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lahifa

regret, deplore

لَهِفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ل ه ف

Forms

Present
يَلْهَفُ
Verbal noun
لَهْف

In the library

قال أبو عبيد: من أمثالهم في نحو هذا: إلى أمه يلهف اللهفان.

The Book of Proverbs, page 156 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ لَهِفَيَلْهَفُ—
she هِيَ لَهِفَتتَلْهَفُ—
they two (m.) هُما لَهِفايَلْهَفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما لَهِفَتاتَلْهَفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ لَهِفُوايَلْهَفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ لَهِفْنَيَلْهَفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ لَهِفْتَتَلْهَفُاِلْهَفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ لَهِفْتِتَلْهَفِينَاِلْهَفِي
you two أَنْتُما لَهِفْتُماتَلْهَفانِاِلْهَفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ لَهِفْتُمتَلْهَفُونَاِلْهَفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ لَهِفْتُنَّتَلْهَفْنَاِلْهَفْنَ
I أَنا لَهِفْتُأَلْهَفُ—
we نَحْنُ لَهِفْنانَلْهَفُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • لَهِفَ عَلَيْهِ Form I He grieved for it, or at it; regretted it
    , (inf. n. لَهْفٌ, S,) and ↓ تَلَهَّفَ, He grieved for it, or at it; regretted it; syn. جَزِنَ and تَحَسَّرَ; (S, K;) meaning a thing that had escaped him after he been at the point of attaining it: (JK, TA:) or he grieved for it, or at it; or regretted it; and was angry, or enraged, on account of it. (TA.) But see تَحَسَّرَ; and see S, voce أَسِفَ. ― -b2- تلهّف signifies He felt, or expressed, grief, sorrow, or regret.
  • تَلَهَّفَ Form V Open entry
    see 1.
  • يَا لَهْفَ O the grief!
    O the grief! see an ex. in art. خطأ, conj. 4.
  • لَهْفَةٌ Greediness; voracity; eagerness
    Greediness; voracity; eagerness.
  • مَلْهُوفٌ Greedy; ravenous; eager
    Greedy; ravenous; eager; عَلَى or إِلَى for a thing.

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