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حقن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَقِينٌ حقين Confined, kept in, prevented from escape, retained, restrained, or withheld; as also ↓ مَحْقُونٌ. (K.) ― -b2- And, as a subst., (S,) Milk collected in a skin, (S, IF, Msb,) when fresh milk has been poured upon that which has become curdled, or thick, or upon that which has been churned. (S, TA.) Hence the prov., أَبَى الحَقِينُ العِذْرَةَ; i. e. العُذْرَ; [ The milk collected in the skin, &c., has disallowed the excuse; ] (A 'Obeyd, S, TA;) applied to him who excuses himself when having no [real] excuse: (TA:) originally said by a man who asked some people to give him milk to drink, upon their excusing themselves while they had milk which they had collected in a skin; meaning, this حقبن belies you. (A 'Obeyd, TA.)

Derived headwords

حَقِينٌ
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أَبَى الحَقِينُ العِذْرَةَ