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حَافَةٌ حاف حافه حافة A side of anything; originally حَوَفَةٌ; (Msb;) and so ↓ حَوْفٌ : (TA:) حَافَتَانِ signifying the two sides of a valley (S, Msb, K) &c.; (K;) i. e., of any other thing: (TA:) pl. حَافَاتٌ (Msb, K) and حِيْفٌ, which is irregular, and حِيَفٌ, which is regular, and حَوَائِفُ; which is extr., like حَوَائِجُ, and changed by transposition to حَوَافٍ, (TA in art. حيف,) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ حَافٌ . (Ham p. 159.) It is said in a trad., عَلَيْكُنَّ بِحَافَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ [Keep ye (O women) to the sides of the road]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, of the دَوَائِس [or bulls or cows that tread wheat or other grain] (K, TA) in the كُدْس [or wheat &c. collected together in the place where it is trodden out], (TA,) Such as is, or are, at the extremity, exceeding the others in going round. (K, TA.) -A2- Want: (K:) and hardness, or difficulty, of life; (K, TA;) as also ↓ حَوْفٌ . (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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