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لحف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of covering or enveloping oneself or something else. It extends to the item used for covering, such as a blanket or quilt, and also encompasses the idea of persistence or insistence, particularly in the context of begging.

Derived headwords

التحفتverb
  1. 1.
    covered oneselfboth

    To cover oneself with something, typically a garment or blanket.

التحفت بالثوب: تغطيت به — I covered myself with the garment.
التحفverb
  1. 1.
    he covered himself with itboth

    he covered himself with it

  2. 2.
    you covered yourself with itboth

    you covered yourself with it

وكل شئ تغطيت به فقد التحفت به — And anything you covered yourself with, you have covered yourself with it.
لحافnoun
  1. 1.
    quilt, blanketboth

    The item used for covering oneself, such as a quilt or blanket.

لحفتverb
  1. 1.
    covered (someone)both

    To cover someone with a blanket or garment.

ولحفت الرجل ألحفه لحفا: طرحت عليه اللحاف، أو غطيته بثوب — And I covered the man, I cover him with a covering: I threw a quilt over him, or covered him with a garment.
ألحفverb
  1. 1.
    the beggar: he insistedboth

    the beggar: he insisted

ولحفت الرجل ألحفه لحفا: طرحت عليه اللحاف، أو غطيته بثوب — And I covered the man, I cover him with a covering: I threw a quilt over him, or covered him with a garment.
لحفاnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    The act or instance of covering, specifically with a quilt or blanket.

ولحفت الرجل ألحفه لحفا: طرحت عليه اللحاف، أو غطيته بثوب — And I covered the man, I cover him with a covering: I threw a quilt over him, or covered him with a garment.
يلحفونverb
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    They cover, referring to the act of covering the ground with something.

ثم راحوا عبق المسك بهم يلحفون الأرض هداب الأزر — Then they departed, musk perfuming them, covering the ground with the hem of their garments.
لاحفتverb
  1. 1.
    covered closelyclassical

    To cover someone closely or intimately; to be side-by-side.

ولاحفت الرجل ملاحفة: كانفته — And I covered the man closely: I was side-by-side with him.
ملاحفةnoun
  1. 1.
    close coveringclassical

    The act of covering closely or being side-by-side.

ولاحفت الرجل ملاحفة: كانفته — And I covered the man closely: I was side-by-side with him.
ألحفverb
  1. 1.
    the beggar: he insistedboth

    the beggar: he insisted

وألحف السائل: ألح — And the beggar insisted: he persisted.
الملحفnoun
  1. 1.
    beggarclassical

    One who insists or begs persistently.

ليس للملحف مثل الرد — There is nothing like refusal for the persistent beggar.
الملحفةnoun
  1. 1.
    blanket, quiltboth

    A single piece of covering, like a blanket or quilt.

والملحفة: واحدة الملاحف — And the milhafah: one of the malahif (quilts/blankets).
الملاحفnoun
  1. 1.
    quilts, blanketsboth

    Plural of milhafah, referring to multiple pieces of covering.

والملحفة: واحدة الملاحف — And the milhafah: one of the malahif (quilts/blankets).

Parallel reading

التحفت بالثوب: تغطيت به.
I covered myself with the garment: I covered myself with it.
وكل شئ تغطيت به فقد التحفت به.
And anything you covered yourself with, you have covered yourself with it.
ولحفت الرجل ألحفه لحفا: طرحت عليه اللحاف، أو غطيته بثوب.
And I covered the man, I cover him with a covering: I threw a quilt over him, or covered him with a garment.
ثم راحوا عبق المسك بهم يلحفون الأرض هداب الأزر
Then they departed, musk perfuming them, covering the ground with the hem of their garments.
ولاحفت الرجل ملاحفة: كانفته.
And I covered the man closely: I was side-by-side with him.
وألحف السائل: ألح.
And the beggar insisted: he persisted.
ليس للملحف مثل الرد
There is nothing like refusal for the persistent beggar.
والملحفة: واحدة الملاحف.
And the milhafah: one of the malahif (quilts/blankets).