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Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of speed, swiftness, and movement, often with connotations of error, slipping, or going astray. It also encompasses related ideas like fluttering, passing, and being lost, as well as terms for light or swift individuals and specific types of rain.

Derived headwords

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move quickly or speed along.

  2. 2.
    to slipboth

    To make a mistake or err; to falter.

  3. 3.
    to goboth

    To depart or go away, especially referring to something light like fluff in the air.

  4. 4.
    to flutterboth

    For a bird, to beat its wings rapidly.

  5. 5.
    to hungerboth

    To become hungry.

هَفْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteclassical

    The act of hastening or moving quickly.

  2. 2.
    slippingclassical

    The act of making a mistake or faltering.

  3. 3.
    flutteringclassical

    The rapid beating of wings by a bird.

  4. 4.
    goingclassical

    The act of moving away, especially of light objects.

هَفْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slipboth

    A minor mistake, error, or lapse in judgment.

  2. 2.
    hasteclassical

    A quick movement or a state of hastiness.

هَفْوَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteclassical

    A state of extreme speed or hastiness.

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to flutterboth

    For a bird, to beat its wings.

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to slipboth

    For a person, to make a mistake or err.

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to hungerboth

    For a person, to become hungry.

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to goboth

    For fluff or light material, to move or be carried away in the air.

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    For the wind to move something, like fluff.

هَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to go afterboth

    For the heart (al-fu'ad) to pursue or go after something.

  2. 2.
    to be delightedboth

    For the heart (al-fu'ad) to be joyful or thrilled.

الهَفَاnoun
  1. 1.
    rainclassical

    A rain that falls and then stops.

الهَفْوnoun
  1. 1.
    light personclassical

    A person who is quick or light in their movements.

هَوَافِيnoun
  1. 1.
    lost camelsclassical

    Lost or strayed camels belonging to a herd.

الهَفَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    rainclassical

    A rain, specifically a light or intermittent shower, not a prolonged downpour.

  2. 2.
    type of rainclassical

    A kind of rain similar to 'rahmah' (light rain).

الأَهْفَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    foolsclassical

    People who are foolish, stupid, or lacking in sense.

هَافَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to favorclassical

    To lean towards someone or something according to one's own desires or inclinations.

Parallel reading

هفا هفوا وهفوة وهفوانا: أسرع
He hastened with haste, a slip, and hastiness.
و الطائر: خفق بجناحيه
And the bird: it fluttered its wings.
و الرجل: زل
And the man: he slipped.
وجاع
And he became hungry.
و الصوفة في الهواء هفوا وهفوا: ذهبت
And the fluff in the air went away.
و الريح بها: حركتها
And the wind moved it.
و الفؤاد: ذهب في أثر الشيء
And the heart: it went in pursuit of the thing.
وطرب
And it was delighted.
والهفا. مطر يمطر ثم يكف
And Al-Hafa: rain that falls and then stops.
والهفو: المرء الخفيف
And Al-Hafw: the light person.
وهوافي الإبل: ضوالها
And Hawafi of the camels: their lost ones.
والهفاة: المطرة، لا النظرة، وغلط الجوهري، ونحو من الرهمة
And Al-Hafah: the rain, not the glance, and Al-Jawhari erred, and it is a type of light rain.
والأهفاء: الحمقى من الناس
And Al-Ahfa': the foolish among people.
وهافاه: مايله إلى هواه
And he favored him: leaning towards his desire.