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حتف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns death, specifically a natural or unviolent end. It also refers to a specific historical lineage and a particular manner of dying.

Derived headwords

الحَتْفnoun
  1. 1.
    deathboth

    death

الحُتُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    deathsboth

    The plural form of 'al-ḥatf', referring to multiple instances of death.

حَتْفَ أَنْفِهِother
  1. 1.
    if he died without killing or strikingboth

    if he died without killing or striking

الحِنْتِفَانname
  1. 1.
    Al-Ḥintifānclassical

    The name of two brothers, Al-Ḥintif and his brother Sayf, sons of Aws bin Ḥumayrī.

الحِنْتِفname
  1. 1.
    Al-Ḥintifclassical

    The name of one of two brothers, sons of Aws bin Ḥumayrī.

Parallel reading

الحتف: الموت، والجمع الحتوف.
Al-ḥatf: death, and the plural is al-ḥutūf.
فنفسك أحرز فإن الحتوف ينبأن بالمرء في كل واد
So protect yourself, for deaths (or omens of death) inform about a person in every valley.
يقال مات فلان حتف أنفه.
It is said, 'So-and-so died his own death.'
إذا مات من غير قتل ولا ضرب.
Meaning, if he died without being killed or struck.
ولا يبنى منه فعل.
And no verb is derived from it.
قال أبو يوسف: الحنتفان: الحنتف وأخوه سيف، ابنا أوس بن حميري بن رياح بن يربوع.
Abu Yusuf said: Al-Ḥintifān are Al-Ḥintif and his brother Sayf, sons of Aws bin Ḥumayrī bin Riyāḥ bin Yarbu'.