حف

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of dryness, scarcity, and surrounding or encompassing. It extends to sounds made by animals or objects, and also to specific items like woven materials, food, and even geographical locations.

Derived headwords

حَفَأَverb

1.
to be dryboth
To be dry, especially referring to the scalp after neglecting to oil it, or the land after its vegetation has dried up.
2.
to lose hearingclassical
To lose all one's hearing.

أَحْفَىverb

1.
to shave closelyboth
To shave closely, specifically referring to the mustache and the head.

حَفِيفًاnoun

1.
rustling soundboth
A sound heard when a horse runs, or a rustling sound made by a snake from its skin, or by a bird or tree.

حَفْحَفَverb

1.
to make a soundclassical
The wing of a bird or the hyena makes a sound.
2.
to have a narrow lifeboth
One's livelihood becomes constricted or difficult.

حَفَّverb

1.
to surroundboth
To surround or encompass something.
2.
to remind of uglinessclassical
To remind someone of their faults or unpleasant matters.
3.
to neglect oilingclassical
To neglect the customary oiling of the head.
4.
to cause a soundclassical
To cause a horse to make a sound from its belly (internal rumbling).
5.
to weaveclassical
To weave a garment using the 'huff' method.

حَفَّافًاnoun

1.
shavingclassical
The act of shaving, particularly the hair around a woman's face.

قَشْرَتَهُverb

1.
to peel offclassical
To peel off one's skin or outer layer.

احْتَفَّتْverb

1.
to shaveclassical
To have one's hair shaved off, especially the facial hair of a woman.

الحُفَّةnoun

1.
complete honorclassical
Complete or perfect honor and respect.
2.
regionclassical
A district or region, specifically west of Aleppo.
3.
loom rollerclassical
A roller on a loom around which cloth is wound.

الحِفَافnoun

1.
sideboth
A side, edge, or flank.
2.
traceclassical
A trace or remnant.
3.
hairlineclassical
The fringe of hair around the head of a bald person.

الحُفَّانnoun

1.
ostrich chicksclassical
Young ostriches, male or female.
2.
servantsclassical
Servants or attendants.
3.
full vesselsclassical
Vessels filled to the brim, or containers filled to their capacity.

حَفَّانَةnoun

1.
ostrich chickclassical
A single young ostrich, male or female.

حَافٍadjective

1.
unspunclassical
Not twisted or spun, referring to a type of sweet drink (sawiq).
2.
afflicted by the evil eyeclassical
Severely affected by the evil eye.

الحُفُوفnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A difficult life, scarcity of wealth, or a narrow situation.
2.
sideclassical
The side or direction of a matter.
3.
capable short personclassical
A short person who is capable or powerful.

المِحَفَّةnoun

1.
litterclassical
A type of palanquin or litter for women, similar to a howdah but without a dome.

حَفَّهُverb

1.
to surroundboth
To surround or encompass someone or something with an object or concept.

حَفَّفْنَاهُمَاverb

1.
to surround withclassical
To surround them (dual) with something, like palm trees.

الحَفَفnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A difficult life, scarcity of wealth, or a narrow situation.
2.
sideclassical
The side or direction of a matter.

اللَّحْمُ اللَّيِّنُ أَسْفَلَ اللُّهَاةِnoun

1.
soft flesh under uvulaclassical
The soft flesh located beneath the uvula in the throat.

الكُنَاسَةnoun

1.
remnants of strawclassical
The remaining bits of straw and fodder.

حَافَّتْهُمُ الْحَاجَةُverb

1.
to be in needclassical
They are in dire need; poverty surrounds them.

مَحْفُوفُونadjective

1.
surrounded by needclassical
People who are surrounded by poverty or need.

حَفْ حَفinterjection

1.
cluckclassical
A sound used to scold or call a rooster and chickens.

أَحْفَفْتُهُverb

1.
to mention uglinessclassical
To remind someone of their faults or unpleasant matters.
2.
to neglect oilingclassical
To neglect the customary oiling of the head.
3.
to cause a soundclassical
To cause a horse to make a sound from its belly (internal rumbling).
4.
to weaveclassical
To weave a garment using the 'huff' method.

حَفْفْتُهُverb

1.
to weaveclassical
To weave a garment using the 'huff' method.

تَحْفِيفًاnoun

1.
exertionclassical
To exert oneself greatly.
2.
scarcity of wealthclassical
One's wealth diminishes.

احْتَفَّverb

1.
to harvestclassical
To cut or harvest vegetation.
2.
to order shavingclassical
A woman ordering someone to remove her facial hair with threads.
3.
to surroundclassical
To surround or encompass.

اسْتَحَفَّverb

1.
to seize allclassical
To take all of someone's wealth.

حَفِيفُ الْجَنَاحِnoun

1.
wing soundclassical
The sound made by a bird's wing.

حَفِيفُ الضَّبُعِnoun

1.
hyena soundclassical
The sound made by a hyena.

Parallel reading

حف رأسه يحف حفوفا: بعد عهده بالدهن

He shaved his head, he shaves, shaving: after neglecting to oil it.

