حَفَفْ

HafafN Hff The verge of an event, or affair. (K, * TA.) You say, huwa EalaY Hafafi A^amorK He is on the verge of an event, or affair. (TA.) ― -b2- See also Haf~N , in two places. ― -b3- Also, (As, S, K,) and ↓ HufuwfN , (K,) (tropical:) An evil state, or condition, of life; and paucity of property; (As, S, K, TA;) as though one were placed aloof ( fY HafafK , i. e. jaAnibK ,) from the means of subsistence: (Er-Rá- ghib, TA:) or the former signifies straitness of the means of subsistence; (IDrd, TA;) and so ↓ latter: (TA:) or the former, a [ bare ] sufficiency of the means of subsistence: (Lh, TA:) or a state in which the family, or household, is proportionate to the provisions: (Th, TA:) it is coupled with DaEafN : and is said to signify straitness; the latter signifying “ paucity of food with numerousness of the eaters thereof; ” or, as some say, “ food proportionate to the household: ” (TA:) or the former signifies a state in which the eaters are proportionate to the property; and the latter, “ a state in which the eaters are more than proportionate to the property: ” (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA:) or the former, want; and the latter, “ paucity [of property]: ” (IAar, TA:) or both signify the same. (TA.) One says, maA ruy^iYa Ealayohimo HafafN walaA DafafN There was not seen upon them a trace of want. (S.) And A^aSaAbahumo mina AlEayo$i HafafN and DafafN and qa$afN , Straitness of the means of subsistence befell them. (As, TA.) And maA Einoda fulaAni A_il~aA HafafN mina AlmataAEi There is not with such a one aught save a scanty supply of the necessaries of life. (TA.) And mino maAlK ↓ h`*ihi Haf~apN or mataAEK , This is a scanty supply of the necessaries of life, not exceeding the wants of its people, or owners. (TA.)