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هطف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of milking and the falling of rain, particularly heavy rain. It also extends to descriptive terms for abundant milk and specific geographical or tribal names.

Derived headwords

هَطَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to milkboth

    The verb 'haṭafa' when used in relation to a shepherd means to milk an animal.

  2. 2.
    to rainboth

    When the sky is described as 'haṭafa', it means it has rained.

هَطْفnoun
  1. 1.
    milk's frothclassical

    The noun 'haṭf' refers to the froth or foam on milk.

  2. 2.
    heavy rainclassical

    Described as 'haṭf', it signifies abundant or heavy rain.

الهطفname
  1. 1.
    Banu al-Hatifclassical

    A lineage or tribe known as 'Banu al-Hatif', who are said to be from the Kananah or Asad tribes and were the first to carve these specific types of troughs.

الهطفname
  1. 1.
    a fortress in Yemenclassical

    A specific fortress named 'al-Hatif' located in Yemen, situated on Mount Waqirah.

Parallel reading

هطف الراعي يهطف: احتلب
The shepherd milks, he milks: he milked.
و السماء: أمطرت
And the sky: it rained.
والهطف: حفيف اللبن
And the froth of milk.
وككتف: المطر الغزير
And like 'katif': the heavy rain.
وبنو الهطف: من كنانة، أو من أسد، وهم أول من نحت هذه الجفان
And Banu al-Hatif: from Kananah, or from Asad, and they are the first who carved these troughs.
وكزبير: حصن باليمن بجبل واقرة
And like 'zubayr': a fortress in Yemen by Mount Waqirah.