حدق

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of surrounding, encircling, and intense gazing. It extends to describe things that are round or form a circle, such as the pupil of the eye and certain types of gardens or depressions that hold water. It also encompasses the act of staring intently.

Derived headwords

حَدَقَverb

1.
to surroundboth
To encircle or surround something.
2.
to stareboth
To look intently at something.
3.
to open eyes wide (of the dead)classical
Describing a dead person opening and moving their eyes.

أَحْدَقَverb

1.
to surroundboth
To encircle or surround something; to encompass.
2.
to be roundclassical
To be circular or rounded.

وأنبئت أن القوم قد حدقوا به — And I was informed that the people have surrounded him

وكل شيء استدار بشيء وأحاط به، فقد أحدق به — And anything that rounds and surrounds something, it has encircled it.

وعليه شامة سوداء قد أحدق بها بياض — And on him is a black mole surrounded by whiteness.

حَدَقَةnoun

1.
pupil of the eyeboth
The dark, circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, or the entire iris.
2.
eggplantclassical
A type of vegetable, eggplant.
3.
gardenclassical
A garden, especially one enclosed by a wall or fence.
4.
depression holding waterclassical
A hollow or depression in a valley that retains water.

والحدقة: السواد المستدير وسط العين — And the pupil: the dark roundness in the center of the eye.

والحديقة: القطعة من الزرع — And the garden: a patch of crops.

حَدَقnoun

1.
eggplantsclassical
Plural of حدقة, referring to eggplants.

تلقى بها بيض القطا الكداري، ... توائما كالحدق الصغار — You find in it the white eggs of the sandgrouse, ... twins like small eggplants.

حَدِيقَةnoun

1.
gardenboth
A garden, especially one enclosed by a wall or fence, often with fruit trees and vines.
2.
enclosed areaboth
An enclosed space, such as a garden or a depression that holds water.
3.
lush vegetationclassical
An area of lush, dense vegetation within a garden or meadow.

والحديقة من الرياض: كل أرض استدارت وأحدق بها حاجز أو أرض مرتفعة — And the garden from the meadows: every land that is round and encircled by a barrier or elevated land.

وكل بستان كان عليه حائط، فهو حديقة — And every orchard that had a wall around it, it is a garden.

سمع من السحاب صوتا يقول اسق حديقة فلان — He heard a voice from the clouds saying, 'Water so-and-so's garden.'

حَدَقَانnoun

1.
staringclassical
The act of staring intently.

تَحْدِيقnoun

1.
intense gazeboth
Intense staring or looking fixedly.

أبي نصب الرايات بين هوازن ... وبين تميم، بعد خوف محدق — My father raised the banners between Hawazin ... and between Tamim, after surrounding fear.

فحدقني القوم بأبصارهم أي رموني بحدقهم — And the people stared at me with their eyes, meaning they threw their pupils at me.

مُحْدِقadjective

1.
surroundingboth
Encircling or surrounding.
2.
intenseclassical
Severe or intense, referring to fear or a situation.

بعد خوف محدق — after surrounding fear.

حَدْقَةnoun

1.
pupil of the eyeboth
The dark, circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye.

أَحْدَاقnoun

1.
pupils of the eyesboth
Plural of حدقة, referring to the pupils of the eyes.

فالعين بعدهم كأن حداقها ... سملت بشوك، فهي عور تدمع — And the eye after them is as if its pupils were rubbed with thorns, so it is blind and tearful.

حُدَاقnoun

1.
pupils of the eyesclassical
Plural of حدقة, referring to the pupils of the eyes.

حَدْقَلَةnoun

1.
staringclassical
The act of staring, similar to تحديق.

حَدْلَقَverb

1.
to stareclassical
To move one's pupils around while staring.

وقد حدلق الرجل إذا أدار حدقته في النظر — And the man has moved his pupils around if he moved his pupils while looking.

حُنْدُقَةnoun

1.
pupil of the eyeclassical
A term for the pupil of the eye.

حِنْدِيقَةnoun

1.
pupil of the eyeclassical
A term for the pupil of the eye.

حَدُوقnoun

1.
staring (of the dead)classical
The act of a dead person opening and moving their eyes.

Parallel reading

المنعمون بنو حرب، وقد حدقت ... بي المنية، واستبطأت أنصاري

The prosperous are the sons of Harb, and death has surrounded me, and I have delayed my helpers.

وأنبئت أن القوم قد حدقوا به، ... فلا ريب أن قد كان ثم لحيم

And I was informed that the people have surrounded him, and there is no doubt that there was then a joining.

وكل شيء استدار بشيء وأحاط به، فقد أحدق به.

And anything that rounds and surrounds something, it has encircled it.

وعليه شامة سوداء قد أحدق بها بياض.

And on him is a black mole surrounded by whiteness.

جادت عليها كل بكر حرة، ... فتركن كل حديقة كالدرهم

Every free young she-camel watered it, ... leaving every garden like a dirham.

