Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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حقط حقف حقل


1. ⇒ حقف

حَقَفَ, aor. ـُ {يَحْقُفُ} inf.n. حُقُوفٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, curved, bent, or winding. (Mṣb.) 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-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)


12. ⇒ احقوقف

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


حِقْفٌ

حِقْفٌ A curving, or winding, tract of sand: (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ:) pl. [of pauc.] أَحْقَافٌ (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) and [of mult.] حِقَافٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and حُقُوفٌ, (O, L, Ḳ,) and pl. pl. حَقَائِفُ and حِقَفَةٌ, (Ḳ,) 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: (Ḥar p. 51:) or a great, round tract of sand: (Ibn-ʼArafeh, Ḳ:) or an oblong, elevated tract of sand: (Fr, Ḳ:) or الأَحْقَافُ applies [particularly] to certain oblong tracts of sand in the region of Esh-Shihr: (Ḳ,* TA:) accord. to J, [in the Ṣ,] to the country of 'Ád. (TA.)

Root: حقف - Entry: حِقْفٌ Signification: A2

Also The lower, or lowest, part of a tract of sand, and of a mountain, and of a wall. (O, L, Ḳ.)


حَاقِفٌ

حَاقِفٌ A gazelle [lying] bent together, or curled, (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) like a حِقْف of sand, (Az, Ṣgh, Ḳ,) in his sleep, (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Ḳ,) or in consequence of a wound, &c.: (Mṣb:) or lying upon his breast on a حِقْف of sand: (IAạr, Ḳ:) or, as some say, upon, or at, the lower, or lowest, part of a حِقْف. (Mgh.)


أَحْقَفُ

أَحْقَفُ A camel lank in the belly. (ISh, Ḳ.)


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