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ح ض ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to serpents or snake-like creatures. It is noted as being omitted by some lexicographers but defined by others.

Derived headwords

الحَضْفnoun
  1. 1.
    serpentclassical

    A type of serpent or snake.

الحَضِفnoun
  1. 1.
    serpentclassical

    A type of serpent or snake, similar to 'ḥaḍab'.

Parallel reading

الحضف، بالكسر، أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان، وقال الصاغاني: الحية، كالحضب، بالباء، وأنشد لرويشد:
Al-ḥaḍf, with a kasra, was neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan. Al-Saghani said: It is a serpent, like al-ḥaḍab, with a ba'. And he cited Ruwayshid:
(وهدت جبال الصبح هدا ولم يدع ... مدقهم أفعى تدب ولا حضفا)
(It demolished the mountains of the morning with a demolition, and did not leave ... their burrowing place a serpent crawling, nor a ḥaḍaf.)
(كفاكم أدانينا ومنا وراءنا ... كباكب لو سالت أتى سيلها كثفا)
(Enough for you are our near ones, and behind us from us are ... great masses, which if they flowed, their flood would come abundantly.)