حَائِفٌ
Root: حيف
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حَائِفٌ
Acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically: (Lth, Msb, K: [in some copies of the K, حَائِرٌ is erroneously put for جَائِرٌ:] pl. حَافَةٌ and حُيَّفٌ and حُيُفٌ.
2 An arrow declining from the right direction.
3 And, as being likened thereto,
def.2 The side of a mountain. [See also حِيفَةٌ.]
2 An arrow declining from the right direction.
3 And, as being likened thereto,
def.2 The side of a mountain. [See also حِيفَةٌ.]
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