alḥafa

wrap, cover, importune

أَلْحَفَ

Word

Verb · Form IV

Root

ل ح ف

Forms

Present: يُلْحِفُ
Verbal noun: إِلْحاف

In the library

وقال: القبص بأطراف الأصابع، والقبض بالكفّ، والحفن بالكفّ والرّاحة إلى فوق مفتوحة قليلا.

Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 283 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	أَلْحَفَ	يُلْحِفُ	—
she هِيَ	أَلْحَفَت	تُلْحِفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	أَلْحَفا	يُلْحِفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	أَلْحَفَتا	تُلْحِفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	أَلْحَفُوا	يُلْحِفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	أَلْحَفْنَ	يُلْحِفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	أَلْحَفْتَ	تُلْحِفُ	أَلْحِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	أَلْحَفْتِ	تُلْحِفِينَ	أَلْحِفِي
you two أَنْتُما	أَلْحَفْتُما	تُلْحِفانِ	أَلْحِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	أَلْحَفْتُم	تُلْحِفُونَ	أَلْحِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	أَلْحَفْتُنَّ	تُلْحِفْنَ	أَلْحِفْنَ
I أَنا	أَلْحَفْتُ	أُلْحِفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	أَلْحَفْنا	نُلْحِفُ	—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

لِحَافٌ Open entry

: see what follows.
مِلْحَفَةٌ that is سُمُط

A مُلَآءَة that is سُمُط [not lined, nor stuffed]: if lined or stuffed, the vulgar also call it by this name, but the Arabs do not know this: (L, TA:) and the same applies to the ↓ لِحَاف: Az says, that لِحَافٌ and مِلْحَفٌ mean the same: like إِزَارٌ and مِيأْزَرٌ, and قِرَامٌ and مِقْرَمٌ; and sometimes one says مِقْرَمَةٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ; and it is the same whether the garment be سُمُط or lined. (TA.) He says also, [in another place,] that the Arabs apply the terms ↓ لِحَافٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ to A night-wrapper (إِزَارُ لَيْلِ) if it be طَاقٌ وَاحِدٌ [a single piece of stuff; i. e. not double, not lined nor faced, nor stuffed]. (TA in art. سمط.) ― -b2- See إِزَازٌ.

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