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4 أَحَفَّتْ ذ , said of a woman: see 1. -A2- أَحْفَفْتُ رَأْسِى I made my head to remain long without ointment [so that the hair became shaggy, matted, frouzy, or dusty]. (As, S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] أَحْفَفْتُهُ (tropical:) I spoke evil of him. (Ibn-'Abbád, K, TA.) -A3- أَحْفَفْتُ الفَرَسَ I urged the horse (S, O, L, K) to run vehemently (O, K) so as to cause him to make a sound such as is termed دَوِيّ [i. e. a confused and continued sound] (S, O, L, K) in his running, [with his feel, (see حَفَّ,)] (S, L,) or in his belly: (O, K:) the former is probably the right meaning. (TA.) -A4- أَحْفَفْتُ الثَّوْبَ I wove the piece of cloth with the حَفّ, i. e. the مِنْسَج; as also ↓ حَفَّفْتُهُ , (K, TA, [in the CK حَفَفْتُهُ,]) inf. n. تَحْفِيفٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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