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هدكر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being well-fed, plump, or having abundant flesh, particularly in women. It can also refer to thick or curdled milk and, in a less common usage, a specific place name or a nickname.

Derived headwords

هَدَاكِرadjective
  1. 1.
    well-fed, plumpclassical

    Describing a man who is well-fed and prosperous.

هَيْدَكِرadjective
  1. 1.
    plump, fleshyclassical

    Describing a woman who is plump and has abundant flesh, often implying youthfulness and good physique.

  2. 2.
    curdled milkclassical

    Referring to milk that has thickened or curdled but is not yet sour.

هُدْكُورَةadjective
  1. 1.
    plump, fleshyclassical

    Describing a woman who is plump and has abundant flesh.

هَيْدَكُورَةadjective
  1. 1.
    plump, fleshyclassical

    Describing a woman who is plump and has abundant flesh.

الهَيْدَكُورnoun
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    Milk that has thickened or curdled but is not yet sour.

  2. 2.
    nicknameclassical

    A nickname for a man from the Arab tribes.

الهَدْكَرnoun
  1. 1.
    thickened milkclassical

    Milk that has thickened or curdled but is not yet sour.

Parallel reading

رجل هداكر: منعم.
A man (is) hadakir: well-fed.
وامرأة هيدكر وهدكورة وهيدكورة: كثيرة اللحم.
And a woman (is) haidakir, hudkurah, and haidakurah: having abundant flesh.
الهيدكور الشابة من النساء الضخمة الحسنة الدل في الشباب
The haidakur (is) a young woman, large and graceful in her youth.
بهكنة هيفاء هيدكور
A well-built, slender, haidakur woman.
فهي بداء، إذا ما أقبلت، ... فخمة الجسم رداح هيدكر
So she is imposing, when she approaches... large-bodied, heavy, haidakur.
فكأن الواو حذفت من هيدكور ضرورة.
And it is as if the 'waw' was omitted from haidakur out of necessity (poetic license).
والهيدكور: اللبن الخاثر
And the haidakur: curdled milk.
قلن له: اسق عمك النميرا ... ولبنا، يا عمرو، هيدكورا
They said to him: 'Give your uncle the numayra... and milk, O Amr, haidakura.'
الهدكر أخثر اللبن ولم يحمض جدا.
The hadkar (is) milk that has thickened and has not yet become very sour.
وهيدكور: لقب رجل من العرب.
And Haidakur: a nickname of a man from the Arabs.