hayf
dry wind
هَيْف
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلRoot
ه ي فIn the library
قال الأصمعي أو غيره: من أمثالهم في هذا قولهم: ذهبت هيف لأديانها.
The Book of Proverbs, page 245 →From the same root
- هافَbe parched, be thirsty
- هافَrun away
- هافَbe slender
- هَيِفَbe slender
- هَيَفslenderness
- هَيُوفparched
- أَهْيَفslender, frail
- هَيْفانparched
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries-
تَهَيَّفَ Form V Open entry
, (S, K,) said of a man, (S,) is from الهَيْفُ [the hot south-west wind], like تَسَتَّى from الشِتَّآءُ. (S, K.) See an ex. voce مَصْقُولٌ. -
الهَيْفُ Open entry
: respecting the wind thus called, see نَكْبَاءُ. -
رِيحٌ مِهْياَفٌ A very thirsty wind
[A very thirsty wind]. (TA, voce نَكْباَءُ.)
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