صوريه أولعت باشتهارها، ... ناصلة الحقوين من إزارها

Her image was fond of her fame, ... her hips thin from her garment.

أعطيت فيها طائعا أو كارها حديقة غلباء في جدارها، ... وفرسا أنثى وعبدا فارها

I gave her willingly or unwillingly a large garden within its wall, ... and a mare and a valuable slave.

وقيل: الحديقة حفرة تكون في الوادي تحبس الماء، وكل وطيء يحبس الماء في الوادي وإن لم يكن الماء في بطنه، فهو حديقة.

And it is said: The garden is a pit in the valley that holds water, and every depression that holds water in the valley, even if there is no water in its belly, it is a garden.

وفي التنزيل: وحدائق غلبا .

And in the Revelation: and lush gardens.

وكل بستان كان عليه حائط، فهو حديقة، وما لم يكن عليه حائط لم يقل له حديقة.

And every orchard that had a wall around it, it is a garden, and what did not have a wall around it was not called a garden.

وحديق الروض: ما أعشب منه والتف.

And the lushness of the meadow: what has grown green and dense in it.

يقال: روضة بني فلان ما هي إلا حديقة ما يجوز فيها شيء.

It is said: So-and-so's meadow is nothing but a garden through which nothing can pass.

وقد أحدقت الروضة عشبا، وإذا لم يكن فيها عشب فهي روضة.

And the meadow has become lush with grass, and if there is no grass in it, it is a meadow.

وفي الحديث: سمع من السحاب صوتا يقول اسق حديقة فلان.

And in the Hadith: He heard a voice from the clouds saying, 'Water so-and-so's garden.'

والحدقة: السواد المستدير وسط العين، وقيل: هي في الظاهر سواد العين وفي الباطن خرزتها.

And the pupil: the dark roundness in the center of the eye, and it is said: it is outwardly the blackness of the eye and inwardly its bead.

فالعين بعدهم كأن حداقها ... سملت بشوك، فهي عور تدمع

And the eye after them is as if its pupils were rubbed with thorns, so it is blind and tearful.

قال: حداقها أراد الحدقة وما حولها كما يقال للبعير ذو عثانين ومثله كثير.

He said: its pupils, he meant the pupil and what is around it, as is said for a camel with two humps, and many examples are like this.

والحدق جماعة الحدقة، وهي في الظاهر سواد العين وفي الباطن خرزتها، قال: وقال غيره السواد الأعظم في العين هو الحدقة والأصغر هو الناظر، وفيه إنسان العين، وإنما الناظر كالمرآة إذا استقبلتها رأيت فيها شخصك.

And the pupils are the group of the pupil, and it is outwardly the blackness of the eye and inwardly its bead. He said: And others said the largest blackness in the eye is the pupil and the smaller is the pupil, and in it is the human of the eye, and the pupil is like a mirror; if you face it, you see your image in it.

وقولهم في حديث الأحنف: نزلوا في مثل حدقة البعير أي نزلوا في خصب، وشبهه بحدقة البعير لأنها ريا من الماء،

And their saying in the Hadith of Al-Ahnaf: They descended into something like the pupil of a camel, meaning they descended into abundance, and he likened it to the pupil of a camel because it is full of water.

والحندوقة والحنديقة: الحدقة، قال ابن دريد: ولا أدري ما صحتها.

And Al-Hunduqah and Al-Hundiqah: the pupil, Ibn Duraid said: And I do not know its authenticity.

وأراد أمرا شديدا تحدق منه الرجال.

And he meant a severe matter from which men would stare.

فحدقني القوم بأبصارهم أي رموني بحدقهم، جمع حدقة.

And the people stared at me with their eyes, meaning they threw their pupils at me, the plural of pupil.

وحدق فلان الشيء بعينه يحدقه حدقا إذا نظر إليه.

And so-and-so stared at a thing with his eye, staring at it, if he looked at it.

وحدق الميت إذا فتح عينيه وطرف بهما، والحدوق المصدر.

And the dead person stared if he opened his eyes and moved them, and Al-Hudooq is the مصدر (verbal noun).

ورأيت الميت يحدق يمنة ويسرة أي يفتح عينيه وينظر.

And I saw the dead person staring to the right and left, meaning opening his eyes and looking.

وقد حدلق الرجل إذا أدار حدقته في النظر.

And the man has moved his pupils around if he moved his pupils while looking.

والحدق: الباذنجان، واحدتها حدقة، شبه بحدق المها؛

And Al-Hadq: eggplants, its singular is Hadqah, likened to the pupils of oryxes;

تلقى بها بيض القطا الكداري، ... توائما كالحدق الصغار

You find in it the white eggs of the sandgrouse, ... twins like small eggplants.

يقال للباذنجان الحدق والمغد

Eggplant is called Al-Hadq and Al-Maghd.