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4 احفى احفى احفي أحفى حفي , said of a man, His beast became attenuated, or chafed, or abraded, in [the sole of] the hoof. (S.) -A2- احفاهُ He (God) caused him to be barefooted, without sandals or boots: and hence احفى also signifies he made his feet bare of the sandals or boots. (TA.) ― -b2- He made his foot, i. e. a man's, and his hoof, i. e. a horse's or the like, to become attenuated, [or chafed, or worn, in the sole,] by much walking or treading or travel. (S.) -A3- He repeated it; namely, a question. (K.) ― -b2- He importuned, pressed, or urged, him, and harassed, or molested, him in so doing: (Lth, K:) or he asked him, and pressed him much in seeking or demanding: (TA:) he importuned him in asking or questioning: (Msb:) he harassed, or wearied, him, and went to the utmost length in asking him, or questioning him. (TA.) See also 1. إِِحْفَآءٌ signifies also The going to the utmost length in disputing. (S, TA.) It is in asking respecting a thing, and in seeking or demanding, and in seeking or demanding from another: you say, احفى فِى المَسْأَلَةِ, [&c.,] and فِيهَا ↓ تحفّى , He exceeded the usual bounds in the question, or in asking. (Ham p. 80) ― -b3- And hence, (Ham p. 80,) احفى شَارِبَهُ He clipped his mustache to the utmost degree; (S, Ham;) clipped it closely: (S:) or he clipped it much; (Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَفَاهُ . (K.) ― -b4- احفى فَمَهُ He examined to the utmost his [app. a horse's] teeth. (TA.) ― -b5- أَحْفَيْتُهُ I incited, or urged, him to inquire respecting, or to investigate, the news, or information, (K, TA,) to the utmost. (TA.) -A4- أَحْفَيْتُ بِهِ i. q. أَزْرَيْتُ [I despised him; or I brought against him the imputation of a fault, or the like, desiring to involve him in confusion thereby; &c.]. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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