هبقع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root describes a person of short, stocky build, often characterized by foolishness, arrogance, and a tendency to be lazy or clingy. It also refers to specific sitting postures, some of which are associated with these negative traits.

Derived headwords

هَبَقَّعadjective

1.
short and stockyclassical
Describing a person who is short and stoutly built.

هَبَنْقَعadjective

1.
arrogant and foolishclassical
A conceited, foolish person who enjoys conversing with women.
2.
clingy, unmovingclassical
Someone who does not stand firm in word or deed and cannot be relied upon; also describes someone who sits in a place and hardly moves from it.
3.
begging, persistentclassical
One who comes to your door and persistently asks for what you have, without leaving.
4.
foolishclassical
A foolish person, whose foolishness is evident in their sitting and actions.

رجل هبنقع — A man who is arrogant and foolish

رجل هبنقع لازم بمكانه وصاحب نسوان — A man who is clingy to his place and a womanizer

أرسلها هبنقع يبغي الغزل — He sent her, a persistent man seeking flirtation

هَبَنْقَعَةnoun

1.
specific sitting postureclassical
A sitting posture where one sits on the heels or the tips of the toes.
2.
arrogant sitting postureclassical
A sitting posture associated with arrogance, where one sits on the heels and stands on the tips of the toes.
3.
sitting postureclassical
Sitting in a cross-legged position and then extending the right leg.
4.
sitting postureclassical
A sitting posture in a cross-legged position.
5.
reclining postureclassical
A posture of lying down backwards.
6.
sitting postureclassical
Sitting cross-legged and extending one leg in that position.
7.
sitting postureclassical
A posture where one squats, draws the thighs together, and spreads the legs.

الهبنقعة: قعود الرجل على عرقوبيه قائما على أطراف أصابعه — The habnaqa: a man sitting on his heels, standing on the tips of his toes.

الهبنقعة: أن يتربع ثم يمد رجله اليمنى في تربعه — The habnaqa: to sit cross-legged and then extend the right leg in one's cross-legged position.

الهبنقعة: قعود الاستلقاء إلى خلف — The habnaqa: sitting in a reclining position backwards.

الهبنقعة: أن تربع وتمد إحدى رجليها في تربعها — The habnaqa: to sit cross-legged and extend one of her legs in her cross-legged position.

هي أن يقعي ويضم فخذيه ويفتح رجليه — It is to squat, draw the thighs together, and spread the legs.

اهْبَنْقَعَverb

1.
to sit in a specific postureclassical
To sit in the habnaqa posture, which is the sitting posture of the arrogant person.

واهبنقع: جلس الهبنقعة — And he sat in the habnaqa posture: he sat in the habnaqa.

هَبَنْقَعَةnoun

1.
woman who is short and stockyclassical
A short and stoutly built woman.
2.
woman who is arrogant and foolishclassical
A conceited, foolish woman who enjoys conversing with women.
3.
woman who is clingyclassical
A woman who does not stand firm in word or deed and cannot be relied upon.

والأنثى بالهاء — And the feminine is with the 'ha'.

Parallel reading

رجل هبقع وهبنقع وهباقع: قصير ملزز الخلق، والنون زائدة.

A man habqa', habnaqa', and habaqa': short, stout of creation, and the 'nun' is an addition.

والهبنقع: المزهو الأحمق الذي يحب محادثة النساء، والأنثى بالهاء.

And the habnaqa: the conceited, foolish one who loves conversing with women, and the feminine is with the 'ha'.

والهبنقعة: قعود الرجل على عرقوبيه قائما على أطراف أصابعه.

And the habnaqa: a man sitting on his heels, standing on the tips of his toes.

واهبنقع: جلس الهبنقعة، وهي جلسة المزهو؛ قال الفرزدق: ومهور نسوتهم، إذا ما أنكحوا، ... غدوي كل هبنقع تنبال

And he sat in the habnaqa posture: he sat in the habnaqa, which is the sitting posture of the conceited; Al-Farazdaq said: And their women's dowries, when they marry them... are the morning of every arrogant, lazy habnaqa.

والهبنقعة: أن يتربع ثم يمد رجله اليمنى في تربعه، وقيل: هي جلسة في تربع.

And the habnaqa: to sit cross-legged and then extend the right leg in one's cross-legged position, and it was said: it is a sitting posture in a cross-legged position.

والهبنقعة: قعود الاستلقاء إلى خلف.

And the habnaqa: sitting in a reclining position backwards.

والهبنقع: الذي لا يستقيم على أمر في قول ولا فعل ولا يوثق به، والأنثى بالهاء.

And the habnaqa: one who is not steadfast in word or deed and cannot be relied upon, and the feminine is with the 'ha'.

والهبنقع: الذي يجلس على عقبيه أو على أطراف أصابعه يسأل الناس، وقيل: هو الذي إذا قعد في مكان لم يكد يبرح.

And the habnaqa: one who sits on his heels or on the tips of his toes begging from people, and it was said: he is one who, if he sits in a place, hardly moves from it.

قال ابن الأعرابي: رجل هبنقع لازم بمكانه وصاحب نسوان؛ قال: أرسلها هبنقع يبغي الغزل أخبر أنه صاحب نساء،

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: A habnaqa man who is stuck in his place and a womanizer; he said: He sent her, a habnaqa man seeking flirtation, meaning he is a womanizer.

وقال شمر: هو الذي يأتيك يلزم بابك في طلب ما عندك لا يبرح.

And Shammir said: He is one who comes to you and stays at your door asking for what you have, without leaving.

ورجل هبنقع وامرأة هبنقعة: وهو الأحمق يعرف حمقه في جلوسه وأموره.

And a habnaqa man and a habnaqa woman: he is the fool whose foolishness is known in his sitting and his affairs.

وقال الأصمعي: قال الزبرقان بن بدر: أبغض كنائني التي تمشي الدفقى وتجلس الهبنقعة؛ الدفقى مشي واسع، والهبنقعة أن تربع وتمد إحدى رجليها في تربعها.

And Al-Asma'i said: Al-Zibriqan bin Badr said: I detest my daughters-in-law who walk with a wide gait and sit in the habnaqa; Al-dafqa is a wide walk, and the habnaqa is to sit cross-legged and extend one of her legs in her cross-legged position.

وفي الحديث: مر بامرأة سوداء ترقص صبيا لها وتقول: يمشي الثطا ويجلس الهبنقعه هي أن يقعي ويضم فخذيه ويفتح رجليه.

And in the Hadith: He passed by a black woman dancing with her child and saying: He walks with a steady gait and sits in the habnaqa, which is to squat, draw the thighs together, and spread the legs.