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ح ذ ر ف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of being smooth, level, or even, and by extension, to things that are complete or full. It also extends to specific terms for animal parts and a kunya for a hyena, as well as an idiom for having nothing.

Derived headwords

المَحْذَرِفnoun
  1. 1.
    levelled thingclassical

    A thing that is made level or smooth, similar to a hoof or a cloven hoof.

  2. 2.
    full vesselclassical

    A vessel that is filled to capacity.

حِذْرِفname
  1. 1.
    hyena's kunyaclassical

    A kunya (patronymic or nickname) for a hyena.

حِذْرَفُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    An expression meaning 'he has nothing', akin to 'he has not a fingernail clipping'.

  2. 2.
    fingernail clippingclassical

    A fingernail clipping, used metaphorically to denote something of very little value or quantity.

Parallel reading

المحذرف، بفتح الراء، أي على صيغة اسم المفعول
Al-mahdharif, with a fatha on the ra, meaning in the form of a passive participle.
هو الشيء المسوي، نحو الحافر والظلف
It is the levelled thing, like the hoof and the cloven hoof.
والمحذرف: المملوء من الأواني
And al-mahdharif: the full vessel.
وأم حذرف، كزبرج: كنية الضبع
And Umm Hidhruf, like Zubruj: the kunya of the hyena.
فقال أبو حاتم: ماله حذرفوت، كعنكبوت: أي ماله فسيط
And Abu Hatim said: 'He has no Hidhrufūt, like 'Ankabūt: meaning he has nothing.
كما يقال: ماله قلامة الظفر
As it is said: 'He has not a fingernail clipping'.
أو الحذرفوت: قلامة الظفر
Or al-Hidhrufūt: a fingernail clipping.
قال ابن دريد: زعمه قوم، وليس بثبت
Ibn Duraid said: 'A group claimed it, and it is not established'.