ح ش ف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root ح ش ف primarily relates to dryness, hardness, and deterioration, often applied to food, body parts, or worn-out items. It also extends to concepts of scarcity, poor quality, and even physical states of decay or shriveling.

Derived headwords

الحَشْفُnoun

1.
stale breadclassical
Bread that has become dry and hard, losing its freshness.
2.
inferior datesclassical
The worst kind of dates, either those that are shriveled and spoiled or those that are weak and lack a pit.
3.
withered udderclassical
An old, dried-out, and shrunken udder.

ومازودوني غير حشف مرمد — They did not provide me with anything but stale, crumbled bread

الحَشَفُnoun

1.
inferior datesclassical
The worst kind of dates, either those that are shriveled and spoiled or those that are weak and lack a pit.

كأن قلوب الطير رطبا ويابسا ... لدي وكرها العناب الحشف البالي — As if the hearts of birds, fresh and dry... were in their nests the withered, inferior dates

الحَشَفُnoun

1.
withered udderclassical
An old, dried-out, and shrunken udder.

على حشف كالشن ذاو مجدد — upon a withered udder like a dried-out waterskin, renewed

الحَشَفَةُnoun

1.
glans penisboth
The head or tip of the male organ, specifically the part above the circumcision line.
2.
base of plantsclassical
The remaining parts of plants after harvesting.
3.
old womanclassical
A term used to refer to an elderly woman.
4.
dried yeastclassical
Yeast that has become dry and hard.
5.
sore in the throatclassical
A type of ulcer or sore that appears in the throat of a human or a camel.
6.
soft rockclassical
A soft rock formation surrounded by flat land, or a rock that emerges from the sea.
7.
small islandclassical
A small, round island that is not submerged by water.

في الحشفة الدية — In the glans penis, there is a bloodwit

الحَشَافَةُnoun

1.
scant waterclassical
A small amount of water.

الحَشِيفُadjective

1.
worn-out clothesclassical
Garments that are old, ragged, and in poor condition.

أتيح لها أقيدر حشف — It was made available to her a worn-out, small camel

تَحَشَّفَverb

1.
to wear ragged clothesclassical
To wear old, tattered garments, indicating a state of poverty or humility.

مالي أراك متحشفا — Why do I see you wearing ragged clothes?

مُتَحَشِّفٌadjective

1.
poorly dressedclassical
Someone who is dressed in ragged or worn-out clothes.
2.
in a bad stateclassical
Describing someone in a poor condition, dejected, or disheveled.

هكذا كانت إزرة صاحبنا صلى الله عليه وسلم — Thus was the loincloth of our companion, peace be upon him

حَشَّفَverb

1.
to make staleclassical
To cause something, like bread, to become dry and hard.

حَشَّفَ عينهverb

1.
to squintclassical
To narrow the eyelids and look through the eyelashes.

حشف الرجل عينه تحشيفا — The man squinted his eye

اسْتَحْشَفَverb

1.
to dry and shrivelclassical
To become dry and contract, used for an ear or an udder.

استحشفت الأذن — The ear dried and shriveled

أَحْشَفَverb

1.
to produce inferior datesclassical
For a palm tree to bear dates that are dry and of poor quality.
2.
to become shriveledclassical
For a camel's udder to become contracted and dry.
3.
to withhold milkclassical
For a camel's milk to be withheld or elevated from it.

أحشفت النخلة — The palm tree produced inferior dates

تَحَشَّفَتْ أوبار الإبلverb

1.
to shed hairclassical
For the hair of camels to fall off and scatter.

تحشفت أوبار الإبل — The camels' hair shed

Parallel reading

ومازودوني غير حشف مرمد

They did not provide me with anything but stale, crumbled bread

ويروي: غير شسف

And it is narrated: 'other than shasf' (meaning the same)

أو هو الضعيف الذي لا نوى له، كالشيص، أو اليابس الفاسد منه

Or it is the weak one that has no pit, like the shis, or the dry and spoiled part of it

كأن قلوب الطير رطبا ويابسا ... لدي وكرها العناب الحشف البالي

As if the hearts of birds, fresh and dry... were in their nests the withered, inferior dates

فطورا به خلف الزميل وتارة ... على حشف كالشن ذاو مجدد

So sometimes behind the weak camel, and at other times... upon a withered udder like a dried-out waterskin, renewed

وفي حديث علي رضي الله عنه: في الحشفة الدية

And in the narration of Ali, may God be pleased with him: 'In the glans penis, there is a bloodwit'

وفي حديث آخر: إذا التقى الختانان، وتوارت الحشفة، وجب الغسل

And in another narration: 'When the two circumcisions meet, and the glans is hidden, washing becomes obligatory.'

والحشفة: أصول الزرع التي تبقى بعد الحصاد، بلغة أهل اليمن

And al-hashafah: the roots of crops that remain after harvest, in the dialect of the people of Yemen

والعجوز الكبيرة، يقال لها: الحشفة

And the old woman, she is called: al-hashafah

قال ابن دريد: الحشفة صخرة رخوة حولها سهل من الأرض، أو هي صخرة تنبت في البحر

Ibn Duraid said: Al-hashafah is a soft rock surrounded by flat land, or it is a rock that grows in the sea

إن موضع بيت الله كانت حشفة فدحا الله الأرض عنها

Indeed, the place of the House of God was a small island, and God expanded the earth from it.

والحشيف: الخلق من الثياب

And al-hashif: worn-out clothes

يقال: رجل متحشف: عليه أطمار رثاث

It is said: A man is mutahashshif: wearing ragged clothes

قال ابن دريد: حشف الرجل عينه تحشيفا: إذا ضم جفونه، ونظر من خلل هدبها

Ibn Duraid said: A man squinted his eye (hashshafa 'aynahu): when he narrowed his eyelids and looked through the fringe of his eyelashes.

واستحشفت الأذن: إذا يبست فتقبضت

And the ear became shriveled (istahshafat): if it dried and contracted

وكذلك ضرع الأنثى إذا تقلص وتقبض، يقال: قد استحشف

And likewise the udder of the female if it contracted and shriveled, it is said: it has become shriveled (istahshafa).

وفي المثل: أحشفا وسوء كيلة

And in the proverb: 'Stale dates and bad measure'

أي: أتجمع التمر الرديء والكيل المطفف يضرب في خلتي إساءة تجتمعان على الرجل

Meaning: Do you gather bad dates and short measure? It is said about two evils that meet in a man.

وأحشف ضرع الناقة: إذا تقبض واستشن، أي: صار كالشن

And the camel's udder became shriveled (ahshafa): if it contracted and became dry, meaning: it became like a waterskin.

ورأيت فلانا متحشفا: أي سيء الحال متقهلا، رث الهيئة

And I saw so-and-so in a bad state (mutahashshifan): meaning, in a poor condition, disheveled in appearance