حسف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the idea of picking, gathering, or consuming, often with connotations of waste, decay, or intense emotion. It extends to descriptions of sparse or difficult conditions, and actions of stripping or consuming.

Derived headwords

حَسَفَverb

1.
to pick datesclassical
To pick dates, especially those that are spoiled or have fallen.
2.
to strip bareclassical
To strip something bare, like hair or feathers.

حَسْفnoun

1.
spoiled datesclassical
What has fallen of spoiled dates.
2.
rageclassical
Intense anger or fury.
3.
enmityclassical
Hostility or opposition.
4.
little waterclassical
A small amount of water.
5.
leftover foodclassical
Remnants or leftovers of food.
6.
silver drossclassical
The dross or residue from refining silver.
7.
thornsclassical
Sharp, prickly plants.
8.
cloud movementclassical
The movement or flow of clouds.
9.
snake's hissclassical
The sound a snake makes.
10.
harvestclassical
The act of reaping or gathering crops.
11.
herding sheepclassical
Driving or herding sheep.
12.
intercourseclassical
Sexual intercourse, specifically without full thigh contact.

حَسِيفَةnoun

1.
spoiled datesclassical
What has fallen of spoiled dates.
2.
rageclassical
Intense anger or fury.
3.
enmityclassical
Hostility or opposition.

حَسِيفnoun

1.
thornsclassical
Sharp, prickly plants.
2.
cloud movementclassical
The movement or flow of clouds.
3.
snake's hissclassical
The sound a snake makes.

حَسَافnoun

1.
harvestclassical
The act of reaping or gathering crops.

بهاءnoun

1.
thin cloudclassical
A thin or sparse cloud.

حَسِيفadjective

1.
well with little waterclassical
A well that has little water.

أَحْسَفَverb

1.
to mix spoiled datesclassical
To mix dates with their spoiled parts or dross.

تَحْسِيفnoun

1.
shaving the beardclassical
Shaving the beard or mustache.

تَحَسَّفَتْverb

1.
to be stripped offclassical
To be stripped off and scattered, like hair or feathers.

مُتَحَسِّفnoun

1.
one who eats everythingclassical
Someone who eats everything, leaving nothing behind.

اِنْحَسَفَverb

1.
to crumbleclassical
To crumble or break into pieces.

حَسِيفَةُ نَفْسِهِnoun phrase

1.
unfulfilled desireclassical
One's desire or need that has not been satisfied.

كَحَسِيفَةٍprepositional phrase

1.
like rage or enmityclassical
Similar to rage or enmity.

كَفَرِحَverb

1.
to be thornyclassical
To be covered in thorns or prickles.
2.
to be bristlyclassical
To be bristly or spiky.

كَعَنِيَverb

1.
to be baseclassical
To be base, vile, or contemptible.
2.
to be cast downclassical
To be cast down or degraded.

Parallel reading

حسف التمر يحسفه: نقاه.

Hassafa the dates, it hassafes them: it picked them clean.

وككناسة: ما تناثر من التمر الفاسد، والغيظ، والعداوة، كالحسيفة فيهما، والماء القليل، وبقية الطعام، وسحالة الفضة.

And like kenasah: what has fallen of spoiled dates, and rage, and enmity, like the hassifah in them, and a little water, and leftover food, and silver dross.

والحسف: الشوك، وجري السحاب، وجرس الحيات، كالحسيف، والحصد، كالحساف بالضم، وسوق الغنم، والجماع دون الفخذين، وبهاء: السحابة الرقيقة.

And al-hassf: thorns, and the flow of clouds, and the hiss of snakes, like al-hassif, and harvest, like al-hassaf (with damma), and herding sheep, and intercourse without thigh contact, and bahaa': a thin cloud.

وبئر حسيف، كأمير: للتي تحفر في الحجارة فلا ينقطع ماؤها كثرة.

And a hassif well, like amir: one dug in stones whose water does not cease in abundance.

ورجع بحسيفة نفسه، أي: لم يقض حاجتها.

And he returned with the hassifah of his soul, meaning: his need was not fulfilled.

وكفرح: أجن وحسك.

And like faraha: to be thorny and bristly.

وكعني: رذل وأسقط.

And like 'aniya: to be base and cast down.

وأحسف التمر: خلطه بحسافته.

And ahssafa the dates: to mix them with their dross.

وتحسيف الشارب: حلقه.

And tahsif of the mustache: shaving it.

وتحسفت الأوبار: تمعطت وتطايرت.

And the hairs تحسفت: they were stripped off and scattered.

والمتحسف: من لا يدع شيئا إلا أكله.

And al-mutahassif: one who leaves nothing without eating it.

وانحسف: تفتت.

And inhassafa: it crumbled.