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حدق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 احدقوا بِهِ احدقوا به احدقوا بة ; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) and ↓ حَدَقُوا به, (S, Msb, K,) aor. حَدِقَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. حَدْقٌ; (TK;) and به ↓ احدود قوا; (Sgh, K;) They surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, him, or it; (S, Mgh, Msb;) namely, a man, (S,) or a town or the like: (Msb:) or they went round or round about, circuited, or compassed, him, or it. (K.) You say of anything, احدق به as meaning It surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, it; (TA;) as, for instance, a house [or a wall] surrounds a garden. (Mgh.) Thus you say, عَلَيْهِ شَامَةٌ سَوْدَاآءُ قَدْ أَحْدَقَ بِهَا بَيَاضٌ [ Upon him is a black mole which whiteness has surrounded ]. (TA.) And أَحْدَقَتْ بِهِ المَنِيَّةُ (tropical:) Death encompassed him. (TA.) ― -b2- أَحْدَقُوا بِهِ الأَحْدَاقِ, a phrase used by El- Hareeree, means They made the blacks of the eyes to surround him. (Har p. 186.) -A2- احدقتِ الرَّوْضَةُ, (K,) or احدقت الروضة عُشْبًا, (Zj, TA,) i. e. [ The meadow ] became a حَدِيقَة [q. v.], (Zj, K,) [ by producing herbs such as are termed عشب; for] without عشب it is a روضة. (Zj, TA.)

Derived headwords

احدقوا بِهِverb
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احدق به
عَلَيْهِ شَامَةٌ سَوْدَاآءُ
قَدْ أَحْدَقَ بِهَا بَيَاضٌ
أَحْدَقَتْ بِهِ المَنِيَّةُ
أَحْدَقُوا بِهِ الأَحْدَاقِ
احدقت الروضة عُشْبًا