حلفاء

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Arabic

Root
ح ل ف (ḥ-l-f)

Noun

حُلَفَاء (ḥulafāʔm pl

  1. plural of حَلِيف (ḥalīf)

Noun

حَلْفَاء (ḥalfāʔf

  1. Stipa tenacissima
  2. Cladium mariscus
  3. Cortaderia selloana

Declension

Quotations

  • a. 701, أبو عمرو, quoted in aṣ-Ṣaġānīy’s العباب الزاخر واللباب الفاخر s. v. حلفاء:
    يَعْدُو بِمِثْلِ أُسُودِ رَقَّةَ وَٱلشَّرَى … خَرَجَت مِنْ الْبَرْدِيِّ وَٱلحَلْفَاءِ
    yaʕdū bimiṯli ʔusūdi raqqata waš-šarā … ḵarajat min al-bardiyyi wal-ḥalfāʔi
    He walks by the image of lions a vegetal as well as craggy tracts exiting from cattail and sawgrass.

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