حِلْفٌ

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حِلْفٌ A confederacy, league, compact, or covenant, between persons; as also : because it is not concluded, or ratified, but by swearing.
2 Friendship; or true, or sincere, friendship.

def.2 A confederate of another; one who unites in a confederacy, league, compact, or covenant; as also حَلِيفٌ : or a friend, or sincere friend, who swears to his companion that he will not act unfaithfully with him: or a friend, or true friend, is thus called because he so swears; as also حَلِيفٌ : pl. of the former أَحْلَافٌ; and of the latter حُلَفَآءُ. By the احلاف are meant, in a poem of Zuheyr, Asad and Ghatafán; because they united in a confederacy to aid each other; and the same appellation is applied to a party of Thakeef; and to six tribes of Kureysh, namely, 'Abd-ed-Dár, Kaab, Jumah, Sahm, Makhzoom, and 'Adee: and to Benoo-Asad and Teiyi, or Asad and Ghatafán; and Fezárah and Asad also are termed حَلِيفَانِ.

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