colored snake, tending towards black, if it takes a human, no blood remains in him but it exits.

والحرافة: طعم يحرق اللسان والفم

And al-ḥirāfah: a taste that burns the tongue and mouth.

وبصل حريف: يحرق الفم وله حرارة

And pungent onion: it burns the mouth and has heat.

كل طعام يحرق فم آكله بحرارة مذاقه حريف، بالتشديد، للذي يلذع اللسان بحرافته

Every food that burns the mouth of its eater with the heat of its taste is ḥarīf, with shaddah, for that which stings the tongue with its pungency.