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حدلق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the eye, particularly its size and prominence. It also extends to refer to specific parts of an animal's body, like the eye or throat, and can describe something as short and compact.

Derived headwords

الحَدْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large eyeboth

    A large eye, often implying prominence or bulging.

  2. 2.
    pupil of the eyeclassical

    Specifically refers to the pupil of the eye.

  3. 3.
    part of an animal's bodyclassical

    A part of an animal's body, possibly the eye or throat, as described by lexicographers.

حدلقةnoun
  1. 1.
    large eyeboth

    The eye itself, when it is large.

حدلقةnoun
  1. 1.
    throatclassical

    The throat or gullet of an animal.

حدولقadjective
  1. 1.
    short and compactclassical

    Describing something as short, stout, and well-built.

Parallel reading

الحدلقة، مثال الهدبد: الحدقة الكبيرة.
Al-hadlaqah, like al-hadbad: the large eye.
وعين حدلقة: جاحظة.
And an eye that is hadlaqah: bulging.
والحدلقة: العين الكبيرة.
And al-hadlaqah: the large eye.
أكل الذئب من الشاة الحدلقة أي العين.
The wolf ate the hadlaqah from the sheep, meaning the eye.
هو شيء من جسدها لا أدري ما هو.
It is something from its body, I do not know what it is.
شد الذئب على شاة فلان فأخذ حدلقتها وهو غلصمتها.
The wolf attacked so-and-so's sheep and took its hadlaqah, which is its throat.
والحدولق: القصير المجتمع.
And al-hadluq: the short and compact one.