حقف
1 حَقَفَ,
aor. ـُ inf.
n. حُقُوفٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, curved, bent, or winding. (
Msb.) حُقُوفٌ also signifies A gazelle's being in the condition denoted by [the part.
n.] حَاقِفٌ in the phrase ظَبْىٌ حَاقِفٌ, which see below. (Ibn-'Abbád,
K.) 12 احقوقف, said of sand, and of the هِلَال [or moon when, being near the sun, it shows a narrow rim of light], (
S,
K,) and of the back, (
K,) or of anything, such as the back of a camel, (
L,) It was curved, bent, or winding, (
S,
L,
K,) and long. (
L,
K.) حِقْفٌ A curving, or winding, tract of sand: (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K:)
pl. [of pauc.] أَحْقَافٌ (
S,
Msb,
K) and [of mult.] حِقَافٌ (
S,
K) and حُقُوفٌ, (
O,
L,
K,) and
pl. pl. حَقَائِفُ and حِقَفَةٌ, (
K,) the former of these two being
pl. of أَحْقَافٌ or of حِقَافٌ, (
L,
TA,) but the latter of them,
accord. to the
O, is a
pl., not a
pl. pl. : (
TA:) or a heap, or hill, of sand, that has assumed a bowed form: (
IDrd,
TA:) or a curving, or winding, thin tract of sand: (
Har p. 51:) or a great, round tract of sand: (Ibn-' Arafeh,
K:) or an oblong, elevated tract of sand: (
Fr,
K:) or الأَحْقَافُ applies [particularly] to certain oblong tracts of sand in the region of Esh-Shihr: (
K, *
TA:)
accord. to
J, [in the
S,] to the country of 'Ád. (
TA.)
b2: Also The lower, or lowest, part of a tract of sand, and of a mountain, and of a wall. (
O,
L,
K.) حَاقِفٌ A gazelle [lying] bent together, or curled, (A 'Obeyd,
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,) like a حِقْف of sand, (
Az,
Sgh,
K,) in his sleep, (
A'Obeyd,
S,
K,) or in consequence of a wound &c.: (
Msb:) or lying upon his breast on a حِقْف of sand: (
IAar,
K:) or, as some say, upon, or at, the lower, or lowest, part of a حِقْف. (
Mgh.) أَحْقَفُ A camel lank in the belly. (
ISh,
K.)
