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حيف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns injustice, oppression, and deviation from the right path. It also extends to the idea of diminishing or encroaching upon something.

Derived headwords

الحَيْفnoun
  1. 1.
    injustice and oppressionboth

    injustice and oppression

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

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

يَحِيفُverb
  1. 1.
    To be unjust, to oppressboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to act unjustly or oppressively.

تَحَيَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    To diminish, to encroach uponclassical

    To take away from the edges or sides of something, to diminish it gradually.

تَحَيَّفْتُverb
  1. 1.
    To diminish, to encroach uponclassical

    The first-person singular past tense of the verb meaning to diminish or encroach upon.

Parallel reading

الحيف: الجور والظلم.
Injustice: oppression and wrongdoing.
وقد حاف عليه يحيف
And he was unjust towards him, he oppresses.
أي جاز.
Meaning he transgressed.
وتحيفت الشئ مثل تحوفته
And you diminish a thing like you encroach upon it.
إذا تنقصته من حافاته.
If you diminish it from its edges.