Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُحْتَفِدٌ

Root: حفد

Full Definition

مُحْتَفِدٌ A sword quick in cutting. مُحْتَفِدُ الوَقْعِ [meaning A sword quick in falling] occurs in a verse of El-Aashà describing a sword, accord. to one reading: but Az says that the right reading is محتفل, with ل.


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