Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَافَ, aor. يَحِيفُ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) inf. n. حَيْفٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) He (a judge, or any other person, Mṣb) acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) عَلَيْهِ against him: (Ṣ:) or, as some say, he inclined [to that which was wrong], or declined [from that which was right], in his judgment. (TA.) حَيْفُ النَّاحِلِ means A man's giving to certain of his children exclusively of others: he should treat them equally, and not prefer some before others. (T, TA.)

تَحْيِيفٌ The taking a thing, or something, from the side: and diminishing [from the side]. (KL.)

تَحَيَّفْتُهُ I took by little and little from its sides; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as also تحوّفتهُ. (Ṣ.)

حِيفَةٌ A side, or lateral part: pl. حِيَفٌ; (Ḳ;) which is likewise pl. of حَافَةٌ. (TA.) [See also حَائِفٌ, below.]

حَائِفٌ Acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically: (Lth, Mṣb, Ḳ:) [in some copies of the Ḳ, حَائِرٌ is erroneously put for جَائِرٌ:] pl. حَافَةٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) and حُيَّفٌ (Ḳ, Mṣb *) and حُيُفٌ. (TA.)

An arrow declining from the right direction. (TA.)

And, as being likened thereto, ‡ An impotent man, who does not attain the object of his want. (TA.)

The side of a mountain. (Ḳ, TA.) [See also حِيفَةٌ.]

بَلَدٌ أَحْيَفُ, and أَرْضٌ حَيْقَآءُ, A district or the like, and a land, upon which rain has not fallen: (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ:) as though the rain treated it wrongfully. (TA.)