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هيف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to concepts of foolishness and potentially a place name. The primary derived term describes a foolish person, with a secondary mention of a place.

Derived headwords

الهوفnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish manclassical

    A man who is foolish or lacking in intelligence.

الهوفnoun
  1. 1.
    like scattered eggsclassical

    Describing something that is scattered or spread out, likened to the way eggs might be.

هوفانname
  1. 1.
    Hufanboth

    A proper noun, specifically a place name.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه: الهوف، بالضم: الرجل الأحمق.
And among what is to be added to it: Al-Huf, with the damma, is the foolish man.
وقال ابن عباد: الهوف: نحو سحاء البيض.
And Ibn 'Abbad said: Al-Huf is like scattered eggs.
وهوفان، بالفتح: موضع.
And Hufan, with the fatha, is a place.