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ه وف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to wind, specifically hot or cold winds. It also extends to describe a person who is cowardly or lacking in substance.

Derived headwords

الهَوْفnoun
  1. 1.
    hot windclassical

    A hot wind, as mentioned in Al-Jauhari's Al-Sihah.

  2. 2.
    cold windclassical

    A cold wind, described as the opposite of 'al-hubub'.

الهَوْفnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardly manclassical

    A man who is hollow, cowardly, and possesses no good qualities.

عَلْفُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    A description of someone weak or lacking substance, possibly related to the root's meaning of hollowness.

Parallel reading

الهوف بالفتح ويضم وعليه اقتصر الجوهري: الريح الحارة كما في الصحاح.
Al-hauf, with fath and damma, and Al-Jauhari limited it to this: the hot wind, as in Al-Sihah.
وقال ابن دريد: الريح الباردة الهبوب فهو ضد
And Ibn Duraid said: the cold wind, al-hubub, so it is its opposite.
قالت أم تأبط شرا تؤبنه: واابناه، ليس بعلفوف، تلفه هوف، حشى من صوف
Umm Ta'abbata Sharran said, mourning him: 'Oh my son, he is not 'alafuf', hollow like stuffed wool.'
وقيل: لم يسمع هذا إلا في كلام أم تأبط شرا.
And it was said: this was not heard except in the speech of Umm Ta'abbata Sharran.
والهوف بالضم: الرجل الخاوي الجبان الذي لا خير عنده.
And al-hauf, with damma, is the hollow, cowardly man who has no good in him.
والهوف لغة في ال
And al-hauf is a dialectal variant for...