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حرقف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the hip bone, specifically the upper part of the hip joint where the thigh bone connects. It also extends to describe extreme emaciation in animals and, in a less certain usage, a short woman.

Derived headwords

الحُرْقُفَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    upper hip bonesboth

    The two upper parts of the hip bones, considered the prominent points of the hips.

الحُرْقُفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hip boneboth

    The hip bone, specifically the upper part where the thigh bone articulates.

  2. 2.
    hip jointboth

    The joint formed by the head of the femur and the acetabulum of the pelvis.

حُرَاقِفnoun
  1. 1.
    hip bones (plural)both

    The plural form of حرقفة, referring to the hip bones.

دَبِرَتْ حَرَاقِفُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his hips became worn/soreclassical

    Said of a sick person whose prolonged lying down has caused their hip bones to become worn or sore.

حَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to rest one's head on one's hipsclassical

    A man rested his head upon his hip bones, often implying a posture of weariness or contemplation.

الحُرْقُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciated (animal)both

    Describing a beast that is extremely thin and emaciated, to the point where its hip bones are prominent.

حِرْنَقِفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    short (woman)classical

    Describing a woman who is short in stature.

Parallel reading

الحرقفتان: رؤوس أعالي الوركين بمنزلة الحجبة
The two upper hip bones: the tops of the upper hips, like the hip bones.
رأت ساعدي غول، وتحت قميصه ... جناجن يدمى حدها والحراقف والحرقفتان: مجتمع رأس الفخذ ورأس الورك حيث يلتقيان من ظاهر.
She saw the forearm of a ghoul, and beneath his shirt... wings whose edges bleed, and the hip bones and the two upper hip bones: the meeting point of the head of the thigh and the head of the hip where they meet externally.
الحرقفة عظم الحجبة وهي رأس الورك.
The hip bone is the bone of the hip, and it is the head of the hip.
يقال للمريض إذا طالت ضجعته: دبرت حراقفه.
It is said of a sick person whose prolonged lying down has caused their hip bones to become worn.
تراني إذا دبرت حرقفتي وما لي ضجعة إلا على وجهي ما يسرني أني نقصت منه قلامة ظفر
Do you see me when my hip bones have become worn, and I have no way of lying down except on my face, and I would not be pleased if I lost even a fingernail's width from it.
ليسوا بهدين في الحروب، إذا ... تعقد فوق الحراقف النطق
They are not weak in wars, when... the speech becomes knotted above the hip bones.
وحرقف الرجل: وضع رأسه على حراقفه.
And the man rested his head on his hip bones.
فإذا هو جالس وعرض ركبتيه وحرقفتيه ومنكبيه وعرض وجهه منشج
And he was sitting, and the width of his knees, his hip bones, his shoulders, and his face was spread out.
الحرقفة: عظم رأس الورك.
The hip bone: the bone of the head of the hip.
والحرقوف: الدابة المهزول.
And the emaciated one: the emaciated beast.
ودابة حرقوف: شديد الهزال وقد بدا حراقيفه.
And an emaciated beast: extremely thin, and its hip bones have become apparent.
امرأة حرنقفة قصيرة.
A short, stunted woman.