حِفَافٌ
Root: حف
Full Definition
2 A border of hair remaining around the head of one who has become bald: pl. as above. Dhu-r-Rummeh says, describing bowls [of food],
meaning They, i. e. the bowls, have a party of them surrounding them [when they are set in the beginning of the day, and when they see the night, that it has advanced, coming on]. And you say, قَوْمُهُ أَحِفَّةٌ بِهِ His people are surrounding him.لَهُنَّ أِذَا أَصْبَحْنَ مِنْهُمْ أَحِفَّةٌ وَحِينَ يَرَوْنَ اللَّيْلَ أَقْبَلَ جَائِيَا
3 حِفَافُ الرَّمْلِ The place where the sand ends: pl. as above.
4 كَانَ الطَّعَامُ حِفَافَ مَا أَكَلُوا The food was proportionate to what they ate.
5 See also حَفٌّ, in two places.
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