حفن
1 حَفَنَهُ, (
S,)
aor. ـُ (
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. ـِ (
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.) 8 احتفنهُ (
S,
K) لِنَفْسِهِ (
S) He took it (a thing) for himself. (
S,
K.)
b2: احتفن مِنْهُ (
tropical:) He took much of it. (
A,
TA.)
b3: احتفن الشَّجَرَ (assumed
tropical:) He pulled up the trees from the ground. (
K.) And احتفن الرَّجُلَ (assumed
tropical:) He uprooted the man: (
Az,
S:) [or] احتفنهُ signifies (
tropical:) he put his hands, or arms, beneath his knees, and took him [by that part, i. e.] by the inner side of the knee, and then carried him, or carried him off or away. (
K,
TA.) حَفَنٌ The act of turning the feet as though one were throwing the dust (كَأَنَّهُ يَحْثُو) with them, when walking. (
K.) حَفْنَةٌ, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
TA, and so,
accord. to the
TA, in the
K,) or ↓ حُفْنَةٌ, (so in copies of the
K,) [but the former is that which is commonly known,] A handful: (
Mgh,
K:) or the quantity that fills the two hands [when they are put together so as to be like a bowl]; (
S,
Msb;) of wheat [or the like]: (
S:)
pl. حَفَنَاتٌ. (
S,
Msb.) Hence, (in the saying of Aboo-Bekr,
TA,) إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ حَفْنَةٌ مِنْ حَفَنَاتِ اللّٰهِ, (
S,
TA,) i. e., (
tropical:) We shall be but little, on the day of resurrection, like a حفنة, in the estimation of God; (
TA;) meaning we shall be but a small thing in comparison with the dominion and the mercy of God. (
S,
TA.)
b2: Also The hand (كَفّ) itself. (
Har p. 296.)
b3: See also what next follows.
حُفْنَةٌ A hollow, cavity, trench, or the like, dug, or excavated, in the ground, (
S,
K,
TA,) wherever it be; or excavated by a torrent in rugged ground, in the channel of the water: (
TA:) and a [hollow, or cavity, in the ground, such as is termed] نُقْرَة, (
ISk,
K,) having in it water, and in its bottom pebbles and earth; (
ISk,
TA;) as also ↓ حَفْنَةٌ: (
K:) a well, or pit: (
KL:)
pl. of the former حُفَنٌ; (
S,
K;) which is explained by
Sh as meaning small round hollows or cavities, in which rain-water stagnates, excavated by the water, in the form of pools. (
TA.)
b2: See also حَفْنَةٌ.
حَفَّانٌ,
n. un. with ة, belongs to art. حف,
q. v. (
S,
K.) مِحْفَنٌ, applied to a man, (
TA,)
i. q. كَثِيرُ الحفْنِ [i. e. One who takes much with the palms of his two hands and with the fingers put together: or who scoops up, or out, much, with both his hands: see 1, first sentence]. (
ISd,
K.)
