حُذَافَةُ

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حُذَافَةُ Clippings, or what one cuts off, of a hide, &c: or what is cut off, of a thing, and thrown away. — [Hence,] one says, مَا فِى رَحْلِهِ حُذَافَةٌ There is not in his travelling-utensils any food: or any small quantity of food &c. And أَكَلَ الطَّعَامَ فَمَا تَرَكَ مِنْهُ حُذَافَةٌ [He ate the food, and left not of it anything]. And اِحْتَمَلَ رَحْلَهُ فَمَا تَرَكَ مِنْهُ حُذَافَةً [He took up and carried away his travelling-apparatus, and left not of it anything]. Accord. to the companions of A' Obeyd, the word is حذافة, with ق; but this is disallowed by Sh; and is wrong.

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