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حقب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 احتقب احتقب أحتقب ٱحتقب He bound a حَقِيبَة behind [ on his camel or horse ]; (Az, TA;) as also ↓ استحقب: (Ham p. 289:) he bound anything behind the [ camel's saddle called ] رَحْل or قَتَب: (K:) he put on, or conveyed, a حقيبة behind him on his horse [or camel ]; as also ↓ حَقَبَ: (Msb:) he carried, or conveyed, a thing behind him [ on his beast ]; as also ↓ استحقب: and he made a person to ride behind him on the حقيبة. (TA.) See also 4. ― -b2- [Hence,] احتقب and ↓ استحقب (S, A, K) (tropical:) He bore, or took upon himself the burden of, (S, A,) a thing, (S,) good, or evil; (A;) syn. اِحْتَمَلَ: (S, A:) and laid it up for the future; (A, K;) namely, good, or evil: (A:) for a man [as it were] bears his actions, and lays them up for the future [to be rewarded or punished for them]. (TA.) And hence, احتقب الاـِثْمَ (S, Msb) (assumed tropical:) [ He bore, or took upon himself the burden of, the sin; or] he committed the sin: as though it were a thing perceived by the senses, which he bore or carried [behind him]: (Msb:) or as though he collected it into a mass, and conveyed it behind him [as a حقيبة]. (S.)

Derived headwords

احتقبverb
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