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الهوف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to winds, encompassing both hot and cold varieties. It also extends to describe a person who is empty or lacking in good qualities, and has a variant form related to a specific wind from Yemen.

Derived headwords

الهوفnoun
  1. 1.
    hot windmodern

    Refers to a hot wind.

  2. 2.
    cold windmodern

    Refers to a cold wind.

الهبوبnoun
  1. 1.
    blowing of windmodern

    The act or sound of wind blowing.

الخاويadjective
  1. 1.
    empty personmodern

    A man who is empty, lacking in good qualities or substance.

الهيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Yemeni windclassical

    A variant pronunciation or form referring to a wind from Yemen (specifically, the al-Naka' of Yemen).

Parallel reading

الريح الحارة
the hot wind
والريح الباردة الهبوب
and the cold wind blowing
ضد
opposite
وبالضم: الرجل الخاوي الذي لا خير عنده
And with dammah (on the first letter): the empty man who has no good in him
ولغة في: الهيف: لنكباء اليمن
And a variant pronunciation for: al-Hayf: for the wind from Yemen