الحفن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of grasping or taking something with cupped hands. It extends to actions involving hands and feet in scooping or gathering, and also refers to small amounts or quantities. Derived meanings include uprooting, taking for oneself, and specific physical postures.

Derived headwords

الحَفْنnoun

1.
cupped handfulboth
Taking something with your palms and cupped fingers.
2.
scooping with handsboth
The act of scooping with both hands, like gathering earth.
3.
small amountboth
A small quantity of something given or taken.

حَفَنَverb

1.
to scoopboth
To take something with cupped hands, fingers closed.
2.
to graspboth
To take something with the palms and fingers together.

الحَفْنُ بِالتَحْرِيكِnoun

1.
scuffing feetclassical
To move one's feet as if kicking up dust or sand while walking.

الحَفْنَةnoun

1.
handfulboth
The amount that fills the palm of the hand.
2.
hollowboth
A hollow or depression in the ground.
3.
small holeboth
A small pit or indentation.

حُفْنَةnoun

1.
handfulboth
The amount that fills the palm of the hand.
2.
hollowboth
A hollow or depression in the ground.
3.
small holeboth
A small pit or indentation.

احتَفَنَverb

1.
to cup hands under kneesclassical
To place one's hands beneath one's knees.
2.
to liftclassical
To take something by its joint or base and lift it.
3.
to uprootboth
To pull a tree or plant out of the ground.
4.
to take for oneselfboth
To take something exclusively for oneself.

مُحْتَفِنadjective

1.
one who scoops muchclassical
Someone who takes or scoops a lot.

الحُفَانnoun

1.
abundanceclassical
Refers to abundance, as mentioned in relation to the letter Faa'.

حُفَيْنَةnoun

1.
certaintyclassical
Used in the phrase 'certainty of the news'.

بَنُو حُفَيْنname

1.
Banu Hufaynboth
A tribe or clan named Hufayn.

Parallel reading

أخذك الشيء براحتيك والأصابع مضمومة

Your taking something with your palms and cupped fingers.

أو الجرف بكلتا اليدين

Or scooping with both hands.

والعطاء القليل

And the small giving.

وبالتحريك: أن يقلب قدميه كأنه يحثو بهما إذا مشى

And with vowelization (haraka): to move one's feet as if kicking up dust when walking.

والحفنة: ملء الكف

And the handful: is the filling of the palm.

والحفرة، والنقرة

And the hollow, and the small pit.

واحتفنه: جعل يديه تحت ركبتيه

And he cupped his hands under his knees: he placed his hands beneath his knees.

وأخذه بمأبضه، ثم احتمله

And taking it by its joint, then carrying it.

و الشجر: اقتلعه من الأرض

And the trees: he uprooted them from the ground.

و الشيء: أخذه لنفسه

And the thing: he took it for himself.

وكمنبر: الكثير الحفن

And like minbar (a lot): the one who scoops a lot.

والحفان، كشداد: في الفاء

And al-Haffan, like shaddad: is in the Faa'.

وعند حفينة الخبر اليقين: في ج ه ن

And with Hufaynah (certainty) of the sure news: is in Hell.

وبنو حفين، كزبير: بطن

And Banu Hufayn, like Zubayr: is a clan.