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حفث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the contents or inner workings of an animal's stomach, specifically the rumen. It also extends to a type of snake known for its non-venomous puffing.

Derived headwords

الحَفْثnoun
  1. 1.
    rumenboth

    The first compartment of the stomach in ruminant animals, also referred to as the 'cup'.

الحُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    al-ḥibbah, with kasra, is the seeds of the desert that are not foodboth

    al-ḥibbah, with kasra, is the seeds of the desert that are not food

  2. 2.
    al-ḥubbah, with ḍamma, is loveboth

    al-ḥubbah, with ḍamma, is love

  3. 3.
    one-sixth of one-eighth of a dirham (a unit of weight)both

    one-sixth of one-eighth of a dirham (a unit of weight)

  4. 4.
    one forty-eighth of a dirhamboth

    one forty-eighth of a dirham

الحَفَّاثnoun
  1. 1.
    puffing snakeclassical

    A type of snake that inflates itself but is not venomous or harmful.

وقد رأوا حفاثهم * قد عضه فقضى عليه الاشجع — And they saw their Haffath * bitten and the brave one killed it.

Parallel reading

الحفث، بكسر الفاء: حفث الكرش، وهو القبة
Al-hafth, with a kasra on the fa: is the hafth of the rumen, which is the cup.
وهو القبة
which is the cup.
والحفاث: حية تنفخ ولا تؤذى
And al-Haffath: a snake that puffs up and does not harm.
أيفايشون وقد رأوا حفاثهم * قد عضه فقضى عليه الاشجع
Are they to be blamed, when they saw their Haffath * bitten and the brave one killed it?