1 حَقَفَ حقف , aor. حَقُفَ , 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 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 حقف 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 حاقف 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 ذ A camel lank in the belly. (ISh, K.)