حفل

1 حَفَلَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. حَفْلٌ and حُفُولٌ and حَفِيلٌ, said of water, and of milk (K) in the udder (TA) [or breast], It collected; as also ↓ تــحِفّل and ↓ احتفل. (K, TA. [In the CK, احَتَفَلَهُ is erroneously put for احْتَفَلَ.]) And حَفْلٌ signifies The collecting of water, i. e. its becoming collected, in its مَــحْفِل, meaning its place of collecting. (TA.) b2: حَفَلَ الدَّمْعُ, (M, K,) inf. n. حَفْلٌ, (TA,) The tears became copious. (M, K, TA.) In some copies of the K, نثر is here erroneously put for كَثُرَ. (TA.) b3: حَفَلَ الوَادِى

بِالسَّيْلِ The valley brought the torrent so as that it filled its sides; as also ↓ احتفل: (K:) or the latter signifies the valley became filled by the torrent: (S:) or احتفل الوادى the valley became full, and flowed. (Msb.) b4: حَفَلَــتِ السَّمَآءُ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. حَفْلٌ, (S,) The sky rained vehemently: (K:) or the rain fell profusely. (S, * M, TA.) b5: حَفَلَــتْ, said of a woman, She collected the milk in her breasts. (TA.) And of camels, one says, (K in art. شكر,) حَفَلَــتْ مِنَ الرَّبِيعِ [They abounded in milk, or had their udders full, from the herbage called ربيع]. (S and K in that art. [See حَافِلٌ.]) b6: حَفَلَ القَوْمُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ inf. n. حَفْلٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ احتفلوا; (S, Msb, K;) The people, or party, collected themselves together (S, Msb, K) in a sitting-place: (Msb:) they collected themselves together, aiding one another, or for one thing or affair; syn. احتشدوا. (S.) And حَفَلُــوا لَهُ They combined for him, [or on his account,] and took pains, or exerted themselves, in treating him with courtesy and honour; as also حَشَدُوا لَهُ. (Fr, L in art. حشد.) b7: See also 8.

A2: حَفَلَــهُ: see 2.

A3: حَفَلْــتُ بِفُلَانٍ I managed, or conducted, the affair, or affairs, of such a one. (Msb.) And بِالأُمُورِ ↓ احتفل He managed, or conducted, affairs, or the affairs, well. (IDrd, K.) b2: حَفَلْــتُ كَذَا, aor. ـِ I cared for, minded, heeded, or regarded, such a thing. (S.) And مَا حَفَلَــهُ, and مَا حَفَلَ بِهِ, aor. ـِ (M, K,) inf. n. حَفْلٌ; (TA;) and بِهِ ↓ ما احتفل [and لَهُ; so in the T and TA in art. ربأ]; He did not care for, mind, heed, or regard, it, or him. (M, K.) And لَا تَــحْفِلْ بِهِ Do not thou care for, mind, &c., it, or him. (S.) And لَا تَــحْفِلْ بِأَمْرهِ Do not thou ask his affair, nor be disquieted thereby. (Msb.) A4: حَفَلَــهُ, aor. ـِ (S,) inf. n. حَفْلٌ, (TA,) He, or it, made it, or rendered it, clear, unobscured, apparent, plainly apparent, or conspicuous; (S, TA;) as, for instance, black hair the colour of a pearl, increasing [in appearance] its whiteness; (TA;) exposed it to view; displayed it; syn. جَلَاهُ [perhaps here signifying also he polished it]. (S, TA.) 2 حفّلُــه, (Mgh, * Msb, K,) inf. n. تَحْفِيلٌ; (TA;) and ↓ حَفَلَــهُ, (K,) inf. n. حَفْلٌ; (TA;) He collected it, or caused it to collect; (Mgh, Msb, K;) namely, water, (K,) and milk (Mgh, Msb, K) in the udder (Mgh) of a ewe or she-goat, (Mgh, Msb,) or of a she-camel, or of a cow, in order to deceive the purchaser, that he might increase the price. (Mgh.) Hence one says, حفّل الشَّاةَ, (S, * Msb, K, *) or البَقَرَةَ, or النَّاقَةَ, (TA,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) He abstained from milking the ewe or she-goat, (S, Msb, K, *) or the cow, or the she-camel, (TA,) for some days, in order that the milk might collect in her udder, for sale, (S, K, *) or until the milk collected in her udder. (Msb.) The Prophet forbade the doing this. (S.) A2: He adorned him, or it. (K, * TA.) 5 تــحفّل: see 1, first signification. b2: Also, said of a sitting-place, It abounded with company; had many persons in it. (ISd, K.) A2: He adorned himself; (K;) as also ↓ احتفل. (TA.) and تَــحَفَّلِــى لِزَوْجِكِ Adorn thyself that thou mayest be in favour with thy husband. (TA.) and ↓ العَرُوسُ تَحْتَفِلُ The bride adorns herself. (TA.) b2: It was, or became, clear, unobscured, apparent, plainly apparent, conspicuous, exposed to view, or displayed; (S;) as also ↓ احتفل: (S, K: *) each is quasi-pass. of حَفَلَــهُ as explained in the last sentence of the first paragraph in this art.: (S:) the latter, said of a road, means It was, or became, apparent. (As, K.) 8 احتفل: see 1, in five places: A2: and 5, in three places.

