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lahīf

eager, desirous, worried

لَهِيف

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعِيل

Root

ل ه ف

In the library

عونه موقوف على اللهيف، وغوثه مبذول للضعيف، يطفو جوده على موجوده، وهمته على قدرته، ينابيع الجود تتفجر من أنامله، وربيع السماح يضحك عن فواضله.

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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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