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حفض

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root حفض (ḥfḍ) primarily relates to the act of casting down, throwing, or laying something aside. It extends to meanings of carrying, holding, and the associated baggage or belongings, as well as the animals or structures that bear them. Figuratively, it can denote weakness or a diminished state.

Derived headwords

حَفَضَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cast down, throwboth

    To cast something down or throw it from one's hands.

  2. 2.
    to carryboth

    To carry or transport something, often belongings.

حَفْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    casting down, throwingboth

    The act of casting down or throwing something.

  2. 2.
    carryingboth

    The act of carrying or transporting.

حَفَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to cast down, throwboth

    To cast something down or throw it from one's hands.

  2. 2.
    to bend, curveclassical

    To bend or curve something, like a musical instrument.

  3. 3.
    to dry out, become parchedclassical

    To make land dry and parched, or for land to become so.

  4. 4.
    to peelclassical

    To peel or strip the outer layer of something.

تَحْفِيضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    casting down, throwingclassical

    The act of casting down or throwing something, especially from one's hands.

  2. 2.
    laying behindclassical

    The act of casting something behind or leaving it behind.

حَفَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to bend, curveclassical

    To bend or curve something, such as a musical instrument.

حَفْضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    household goods, baggageboth

    The belongings and furnishings of a house, especially those prepared for transport.

  2. 2.
    inferior goods, refuseclassical

    The inferior or refuse part of household goods or baggage.

  3. 3.
    container for goodsclassical

    A container for belongings, like a saddlebag or sack.

  4. 4.
    camel carrying baggageboth

    A camel that carries baggage or household goods.

  5. 5.
    tent poleclassical

    A pole or support of a tent or dwelling.

  6. 6.
    bearer of knowledgeclassical

    Figuratively, a carrier or bearer of knowledge.

  7. 7.
    weak camelclassical

    A weak or young camel, especially one that is easily handled.

حُفَّاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    tent polesclassical

    The poles or supports of tents or dwellings.

  2. 2.
    baggage, goodsclassical

    Baggage, goods, or their containers.

  3. 3.
    young camelsclassical

    Young camels, especially those ridden for the first time.

أَحْفَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    tent polesclassical

    The poles or supports of tents or dwellings.

  2. 2.
    baggage, goodsclassical

    Baggage, goods, or their containers.

  3. 3.
    young camelsclassical

    Young camels, especially those ridden for the first time.

حَفَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to dry out, become parchedclassical

    To make land dry and parched, or for land to become so.

مُحْفِضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dry, parchedclassical

    Describing land that is dry, parched, and crackling.

حَفِيضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    beehiveclassical

    A beehive or a cell where bees store honey.

حَفَضَnoun
  1. 1.
    stone for buildingclassical

    A stone used in construction.

حَفَضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    shrubbery, thicketclassical

    The dense growth of a shrub or tree, often thorny.

مَحْفَضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    shrubbery, thicketclassical

    A place with dense shrubbery or thorny growth.

Parallel reading

حفضه حفضا: ألقاه وطرحه من يديه
He cast it down with a casting down: he threw it and cast it from his hands.
كحفضه تحفيضا
Like his casting it down with a casting down.
وحفضت النذور وأردفتهم فضول الله وانتهت القسوم
And the vows were cast aside, and they were followed by the bounty of God, and the divisions were ended.
حفض العود حفضا: حناه وعطفه
He bent the lute with a bending: he curved it and made it crooked.
إما ترى دهرا حناني حفضا أطر الصناعين العريش القعضا
If you see time bending me with a bending, it stretches the two craftsmen, the frame, the crooked one.
الحفض، محركة: متاع البيت، وقماشه، ورديء المتاع ورذاله
Al-ḥafḍ, movable: the household goods, and its furnishings, and the inferior and refuse of the goods.
وقيل: هو متاع البيت إذا هيئ للحمل
And it was said: it is the household goods when prepared for carrying.
الحفض أيضا: البعير الذي يحمله
Al-ḥafḍ also: the camel that carries it.
هو القعود بما عليه
It is the sitting down with what is upon it.
الحفض: بيت الشعر بعمده وأطنابه، وهو الأصل
Al-ḥafḍ: the tent with its poles and ropes, and it is the origin.
الحفض: حامل العلم وهو مجاز
Al-ḥafḍ: the bearer of knowledge, and it is metaphorical.
هؤلاء أحفاض علم
These are bearers of knowledge.
إبل حفاض، أي ضعيفة
Weak camels, meaning feeble.
الحفض: الصغير من الإبل أول ما يركب
Al-ḥafḍ: the young of camels when first ridden.
الحفض: عمود الخباء، ج حفاض
Al-ḥafḍ: the tent pole, plural ḥifāḍ.
على الأحفاض نمنع ما يلينا
Upon the tent poles we defend what is next to us.
خرت على المتاع
Fell upon the baggage.
خرت عن الإبل التي تحمل المتاع
Fell from the camels that carry the baggage.
هي عمد الأخبية
They are the poles of the tents.
حفض الله عنه، وحبض عنه، أي سبخ عنه وخفف
God relieved him of it, and eased it from him, meaning it was lightened and lessened for him.
حفض الأرض، أي يبسها
He dried the land, meaning he made it parched.
وهي محفض، بغير هاء، وهي لغة هذيل، أي يابسة مقعقعة
And it is muḥfaḍ, without the 'ha', and it is a dialect of Hudhayl, meaning dry and crackling.
حفض الشيء: قشره
To peel something: to strip its skin.
إنه لحفض علم، أي قليله رثه
He is a bearer of knowledge, meaning his knowledge is little and worn.
الحفيضة: الخلية التي يعسل فيها النحل
Al-ḥafīḍah: the hive in which the bees make honey.
الحفض: حجر يبنى به
Al-ḥafḍ: a stone with which one builds.
الحفض: عجمة شجرة تسمى الحفول
Al-ḥafḍ: the thorny growth of a tree called al-ḥufūl.
وقد سمت العرب محفضا، أي كمحدث
And the Arabs have named a place Maḥfaḍ, meaning like Muḥaddath.