A3: اِحْتِفَالٌ also signifies The exceeding the usual, or ordinary, or the just, or proper, bounds, or degree; acting egregiously, or immoderately, or extravagantly; striving, or labouring; exerting oneself, or one's power or efforts or endeavours or ability; or the like; syn. مُبَالَغَةٌ; and so حَفيلٌ [an inf. n. of ↓ حَفَلَ]. (M, K.) b2: and اَحتفل, said of a horse, He showed his rider that he had attained his utmost speed of running, and yet had some remaining power. (AO, K.) حَفْلٌ A company of men; as in the saying, عِنْدَهُ حَفْلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ [With him, or at his abode, is a company of men]: originally an inf. n. (S.) b2: جَمْعٌ حَفْلٌ and ↓ حَفِيلٌ [which latter is also originally an inf. n. (see 1 and 8)] A numerous company. (K.) A2: ذُوحَفْلٍ, (K,) and ↓ ذو حَفْلَــةٍ, (S, K,) and ↓ حَفِيلٌ, (K,) فِى أَمْرِهِ, (TA,) A man who exerts himself, or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability, or who takes pains or extraordinary pains, in that which he sets about. (S, K, TA.) And ↓ أَخَذَ لِلْأَمْرِ حَفْلَــتَهُ He strove, or laboured; exerted himself, or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability; or took pains or extraordinary pains; in the affair. (Sgh, K.) حِفْلٌ: see حُفَالَةٌ.

حَفْلَــةٌ: see حَفْلٌ, in two places: and see also جَاؤُوا بِحَفِيلَتِهِمْ, below.

دَعَاهُمُ الــحَفَلَــى and ↓ الأَجْفَلَى dial. vars. of الجَفَلَى and الأَجْفَلَى, (M, K,) which are more common; meaning He invited them with their company. (M, TA. [See art. جفل.]) حُفَالٌ Milk collected. (IAar, K.) b2: A great company. (IAar, K.) حَفُولٌ: see حَافِلٌ. b2: Also, applied to a woman, Beautiful, goodly, or comely; syn. جَمِيلَةٌ: (Ibn-'Abbád, TA:) pl. حَفَائِلُ, or, as some say, حَوَافِلُ. (TA.) حَفِيلٌ: see حَفْلٌ, in two places.

