hafwa
lapse, error, offense
هَفْوَة
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلَةRoot
ه ف وForms
- Plural
- هَفَو
In the library
وينبغي أن يجزى بعمله، وقد عرفت سرعة الغضب وفرط الهفوة، ومن سخط باليسير لم يبلغ رضاه بالكثير.
Kalila wa Dimna, page 76 →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
هفا Form I It fluttered, or palpitated
, said of the heart, It fluttered, or palpitated; and, as Z says, was flurried by reason of grief, or of beating. (TA.) See 1, in art. فهو. -
هَفْوَةٌ slip, lapse, fault, or fall into wrongdoing
A slip, lapse, fault, or fall into wrongdoing; pl. هَفَوَاتٌ. (TA.)
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