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هوف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a lack of goodness or a specific type of wind. The primary usage found describes a person as having no good in them, and a wind that is either cold or hot, with some debate on its precise temperature.

Derived headwords

هوفadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking goodnessclassical

    Describing a person who possesses no good qualities or benefits.

  2. 2.
    cold windclassical

    Referring to a wind that is cold in its blowing.

  3. 3.
    hot windclassical

    Referring to a wind that is hot.

الهوفnoun
  1. 1.
    cold windclassical

    The wind that is cold in its blowing.

  2. 2.
    hot windclassical

    The wind that is hot.

علفوفadjective
  1. 1.
    consumingclassical

    A descriptive term, possibly related to consuming or being consumed, used in the context of a wind.

Parallel reading

رجل هوف: لا خير عنده.
A man of 'hawf': there is no good with him.
والهوف من الرياح: كالهيف، وهي الباردة الهبوب
And 'al-hawf' from the winds is like 'al-hayf', and it is the cold-blowing one.
وفي الصحاح: الهوف الريح الحارة
And in Al-Sihah: 'al-hawf' is the hot wind.
وا ابناه ليس بعلفوف تلفه هوف حشي من صوف
Oh my sons, he is not 'al-'alfoof' whom a 'hawf' wind, stuffed with wool, consumes.
وقيل: لم يسمع هذا إلا في كلام أم تأبط شرا
And it was said: this was not heard except in the speech of the mother of Ta'abbat Sharran.
وإنما قالته لأن فقر كلامها موضوعة على هذا
And she only said it because the structure of her speech was based on this.
ألا ترى أن قبل هذا ما قدمناه من قولها ليس بعلفوف وبعده حشي من صوف؟
Do you not see that before this is what we presented of her saying 'laysa bi-'alfoof' and after it 'hushiya min soof'?
فإذا كان ذلك فهو من هيف
And if that is the case, then it is from the root 'hayf'.