حُفَالَةٌ The bad, or vile, of anything: (As, S:) of wheat, what comes forth and is thrown away; [like حُثَالَةٌ;] (TA;) and ↓ حِفْلٌ [in like manner] signifies the حُثَالَة of wheat: (AA, TA:) also, the former, what is thin, of the dregs of oil (K, TA) and perfume, (TA,) and of the froth of milk: (CK:) or it signifies also the froth of milk: (ISd, K, TA:) and the worthless of mankind; those in whom is no good; (As, S;) like حُثَالَةٌ; (As, S, K;) as in the saying هُوَ مِنْ حُفَالَتِهِمْ [He is of the worthless of them]. (As. S.) جَاؤُوا بِحَفِيلَتِهِمْ They came, all of them, or all together: (M, K:) in the O, ↓ بِــحَفْلَــتِهِمْ. (TA.) b2: كَانَ حَفِيلَةُ مَا أَعْطَى دِرْهَمًا The utmost amount that he gave was a dirhem. (TA.) حَافِلٌ A valley, and a small water-course (شُعْبَةٌ), flowing with a copious torrent. (S.) An udder full of milk: (S:) or having much milk: pl. حُفَّلٌ (K) and حَوَافِلُ also: (Har p. 131:) it has also the latter meaning applied to a ewe or she-goat; (K;) pl. حُفُلٌ: (TA:) and so have حَافِلَةٌ and ↓ حَفُولٌ applied to a she-camel. (K.) مَدَامِعُ حُفَّلٌ Copious flowings of tears. (TA.) دَعَاهُمُ الأَــحْفَلَــى: see الــحَفَلَــى.

مَــحْفِلٌ A place of collecting of water. (TA.) b2: A place of assembling, or congregating, (T, S, Msb, K,) of a people; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ مُحْتَفَلٌ: (S, K:) or a place of assembling, or congregating, of many persons: (El-Ámidee, MF:) or a place in which is an assembly, or congregation: (El-Munáwee, TA:) and a sittingplace: (T, TA:) pl. مَحَافِلُ. (Msb.) b3: [and The elevated platform for the مُبَلِّغُون in a mosque; also (in Egypt) called دَكَّةٌ, vulg. دِكَّة, it is surrounded by a low railing or parapet, and generally supported by small columns.]

مُــحَفَّلَــةٌ A ewe, or she-goat, left unmilked (S, Msb) for some days, in order that the milk may collect in her udder, for sale, (S,) or until the milk has collected in her udder: (Msb:) or a ewe, or she-goat, or a she-camel, or a cow, whose milk has been made to collect in the udder, in order to deceive the purchaser, that he may increase the price: (Mgh:) originally مُــحَفَّلٌ لَبَنُهَا. (Msb.) مُحَافِلٌ Contending for superiority in number &c. (TA.) b2: هُوَ مُحَافِظٌ عَلَى حَسَبِهِ مُحَافِلٌ He is one who preserves his nobility, or honourableness. (Az, K.) مُحْتَفَلٌ: see مَــحْفِلٌ. b2: Also The most fleshy part of the flesh of the thigh and shank. (TA.) b3: And The main part of an affair: (TA:) [and likewise of a place, or tract, or region; for]

مُحْتَفَلُ البَيْدَآءِ signifies the main part of the desert; syn. مُعْظَمُهَا and مُتَجَمَّعُهَا. (TA in art. جمع.)

