هفا

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of slipping, falling, or moving erratically, often associated with lightness or a lack of control. It extends to the actions of birds, the movement of objects in the air, and even states of hunger or a fleeting glance.

Derived headwords

الهفوةnoun

1.
The slip, the errorboth
The slip, the error

هفاverb

1.
He slipped, he erred (hafwa)both
He slipped, he erred (hafwa)

وقد هفا يهفو هفوة — and he slipped, making a slip

وهفا الطائر بجناحيه، أي خفق وطار — and the bird flapped its wings, meaning it beat them and flew

وهفا الشئ في الهواء، إذا ذهب، كالصوفة ونحوها — and a thing moved in the air, if it went, like a piece of wool or the like

ومر الظبي يهفو، مثل قولك: يطفو — and the gazelle passed, moving lightly, like your saying: it floats

هفوةnoun

1.
A slip, an errorboth
A slip, an error

هوافيnoun

1.
wandering thingsclassical
Things that wander or move about aimlessly, similar to 'hawami'.

الهفوnoun

1.
hungerboth
A state of being hungry.

هافadjective

1.
hungryboth
A man who is hungry.

الهفاةnoun

1.
glanceclassical
A quick look or glance.

Parallel reading

الهفوة: الزلة.

Al-hafwa: the slip.

وقد هفا يهفو هفوة.

And he slipped, making a slip.

وهفا الطائر بجناحيه، أي خفق وطار.

And the bird flapped its wings, meaning it beat them and flew.

وهو إذا الحرب هفا عقابه * مرجم حرب تلتظى حرابه

And when war comes, its punishment flaps/moves swiftly * a fiery war whose spears blaze

وهفا الشئ في الهواء، إذا ذهب، كالصوفة ونحوها.

And a thing moved in the air, if it went, like a piece of wool or the like.

ومر الظبي يهفو، مثل قولك: يطفو.

And the gazelle passed, moving lightly, like your saying: it floats.

بشر يصف فرسا يشبه شخصها والخيل تهفو * هفوا ظل فتخاء الجناح

Bishr describes a mare whose form is resembled and the horses move lightly * lightly they moved, like the shadow of one with wide wings

وهوافي النعم، مثل الهوامي.

And hawafi of the camels, like hawami.

والهفو: الجوع.

And al-hafwa: hunger.

ورجل هاف، أي جائع.

And a man is haaf, meaning hungry.

والهفاة: النظرة

And al-hafah: the glance