و الأرض: يبس بقلها

And the land: its vegetation dried up.

و سمعه: ذهب كله

And his hearing: it all went away.

و شاربه، ورأسه: أحفاهما

And his mustache, and his head: he shaved them closely.

و الفرس حفيفا: سمع عند ركضه صوت

And the horse made a rustling sound: a sound was heard upon its running.

و الأفعى: فح فحيحا، إلا أن الحفيف من جلدها، والفحيح من فيها

And the snake: it hissed, except that the rustling is from its skin, and the hissing is from its mouth.

والشجرة: إذا صوتت

And the tree: when it made a sound.

والمرأة وجهها من الشعر تحف حفافا، بالكسر، وحفا قشرته، كاحتفت

And a woman her face from hair she shaves with a shaving sound, with kasr, and she peeled its skin, as if she shaved it.

والحفة: الكرامة التامة، وكورة غربي حلب، والمنوال يلف عليه الثوب

And Al-Hiffah: complete honor, and a district west of Aleppo, and the loom on which the cloth is wound.

والحف: المنسج، وسمكة بيضاء شاكة

And Al-Huff: the loom, and a spiny white fish.

والحفان: فراخ النعام للذكر والأنثى، والواحدة: حفانة، والخدم، والملآن من الأواني، أو ما بلغ المكيل حفافيه

And Al-Huffan: ostrich chicks for male and female, and the single one: Huffanah, and servants, and the full ones of vessels, or what reached its brims.

وككتاب: الجانب، والأثر، وقد جاء على حفافه وحففه وحفه، مفتوحتين: أثره

And like Kitab: the side, and the trace, and it came upon its side, and its sides, and its side, with fatha: its trace.

{حافين ms1083 من حول العرش} : محدقين بأحفته، أي: جوانبه

{Surrounding ms1083 from around the Throne}: looking around its sides, meaning: its flanks.

وسويق حاف: غير ملتوت

And a Sawiq that is unspun: not twisted.

وهو حاف بين الحفوف: شديد الإصابة بالعين

And he is afflicted among the afflicted: severely struck by the evil eye.

{حففناهما بنخل} : جعلنا النخل مطيفة بأحفتهما

{We surrounded them with palm trees}: We made the palm trees surrounding their sides.

والحفف، محركة، والحفوف: عيش سوء، وقلة مال، و من الأمر: ناحيته، والقصير المقتدر

And Al-Hafaf, with harakah, and Al-Huffuf: a bad life, and scarcity of wealth, and of the matter: its side, and the short capable one.

والمحفة، بالكسر: مركب للنساء كالهودج، إلا أنها لا تقبب

And Al-Mahaffah, with kasr: a mount for women like a howdah, except that it is not domed.

وحفه بالشيء، كمده: أحاط به، وفي المثل: "من حفنا أو رفنا فليقتصد"

And He surrounded him with the thing, like extending it: He encompassed him, and in the proverb: "Whoever we surround or we lift, let him be moderate".

أي: من طاف بنا، واعتنى بأمرنا، وخدمنا، ومدحنا، فلا يغلون، ومنه قولهم: ماله حاف ولا راف، وذهب من كان يحفه ويرفه

Meaning: whoever circles us, and takes care of our affairs, and serves us, and praises us, then let them not be excessive, and from this is their saying: his wealth is neither surrounding nor lifting, and gone is he who used to surround him and lift him.

وكشداد: اللحم اللين أسفل اللهاة

And like Shidad: the soft flesh below the uvula.

وككناسة: بقية التبن والقت

And like Kinnasah: the remainder of straw and fodder.

وحفتهم الحاجة أي: هم محاويج، وقوم محفوفون

And need surrounded them, meaning: they are needy, and people surrounded by need.

وحف حف: زجر للديك والدجاج

Huff huff: a scolding for the rooster and chickens.

وأحففته: ذكرته بالقبيح

And I reminded him of ugliness: I mentioned the ugly things to him.

و رأسي: أبعدت عهده بالدهن

And my head: I removed its customary oiling.

و الفرس: حملته على أن يكون له حفيف، وهو دوي جوفه

And the horse: I made it have a rustling sound, which is the rumbling of its belly.

و الثوب: نسجته بالحف، كحففته

And the garment: I wove it with Al-Huff, as I wove it.

وحفف تحفيفا: جهد، وقل ماله

And he exerted himself greatly, and his wealth diminished.

و حوله: حف، كاحتف

And around him: he surrounded, as he surrounded.

واحتف النبت: جزّه

And the vegetation: it was harvested.

و المرأة: أمرت من يحف شعر وجهها بخيطين

And the woman: she ordered someone to shave her facial hair with two threads.

واستحف أموالهم: أخذها بأسرها

And he seized all their wealth: he took it all.

وحفحف: ضاقت معيشته

And his livelihood became narrow: his living became constricted.

و جناح الطائر، والضبع: سمع لهما صوت

And the wing of the bird, and the hyena: a sound was heard from them.