جــحفل

Q. 1 جَــحْفَلَــهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. جَــحْفَلَــةٌ, (TA,) He prostrated him on the ground; threw him down: (S, K:) and sometimes they said, جَعْفَلَهُ. (S.) A2: He reproved, chid, or reproached, him for his deed; or did so severely. (Sgh, K.) Q.2 تَجَــحْفَلُــوا They congregated; collected themselves together. (S, K.) جَــحْفَلٌ An army: (S:) or a numerous army. (K.) MF holds it to be formed, with an augmentative ل, from الجَحْفُ, meaning “ the taking,” or “ carrying,” a thing “ away. ” (TA.) A2: A great man: (K:) or a man of great estimation or dignity. (S.) b2: A generous, noble, or high-born, chief or lord. (K.) b3: Great in the sides. (IAar, K.) جَــحْفَلَــةٌ The lip (S, K) of a solid-hoofed animal, (Sudot;,) [i. e.,] of a horse, a mule, and an ass: (K:) and metaphorically applied to that of a man, which is properly termed شَفَةٌ: (TA:) not, as some assert, peculiarly the upper lip: (MF:) pl. جَحَافِلُ. (TA.) b2: Also, (K,) جَــحْفَلَــتَانِ, (TA,) Two callosities (رَقْمَتَانِ) in the two arms of the horse, (K,) resembling two marks made with a hot iron, facing each other, in the inner side of each arm. (TA.) جَحَنْفَلٌ (with an augmentative ن S) Thicklipped. (S, K.) 1 جحُمَتِ النَّارُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. جُحُومٌ; and جَحِمَت, aor. ـَ inf. n. جَحْمٌ and جَحَمٌ [accord. to the CK جُحْمٌ] and جُحُومٌ; The fire burned, burned up, burned brightly or fiercely, blazed, or flamed; (K, TA;) and had many live coals, and much flame: (TA in explanation of the latter verb; and so the former or the latter is explained in a copy of the S, in which it is imperfectly written:) or the former signifies it became great: (TA:) and ↓ اجحمت it became vehement; said of fire, and also of war. (Ham p. 810.) A2: جَحَمَ, aor. ـَ He kindled fire; made it to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame. (K.) 4 اجحم عَنْهُ, (S, K,) inf.n. أِجْحَامٌ, (TA,) He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; like احجم: (S:) but the former is a rare dial. var. (Har p. 95.) Both these verbs bear contr. significations; being used as meaning He advanced, or went forward: and also he receded, or drew back. (MF.) A2: اجحم فُلَانًا He, or it, was near to destroying, or killing, such a one. (K.) A3: See also 1.5 تجحُم He burned with vehemence of desire, or covetousnsss, and niggardliness; (K;) as also ↓ تجاحم: from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ. (TA.) b2: Hence, also, (TA,) i. q. تَضَايَقَ [app. meaning He became straitened in disposition]. (K.) You say also, عَلَيْنَا ↓ هُوَ يَتَجَاحَمُ, i. e., يَتَضَايَقُ [app., He becomes straitened in disposition against us]: a phrase mentioned by El-Mundhiree on the authority of Aboo-Tálib. (TA.) 6 تَجَاْحَفَ see 5, in two places.

جَحْمَةٌ The burning, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming, of fire; (Ham p. 77;) as also ↓ جَاحِمٌ: (TA:) or vehemence of burning or blazing or flaming: (Bd in xxxvii. 95:) or it is an epithet applied to fire because of its redness [or as meaning red]. (Ham ubi suprà.) b2: See also جَحِيمٌ.

جُحْمَةٌ: see جَحِيمٌ.

جَحِيمٌ A fire burning, or blazing, or flaming, vehemently; (K;) as also ↓ جَاحِمٌ: (Ham p. 810:) and any fire having one part above another; as also ↓ جَحْمَةٌ and ↓ جُحْمَةٌ; (K;) of which last the pl. is جُحَمٌ: (TA:) or having many live coals, and flaming much: (so in a copy of the S:) and any great fire in a pit or the like; (S, K;) from the saying in the Kur [xxxvii. 95], قَالُوا ابْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى الجَحِيمِ [They said, Build ye for him a building, and cast him into the great fire therein]. (S.) And الجَحِيمُ is one of the names of The fire [of Hell]; (S, TA;) from which may God preserve us. (TA.) See also جَاحِمٌ.

جَحَّامٌ Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious: (K:) from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ, meaning “ the straitness, and vehemence, of war.” (TA.) جَاحِمٌ: see جَحِيمٌ. Also Live coals (جَمْرٌ) vehemently burning or blazing or flaming. (K.) And a place vehemently hot; (S, K;) as also ↓ جَحِيمٌ. (K.) El-Aashà says, المَوْتُ جَاحِمٌ [app. meaning (assumed tropical:) Death is like a burning, or fiercelyburning, fire]. (S.) See also جَحْمَةٌ. b2: جَاحِمُ الجَرْبِ The main part [or the thick] of the war or battle: (K:) or the straitness thereof: (TA:) and the vehemence of the fight or slaughter, in the scene thereof. (K.) You say, اِصْطَلَى بِجَاحِمِ الحَرْبِ (tropical:) [He warmed himself with the heat, or vehemence, of the battle]. (TA.) b3: الجَاحِمَةُ Fire: (TA:) or, [as an epithet,] fire burning, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming. (Ham p. 77.)