حقف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are bent, crooked, or elongated, particularly in the context of sand dunes and geographical features. It extends to describe animals or objects that are bent or lying down, and metaphorically, a person who enters a place.

Derived headwords

الحَقْفnoun

1.
bent sand duneboth
A crooked or bent dune of sand, often elongated.
2.
base/originclassical
The base or origin of sand, a mountain, or a wall.

أَحْقَافnoun

1.
bent sand dunesboth
The plural of 'haqf', referring to crooked and elongated sand dunes.
2.
lands of the Yemenclassical
A place name referring to sandy areas in the Yemen, associated with the people of 'Ad.

حُقُوفnoun

1.
bent sand dunesclassical
A plural form for crooked and elongated sand dunes.

حِقَافnoun

1.
bent sand dunesclassical
A plural form for crooked and elongated sand dunes.

حَقْفَةnoun

1.
bent sand duneclassical
A single instance of a crooked or bent sand dune.

مُحْقَوْقِفadjective

1.
bentclassical
Describing something that has become bent or crooked.

حَقَائِفnoun

1.
bent sand dunesclassical
A plural of a plural, referring to many crooked and elongated sand dunes.

احْقَوْقَفَverb

1.
to become bent/crookedclassical
To become elongated and crooked, used for sand dunes, the crescent moon, or the back of a camel.

حاقِفadjective

1.
bent over/lying downboth
Describing an animal, like a gazelle, that is lying down and bent over, or a person who has entered a place.

أَحْقَفadjective

1.
hollow-backedclassical
Describing a camel that is lean or hollow-backed.

Parallel reading

الحقف من الرمل: المعوج

The 'haqf' of sand: the crooked one.

جمعه أحقاف وحقوف وحقاف وحقفة

Its plural is 'ahqaf', 'huquf', 'hiqaf', and 'haqfah'.

ومن قيل لما اعوج: محقوقف

And from it is said for that which is crooked: 'muhaqwoof'.

في تنائف حقاف

In the open spaces of sand dunes.

الحقاف: جمع حقف، وهو ما اعوج من الرمل واستطال

Al-hiqaf: plural of 'haqf', which is that which is crooked and elongated from the sand.

إذ أنذر قومه بالأحقاف

When he warned his people in Al-Ahqaf.

واحدها حقف وهو المستطيل المشرف

Its singular is 'haqf', which is the elongated and elevated one.

الأحقاف ديار عاد

Al-Ahqaf are the dwellings of 'Ad.

واذكر أخا عاد إذ أنذر قومه بالأحقاف

And remember the brother of 'Ad when he warned his people in Al-Ahqaf.

والأحقاف هي رمال بظاهر بلاد اليمن كانت عاد تنزل بها

And Al-Ahqaf are sands on the outskirts of the lands of Yemen where 'Ad used to descend.

الحقف: أصل الرمل وأصل الجبل وأصل الحائط

The 'haqf': the base of the sand, the base of the mountain, and the base of the wall.

وقد احقوقف الرمل إذا طال واعوج

And the sand has become 'ahqawqafa' if it became long and crooked.

واحقوقف الهلال: اعوج

And the crescent moon has become 'ahqawqafa': crooked.

وكل ما طال واعوج، فقد احقوقف كظهر البعير وشخص القمر

And everything that is long and crooked has become 'ahqawqafa', like the back of a camel and the shape of the moon.

ظبي حاقف فيه قولان: أحدهما أن معناه صار في حقف، والآخر أنه ربض واحقوقف ظهره

A 'haqif' gazelle has two meanings: one is that it has become in a 'haqf' (a bent position), and the other is that it has lain down and its back has become crooked.

الظبي الحاقف يكون رابضا في حقف من الرمل أو منطويا كالحقف

The 'haqif' gazelle is one that is lying down in a dune of sand or curled up like a 'haqf'.

جمل أحقف خميص

A lean, hollow-backed camel.

ورجل حاقف إذا دخل في الموضع

And a 'haqif' man if he entered the place.

أنه، صلى الله عليه وسلم، مر هو وأصحابه وهم محرمون بظبي حاقف في ظل شجرة

That he, peace be upon him, and his companions, while in the state of Ihram, passed by a 'haqif' gazelle in the shade of a tree.

هو الذي نام وانحنى وتثنى في نومه

It is one that slept and bent and folded in its sleep.