حيف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deviation from fairness, justice, and equality. It encompasses concepts of bias, injustice, and unfair distribution, particularly in legal judgments and inheritance. It also extends to meanings related to sides, edges, and diminishing something.

Derived headwords

الحَيْفnoun

1.
Injustice, biasboth
Deviation from fairness in judgment, oppression, and wrongdoing.
2.
Unfair distributionclassical
Giving to some children and not others, especially when it comes to gifts or inheritance, contrary to the principle of equality.
3.
Sides, edgesclassical
The sides or edges of something.
4.
Genitals, penisclassical
The male genitalia.

حافَ عليه في حُكْمِهِverb

1.
To deviate in judgmentboth
To lean towards bias or injustice in one's ruling.

حَيْفًاnoun

1.
Bias, injusticeboth
The act of deviating from fairness or justice.

حَائِفadjective

1.
Biased, unjustclassical
A person who deviates from fairness or justice in their judgment or actions.

حَافَةnoun

1.
Side, edgeboth
The side or edge of something.

حَيْفnoun

1.
Side, edgeclassical
The side or edge of something. (Plural of حافة, sometimes irregular).

حُيَيْفَةnoun

1.
Small side, small edgeclassical
The diminutive form of حافة, referring to a small side or edge.

حِيْفَةnoun

1.
Side, edgeclassical
The side or edge of something.
2.
Prey, hunted animalclassical
A hunted animal, so called because it is diminished by being hunted.

تَحَيَّفَ الشيءverb

1.
To diminish, take from sidesclassical
To take away from the sides or edges of something, thereby diminishing it.

الحَافَتَانnoun

1.
Sides of the tongueclassical
The two sides of the tongue.

الحَافّانnoun

1.
Veins under the tongueclassical
Two green veins located beneath the tongue.

ذَات الحَيْفَةname

1.
Dhat al-Haifaclassical
A place name, one of the mosques of the Prophet (peace be upon him), located between Medina and Tabuk.

Parallel reading

الميل في الحكم، والجور والظلم.

Deviation in judgment, and oppression and injustice.

حاف عليه في حكمه يحيف حيفا: مال وجار

He deviated in his judgment, he leaned and was unjust.

أن يكون للرجل أولاد فيعطي بعضا دون بعض، وقد أمر بأن يسوي بينهم، فإذا فضل بعضهم على بعض فقد حاف.

That a man has children and gives to some and not others, when he was commanded to make them equal, so if he favored some over others, he has deviated from fairness.

إني لا أشهد على حيف

Indeed, I do not bear witness to injustice.

وكما تحب أن يكون أولادك في برك سواء فسو بينهم في العطاء.

And just as you would like your children to be equal in your kindness, so make them equal in giving.

أن يحيف الله عليهم ورسوله

That God and His Messenger would be unjust towards them.

حتى لا يطمع شريف في حيفك

So that no noble person would covet your bias.

الحيف: الجور والظلم.

Injustice: oppression and wrongdoing.

حافة كل شيء: ناحيته

The edge of everything: its side.

حافتا الوادي

The sides of the valley.

ترى سواد الماء في حيفها.

You see the blackness of the water in its sides.

حافتا اللسان: جانباه.

The sides of the tongue: its two sides.

تحيف الشيء: أخذ من جوانبه ونواحيه

To diminish something: to take from its sides and edges.

تحيف ماله: نقصه وأخذ من أطرافه.

To diminish his wealth: to reduce it and take from its extremities.

تحيفت الشيء مثل تحوفته إذا تنقصته من حافاته.

You diminish something like you reduce it if you take from its sides.

الحيفة: الطريدة لأنها تحيف ما يزيد فتنقصه

The hunted animal: because it diminishes what is added and reduces it.

الحافان: عرقان أخضران تحت اللسان، الواحد حاف، خفيف.

The two veins: two green veins under the tongue, the singular is 'haf', light.

الحيف: الهام والذكر

Injustice: the genitals and the penis.