حَقَفَ

, aorist 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 particle n.] حَاقِفٌ in the phrase ظَبْىٌ حَاقِفٌ, which see below. (Ibn- 'Abbád, K.)