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حَفَنَهُ

Root: حفن

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَفَنَهُI , Present.T ـُ [or ـِ as in a phrase following,] Verbal.Noun حَفْنٌ, He took it with the palms of his two hands and with the fingers put together [so as to make the two hands like a bowl]: or he scooped it up, or out, (جَرَفَهُ,) with both his hands: said only of what is dry, as flour, and sand, and the like.
2 حَفَنَ القَوْمَ He gave to every one of the party a حَفْنَة.
3 حَفَنَ لَهُ, or حَفَنَ لَهُ حَفْنَةً, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun حَفْنٌ, He gave to him a small quantity.
4 حَفَنَ المَآءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ He threw the water upon his head with his two hands [put together so as to be like a bowl].


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