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ءفا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns phenomena related to clouds and light rain. It describes detached pieces of clouds and a type of weak, drizzling rain.

Derived headwords

أَفَىnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of cloudboth

    A detached piece or fragment of cloud.

أَفَاهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of cloudclassical

    A single detached piece or fragment of cloud.

هَفَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    light rainclassical

    A type of weak, drizzling rain, similar to 'rahmah'.

  2. 2.
    piece of cloudclassical

    A detached piece or fragment of cloud.

الهَفَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    light rainclassical

    A type of weak, drizzling rain.

الهَفَاnoun
  1. 1.
    light rainclassical

    A type of weak, drizzling rain, used in the plural form.

Parallel reading

الأَفَى القَطْعُ مِنَ الغَيْمِ وَهِيَ الفِرَقُ يَجِئْنَ قِطَعًا كَمَا هِيَ
Al-afā is the piece of cloud, and they are the scattered portions that come in pieces as they are.
الوَاحِدَةُ أُفَاةٌ
The singular is ufāh.
وَيُقَالُ هَفَاةٌ أَيْضًا
And it is also called hafāh.
الهَفَاةُ وَجَمْعُهَا الهَفَا نَحْوٌ مِنَ الرَّهْمَةِ، المَطَرُ الضَّعِيفُ
Al-hafāh, and its plural is al-hafā, is a type of light rain, the weak rain.
أَفَا وَأُفَاةٌ، النَّضِرُ: هِيَ الهَفَاةُ وَالأُفَاةُ
Afā and ufāh. Al-Naḍr said: It is al-hafāh and al-ufāh.