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ح ق ف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of crookedness, bending, or curvature, particularly applied to sand dunes, but also extending to mountains, celestial bodies, and even abstract concepts like fasting. It also encompasses related ideas of being lean or hollow.

Derived headwords

الحَقْفnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked sand duneboth

    A crooked or bent dune of sand. It is the singular form, with the plural being 'ahqaf'.

أَحْقَافnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked sand dunesboth

    The plural of 'haqf', referring to crooked sand dunes. It is also identified as the dwelling place of the people of 'Ad in the Quran.

حُقُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked sand dunesboth

    A plural form of 'haqf', referring to crooked sand dunes. It is also described as large, round sand dunes.

حِقْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked sand duneclassical

    A singular form referring to a crooked sand dune, possibly a collective noun or a singular instance.

حَقِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked sand duneclassical

    A collective noun for crooked sand dunes, or a singular instance of one.

حَقْفnoun
  1. 1.
    base of sand/mountain/wallclassical

    The base or foundation of sand, a mountain, or a wall.

حَقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedclassical

    To be crooked or bent, applied to sand dunes or other formations.

أَحْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedclassical

    To become crooked or bent, used for sand dunes, the back, or the crescent moon.

احْقَوْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be long and crookedclassical

    To be long and crooked, applied to sand dunes, the back, or the crescent moon.

مُحْقَوْقِفadjective
  1. 1.
    long and crookedclassical

    Describing something that is long and crooked, such as a camel's back or the moon.

قويرح عامين محقوقف قليل الإضاعة للخذل — For two years, a young camel with a long, crooked back, little prone to stumbling.
أَحْقَفُadjective
  1. 1.
    lean, hollowclassical

    Describing a camel that is lean or hollow, implying emptiness or hunger.

حاقِفadjective
  1. 1.
    crouching, bentboth

    Describing an animal, particularly a gazelle, that is crouching or bent down, often in a sand dune or in a state of repose.

  2. 2.
    curled upboth

    Describing something that is curled up or bent, like a sleeping gazelle.

أنه صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم مر هو وأصحابه وهم محرمون بظبي حاقف في ظل شجرة — That the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his companions, while in the state of Ihram, passed by a crouching gazelle in the shade of a tree.
مُحْتَقِفnoun
  1. 1.
    one who abstains from food and drinkclassical

    Someone who does not eat or drink, possibly due to fasting or illness. It is considered a potential inversion of 'qafaha'.

Parallel reading

المعوج من الرمل
The crooked part of the sand.
ج: أحقاف
Plural: ahqaf.
وفي حديث قس: في تنائف حقائف
And in the narration of Qass: 'in the desolate plains of sand dunes'.
فلما أجزنا ساحة الحي وانتحى ... بنا بطن خبت ذي حقاف عقنقل
And when we passed the vicinity of the tribe and the belly of the valley of crooked dunes, with its winding paths, took us...
أو هو الرمل العظيم المستدير
Or it is the large, round sand dune.
أو الكثيب منه إذا تقوس
Or a dune of it when it becomes curved.
أو المستطيل المشرف
Or the elongated, elevated one.
أو هي رمال مستطيلة بناحية الشحر
Or they are elongated sands in the region of Shihr.
واذكر أخا عاد إذ أنذر قومه بالأحقاف
And mention, O Muhammad, the brother of 'Ad, when he warned his people in the 'Ahqaf'.
وهي ديار عاد
And they are the dwellings of 'Ad.
قوم عاد كانت منازلهم في الرمال، وهي الأحقاف
The people of 'Ad, their homes were in the sands, and they are the 'Ahqaf'.
أنها واد بين عمان وأرض مهرة
That it is a valley between Oman and the land of Mahra.
الأحقاف: رمل فيما بين عمان إلى حضرموت
'Al-Ahqaf': sands between Oman and Hadramaut.
الأحقاف: رمال مشرفة على البحر بالشحر من أرض اليمن
'Al-Ahqaf': elevated sands overlooking the sea in Shihr, from the land of Yemen.
الحقف: أصل الرمل، وأصل الجبل، وأصل الحائط
Al-haqf: the base of the sand, the base of the mountain, and the base of the wall.
حقف الجبل: ضبنه
The 'haqf' of the mountain: its flank.
جمل أحقف: أي خميص
A camel 'ahqaf': meaning lean/hungry.
وظبي حاقف: أي رابض في حقف من الرمل
A gazelle 'haqif': meaning resting in a sand dune.
أو يكون منطويا كالحقف
Or it is folded like a 'haqf'.
أنه صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم مر هو وأصحابه وهم محرمون بظبي حاقف في ظل شجرة
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his companions, while in the state of Ihram, passed by a crouching gazelle in the shade of a tree.
هو الذي نام وانحنى، وتثنى في نومه
It is one who slept and bent over, and curled up in his sleep.
هو ظبي حاقف بين الحقوف بالضم
It is a crouching gazelle among the dunes (with dammah).
المحقف: من لا يأكل ولا يشرب
Al-muhtaqif: one who does not eat or drink.
واحقوقف الرمل، والظهر، والهلال: طال، واعوج
And the sand, the back, and the crescent moon 'ahqawqafa': became long and crooked.
سماوة الهلال حتى احقوقفا
The height of the crescent moon until it became long and crooked.
وكل ما طال واعوج فقد أحقوقف
And everything that became long and crooked has 'ahqawqafa'.
قويرح عامين محقوقف قليل الإضاعة للخذل
For two years, a young camel with a long, crooked back, little prone to stumbling.