حفف

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of surrounding, encompassing, and bordering. It extends to meanings related to scarcity, poverty, and the act of clearing or consuming completely. Derived terms also describe specific tools, young animals, and the physical state of hair.

Derived headwords

الحَقَّةnoun

1.
plural: huqq, huqaq, hiqaqboth
plural: huqq, huqaq, hiqaq
2.
someone else made him catch up with himboth
someone else made him catch up with him
3.
also meaning he caught up with himboth
also meaning he caught up with him

الحِفّnoun

1.
the beggar: he insistedboth
the beggar: he insisted

الحُفَّةnoun

1.
loom beamclassical
The beam of the loom.

الحِفَّانnoun

1.
ostrich chicksclassical
Young ostriches, male and female are the same.
2.
servantsclassical
Those who serve or assist.

حَفَّانَةnoun

1.
young ostrichclassical
A single young ostrich.

حَفَّverb

1.
he shaved his mustache and head: meaning, he trimmed it closelyboth
he shaved his mustache and head: meaning, he trimmed it closely

حَفّاًnoun

1.
shavingboth
The act of shaving hair.
2.
surroundingboth
The act of surrounding or encircling.
3.
neglect (hair)classical
The state of hair being un-oiled or neglected.

حِفَافاًnoun

1.
a trimmingboth
a trimming

احتَفَّverb

1.
to shaveboth
To shave one's face or head.
2.
to eat completelyclassical
To consume all the food in a pot.

اشتَفَّverb

1.
to drink completelyclassical
To drink all the liquid in a container.

المِحَفَّةnoun

1.
a type of women's conveyance, like a howdah, but it does not have a dome like howdahs doboth
a type of women's conveyance, like a howdah, but it does not have a dome like howdahs do

حافِّينadjective

1.
surroundingboth
Those who are surrounding or encircling.

حَفَّهُverb

1.
he surrounded it with something, just as the howdah is surrounded by curtainsboth
he surrounded it with something, just as the howdah is surrounded by curtains

التَّحْفِيفnoun

1.
adorningclassical
The act of adorning or decorating.

حافّnoun

1.
he was unjust to him (from the pattern of باع)both
he was unjust to him (from the pattern of باع)

مَحْفُوفadjective

1.
surroundedboth
Being surrounded or encompassed.
2.
needyclassical
In a state of need or poverty.

حُفُوفnoun

1.
neglect (hair)classical
The state of hair being un-oiled or neglected.

أحَفَّهُverb

1.
to cause to make a soundclassical
To cause a horse to make a sound while running.

حَفِيفnoun

1.
sound of runningclassical
The whirring or rustling sound of a horse's gallop.
2.
sound of wingsclassical
The whirring sound of a bird's wings.

حَفَّافnoun

1.
sidesboth
The sides or edges of something.

أحِفَّةnoun

1.
hair around the headclassical
The remaining hair around the head of a bald person.

الحَفَفnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A difficult life with little wealth; scarcity.

ضَفَفnoun

1.
abundanceclassical
Abundance or plenty (often used in negation with 'حفف').

حَفَّفَverb

1.
to surroundboth
To surround or encompass.

Parallel reading

الحقة: المنوال، وهو الخشبة التي يلف عليها الحائك الثوب.

Al-Haqqah: the loom beam, which is the wooden bar around which the weaver winds the cloth.

والذي يقال له الحف هو المنسج.

And that which is called Al-Hiff is the weaving loom.

الحفة: المنوال ولا يقال له حف، وإنما الحف المنسج.

Al-Huffah: the loom beam, and it is not called Hiff; rather, Al-Hiff is the weaving loom.

والحفان: فراخ النعام، الواحدة حفانة، الذكر والأنثى فيه سواء.

And Al-Huffan: young ostriches, the singular is Huffanah, male and female are the same.

وإنشد الاصمعي لاسامة الهذلى: وإلا النعام وحفانه وطغيا

And Al-Asma'i recited for Usamah Al-Hudhali: 'And the ostriches and their young and the wild heifers'

والحفان أيضا: الخدم

And Al-Huffan also: servants

وحفت المرأة وجهها من الشعر تحفه حفا وحفافا، واحتفت أيضا.

And the woman shaved her face of hair, she shaves it, shaving and a shaving, and she also shaved herself.

الحفف: عيش سوء وقلة مال.

Al-Hafaf: a bad life and scarcity of money.

يقال: مارئى عليهم حفف ولا ضفف، أي أثر عوز.

It is said: 'You do not see upon them hardship nor abundance,' meaning signs of need.

والاحتفاف: أكل جميع ما في القدر.

And Al-Ihtifaf: eating all that is in the pot.

والاشتفاف: شرب جميع ما في الاناء.

And Al-Ishtifaf: drinking all that is in the vessel.

والمحفة، بالكسر: مركب من مراكب النساء كالهودج، إلا أنها لا تقبب كما تقبب الهوادج.

And Al-Mihaffah, with kasra: a conveyance for women like the howdah, except that it is not domed as howdahs are domed.

وحفوا حوله يحفون حفا، أي أطافوا به واستداروا.

And they surrounded him, they surround him, surrounding, meaning they encircled him and stood around him.

وترى الملائكة حافين من حول العرش

And you see the angels surrounding from around the Throne

وحفه بالشئ يحفه كما يحف الهودج بالثياب.

And he adorned it with something, he adorns it, just as the howdah is adorned with cloths.

ويقال: من حفنا أو رفنا فليقتصد، أي من خدمنا أو تعطف علينا وحاطنا.

And it is said: 'Whoever serves us or shows us kindness and protection, let him be moderate,' meaning whoever serves us or is kind to us and protects us.

وما لفلان حاف ولا راف، وذهب من كان يحفه ويرفه.

And so-and-so has neither attendant nor supporter, and he who used to attend to him and support him is gone.

وحفتهم الحاجة تحفهم، إذا كانوا محاويج.

And need surrounded them, it surrounds them, if they were needy.

وهم قوم محفوفون.

And they are a surrounded people.

وحف رأسه يحف بالكسر حفوفا، أي بعد عهده بالدهن.

And his head was un-oiled, it was un-oiled, un-oiling, meaning after a long time since it was last oiled.

وأشعث في الدار ذي لمة يطيل الحفوف فلا يقمل

And unkempt in the dwelling, with long hair, he prolongs the neglect (of oiling) so it does not get lice.

وحف الفرس أيضا يحف حفيفا، وأحففته أنا، إذا حملته على أن يكون له حفيف، وهو دوي جريه.

And the horse also made a sound, it made a sound, and I made it make a sound, if I made it run so that it had a sound, which is the whirring of its gallop.

وكذلك حفيف جناح الطائر.

And likewise the whirring sound of a bird's wing.

وحف شاربه ورأسه يحف حفا، أي أحفاه.

And he shaved his mustache and his head, he shaves it, shaving, meaning he shaved it.

كأن جناحى مضرحى تكنفا حفا فيه شكا في العسيب بمسرد

As if the wings of a soaring bird surrounded it, with its sides bare, pierced in the palm rib with an awl.

بقى من شعره حفاف، وذلك إذا صلع فبقيت من شعره طرة حول رأسه، والجمع أحفة.

A fringe of his hair remained, and that is when he became bald, so a fringe of his hair remained around his head, and the plural is Ahiffah.

لهن إذا أصبحن منهم أحفة

For them, when they become visible, are fringes (of hair)

وقوله " لهن " أي للجفان " أحفة " أي قوم استداروا حولها.

And his saying 'for them,' meaning for the bowls, 'Ahiffah,' meaning people who surrounded them.