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هفف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are light, thin, or insubstantial. It extends to concepts of speed, weakness, and even specific natural phenomena like thin clouds or fast-moving wind.

Derived headwords

هَفّnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin cloudsclassical

    Refers to sparse clouds that contain little to no rain.

  2. 2.
    Unproductive fruitclassical

    Describes a fruit or crop that is not yielding well, or a harvest that is delayed and its seeds have scattered.

  3. 3.
    Small fishclassical

    A type of small fish.

هَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    To move lightlyboth

    To move with lightness and speed, often used to describe the movement of wind or animals.

هَفِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Lightnessboth

    The quality of being light, thin, or transparent.

  2. 2.
    Swiftness of paceclassical

    Refers to the speed at which something travels, particularly camels or other mounts.

هَفَّافadjective
  1. 1.
    Shimmeringclassical

    Describes something that is bright and shimmering, like lightning.

  2. 2.
    Light and airyboth

    Describes something that is light, thin, and transparent, such as a garment or feathers.

هَفْهَافadjective
  1. 1.
    Thin and transparentboth

    Describes a garment or feathers that are very thin and light, almost transparent.

الهَفَّافadjective
  1. 1.
    Gentle and pleasantclassical

    Describes a calm, pleasant wind or shade.

مُهَفْهَفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, slender-belliedboth

    meaning, slender-bellied

اليَهْفُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Cowardlyclassical

    Describes a person who is cowardly or faint-hearted.

  2. 2.
    Hard-heartedclassical

    Can also refer to someone who is unfeeling or has a strong, perhaps unyielding, heart.

Parallel reading

السحاب الرقيق ليس فيه ماء.
Thin clouds that contain no water.
وشهدة هف: ليس فيها عسل
And a honeycomb that is 'haf': it contains no honey.
الزرع الذي يؤخر حصاده فينتثر حبه.
The crop whose harvest is delayed, causing its seeds to scatter.
جنس من السمك صغار.
A type of small fish.
والظل الهفاف والريح الهفافة: الساكنة الطيبة.
And the gentle shade and the pleasant, still wind.
قميص هفاف وهفهاف، أي رقيق شفاف.
A garment that is 'haffaf' and 'hafhaf', meaning thin and transparent.
وريش هفهاف.
And light, transparent feathers.
والهفيف: سرعة السير.
And 'hafeef': swiftness of pace.
إذا ما نعسنا نعسة قلت غننا بخرقاء وارفع من هفيف الرواحل
When we dozed off for a nap, you said, 'Sing to us with a clear voice and increase the swiftness of the camels' pace.'
وامرأة مهفهفة، أي ضامرة البطن
And a woman who is 'mahfhafah', meaning slender-waisted.
واليهفوف: الجبان، ويقال الحديد القلب.
And 'al-yahfuf': the coward, and it is said, the hard-hearted.