حذف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root 'حذف' primarily denotes the act of cutting off, removing, or discarding something. It extends to meanings of throwing, striking, and preparing or shaping objects, as well as referring to specific types of small sheep and a horse's name.

Derived headwords

حَذَفَverb

1.
to omit it, to drop itboth
to omit it, to drop it

حَذْفnoun

1.
to omit it, to drop itboth
to omit it, to drop it

حِذْفnoun

1.
to omit it, to drop itboth
to omit it, to drop it

حُذَافَةnoun

1.
scraps, remnantsboth
What is cut off or removed from something, like leather scraps. It can also refer to any remaining food or provisions.

حَذْفَةnoun

1.
the singular of al-hadhafboth
the singular of al-hadhaf

تَحْذِيفnoun

1.
preparation, shapingclassical
The act of preparing, fashioning, or making something skillfully.

Parallel reading

حذف الشئ: إسقاطه.

To cut off something: to discard it.

حذفت من شعري ومن ذنب الدابة، أي أخذت.

I cut from my hair and from the tail of the animal, meaning I took some off.

والحذافة: ما حذفته من الاديم وغيره.

And al-ḥudhāfah: what you cut off from leather and other things.

ويقال أيضا: ما في رحله حذافة، أي شئ من الطعام.

It is also said: there is no ḥudhāfah in his saddlebag, meaning any food.

قال يعقوب: يقال: أكل الطعام فما ترك منه حذافة، واحتمل رحله فما ترك منه حذافة.

Ya'qub said: It is said: he ate the food and left no remnants of it, and he carried his saddlebag and left no remnants of it.

وحذفته بالعصا، أي رميته بها.

And I struck him with the stick, meaning I threw it at him.

وحذفت رأسه بالسيف، إذا ضربته فقطعت منه قطعة

And you cut off his head with the sword, if you strike him and cut a piece from it.

وحذفة: اسم فرس خالد جعفر بن كلاب، وفيها يقول:

And Ḥudhfah: the name of Khalid ibn Ja'far ibn Kilab's horse, and about it he says:

فمن يك سائلا عنى فإنى وحذفة كالشجا تحت الوريد

So whoever asks about me, then indeed I and Ḥudhfah are like a bone stuck under the vein.

وحذفه تحذيفا، أي هيأه وصنعه.

And he prepared it taḥdhīfan, meaning he fashioned and made it.

لها جبهة كسراة المج‍ ن حذفه الصانع المقتدر

It has a forehead like the lion's mane, fashioned by the capable craftsman.

والحذف بالتحريك: غنم سود صغار من غنم الحجاز، الواحدة حذفة.

And al-ḥadhf (with vowel movement): small black sheep from the sheep of the Hijaz, the singular is ḥadhfah.

وفى الحديث: " كأنها بنات حذف ".

And in the Hadith: 'as if they were young ḥadhf sheep'.