حجفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the otherwise sparsely attested root ح ج ف (ḥ-j-f) meaning “to parry”, “to deflect”, “to echo”, “to send back”, “to repel”; likely a variant of ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.d͡ʒa.fa/

Noun

حَجَفَة (ḥajafa) f (plural حَجَف (ḥajaf) or حَجَفَات (ḥajafāt))

  1. shield made of skins, without wood or sinews
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 29:7:
      لَمْ تُقْطَعْ يَدُ سَارِقٍ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ حَجَفَةٍ أَوْ تُرْسٍ وَكِلاَهُمَا ذُو ثَمَنٍ‏.‏
      During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) the hand of a thief was not cut off for less than the price of a shield, skin-shield or scutum, and both of them are valuable.

Declension

Derived terms

  • حَاجَفَ (ḥājafa, to oppose, to repel; to fence against)
  • اِحْتَجَفَ (iḥtajafa, to turn away)

Descendants

  • Ge'ez: ሐገፋ (ḥägäfa, shield)

References

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