حقف

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Form 1حَقَفَ1 sense

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ

Core sense — it was, or became, curved, bent, or windinggenerated

1.1it (a thing) was, or became, curved, bent, or winding—حُقُوفٌ

maṣdar حُقُوفٌ.

Ibn-'Abbād: it also means a gazelle's being in the condition described by the ism fāʿil حَاقِفٌ in the phrase ظَبْىٌ حَاقِفٌ, which see below.

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, aor. حَقُفَ , inf.n. حُقُوفٌ , It (a thing) was, or became, curved, bent, or winding. (Msb.) حُقُوفٌ also signifies A gazelle's being in the condition denoted by [the part. n.] حَاقِفٌ in the phrase ظَبْىٌ حَاقِفٌ , which see below. (Ibn- 'Abbád, K.)

Form 12احقوقف1 sense

Core sense — it was curved, bent, or winding, and longgenerated

12.1

Said of sand, of the هِلَال [or moon when, being near the sun, it shows a narrow rim of light], of the back, or of anything such as a camel's back: it was curved, bent, or winding, and long.

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, said of sand, and of the هِلَال [or moon when, being near the sun, it shows a narrow rim of light], (S, K,) and of the back, (K,) or of anything, such as the back of a camel, (L,) It was curved, bent, or winding, (S, L, K,) and long. (L, K.)

Derived nouns 3

Nounحِقْفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a curving tract of sand; the lowest part of a sand tractgenerated

A curving, or winding, tract of sand.

Plural (of paucity) أَحْقَافٌ; (of multitude) حِقَافٌ and حُقُوفٌ; plural of the plural حَقَائِفُ and حِقَفَةٌ. The first of these two is the plural of أَحْقَافٌ or of حِقَافٌ; the second, according to the O, is a plural, not a plural of a plural.

Or a heap, or hill, of sand that has taken a bowed form; or a curving, or winding, thin tract of sand; or a great, round tract of sand (Ibn-'Arafeh); or an oblong, raised tract of sand.

Or الأَحْقَافُ applies [particularly] to certain oblong tracts of sand in the region of Esh-Shiḥr; according to J, to the country of 'Ād.

1.1

Also the lower, or lowest, part of a tract of sand, of a mountain, and of a wall.

Show Lane's original text

A curving, or winding, tract of sand: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) pl. [of pauc.] أَحْقَافٌ (S, Msb, K) and [of mult.] حِقَافٌ (S, K) and حُقُوفٌ , (O, L, K,) and pl. pl. حَقَائِفُ and حِقَفَةٌ , (K,) the former of these two being pl. of أَحْقَافٌ or of حِقَافٌ , (L, TA,) but the latter of them, accord. to the O, is a pl., not a pl. pl. : (TA:) or a heap, or hill, of sand, that has assumed a bowed form: (IDrd, TA:) or a curving, or winding, thin tract of sand: (Har p. 51:) or a great, round tract of sand: (Ibn-' Arafeh, K:) or an oblong, elevated tract of sand: (Fr, K:) or الأَحْقَافُ applies [particularly] to certain oblong tracts of sand in the region of Esh-Shihr: (K, * TA:) accord. to J, [in the S,] to the country of 'Ád. (TA.) Also The lower, or lowest, part of a tract of sand, and of a mountain, and of a wall. (O, L, K.)

Nounحَاقِفٌ1 sense

Core sense — a gazelle lying curled up beside a sand-hillgenerated

A 'Obeyd: a gazelle [lying] bent together, or curled, like a حِقْف of sand, in his sleep, or because of a wound and the like.

Or lying on his breast on a حِقْف of sand; or, as some say, on or at the lower, or lowest, part of a حِقْف.

Show Lane's original text

A gazelle [lying] bent together, or curled, (A 'Obeyd, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) like a حِقْف of sand, (Az, Sgh, K,) in his sleep, (A'Obeyd, S, K,) or in consequence of a wound &c.: (Msb:) or lying upon his breast on a حِقْف of sand: (IAar, K:) or, as some say, upon, or at, the lower, or lowest, part of a حِقْف . (Mgh.)

Nounأَحْقَفُ1 sense

Core sense — a camel lank in the bellygenerated

A camel lank in the belly.

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A camel lank in the belly. (ISh, K.)