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1 حَفَنَهُ حفن حفنه حفننه حفنة , (S,) aor. حَفُنَ , (PS, TK,) [or حَفِنَ , as in a phrase following,] inf. n. حَفْنٌ, (M, K,) He took it (a thing) with the palms of his two hands and with the fingers put together [so as to make the two hands like a bowl]: (M, K:) or he scooped it up, or out, (جَرَفَهُ,) with both his hands: (S, K:) said only of what is dry, as flour, and sand, and the like. (S.) ― -b2- حَفَنَ القَوْمَ He gave to every one of the party a حَفْنَة. (TA.) ― -b3- حَفَنَ لَهُ, (Msb,) or حَفَنَ لَهُ حَفْنَةً, (S,) aor. حَفِنَ , (Msb,) inf. n. حَفْنٌ, (Msb, K,) He gave to him a small quantity. (S, K.) ― -b4- حَفَنَ المَآءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ He threw the water upon his head with his two hands [put together so as to be like a bowl]. (IAar, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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