lahfān
worried, regretful, grieved
لَهْفان
Word
Adjective · pattern فَعْلانRoot
ل ه فIn the library
قال أبو عبيد: من أمثالهم في نحو هذا: إلى أمه يلهف اللهفان.
The Book of Proverbs, page 156 →From the same root
- لَهِفَregret, deplore
- لَهْفregret, grief, sorrow
- تَلَهَّفَbe anxious, be impatient
- لَهْفَةapprehension, yearning, sorrow
- لَهِيفeager, desirous, worried
- لاهِفworried, regretful
- مَلْهُوفworried, eager, desirous
- مُتَلَهِّفyearning, anxious, impatient
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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