حَافَةٌ
Root: حوف
Full Definition
حَافَةٌ
A side of anything; originally حَوَفَةٌ; and so
حَوْفٌ : حَافَتَانِ signifying the two sides of a valley &c.; i. e., of any other thing: pl. حَافَاتٌ and حِيْفٌ, which is irregular, and حِيَفٌ, which is regular, and حَوَائِفُ; which is extr., like حَوَائِجُ, and changed by transposition to حَوَافٍ, (TA in art. حيف,) and [coll. gen. n.]
حَافٌ . It is said in a trad., عَلَيْكُنَّ
بِحَافَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ [Keep ye to the sides of the road].
2 Also, of the دَوَائِس [or bulls or cows that tread wheat or other grain] in the كُدْس [or wheat &c. collected together in the place where it is trodden out], Such as is, or are, at the extremity, exceeding the others in going round.
def.2 Want: and hardness, or difficulty, of life; as also حَوْفٌ .
2 Also, of the دَوَائِس [or bulls or cows that tread wheat or other grain] in the كُدْس [or wheat &c. collected together in the place where it is trodden out], Such as is, or are, at the extremity, exceeding the others in going round.
def.2 Want: and hardness, or difficulty, of life; as also حَوْفٌ .
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