حرق

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root حرق (ḥaraqa) primarily relates to burning, scorching, and intense heat. It extends to concepts of intense desire, anger, and even specific sexual acts or types of women associated with such intensity. It also appears in place names and tribal affiliations.

Derived headwords

حارقةadjective

1.
burningclassical
Describing a woman who is intense or difficult to be with, possibly due to strong sexual desire.
2.
intense sexual desireclassical
A woman overcome by lust to the point of grinding her teeth.
3.
fierceclassical
A description of a woman, possibly referring to a specific sexual act.
4.
lionessclassical
A name for a lioness.

وامرأة حارقة ضيقة الملاقي — and a woman who is ḥāriqah, difficult to meet.

وجدتها حارقة طارقة فائقة — I found her intense, striking, and surpassing.

حرقانيةadjective

1.
scorched colorclassical
Describing a black color that resembles something scorched by fire, possibly derived from the root 'ḥaraq' (burning).

وعليه عمامة سوداء حرقانية — and upon him was a black ḥarqāniyyah turban.

الحرقnoun

1.
burningboth
The act of burning or scorching.
2.
chaffingclassical
The wear or damage to a garment during the process of pounding or cleaning it.
3.
angerclassical
A state of intense anger or fury.

الحرق بالنار والحرق معا — burning by fire and burning together.

الحرق من الدق: الذي يعرض للثوب عند دقه — al-ḥarqu min ad-duqq: what happens to a garment when it is pounded.

حرقverb

1.
to burnboth
To be consumed or damaged by fire; to cause to burn.
2.
to scorchboth
To burn the surface of something.
3.
to angerboth
To make someone very angry.

حَرِقَverb

1.
to be angryclassical
To become intensely angry or furious.

وحرق الرجل إذا ساء خلقه — and a man is ḥariqa if his disposition becomes bad.

المحارقةnoun

1.
intercourse on the sideclassical
Sexual intercourse performed while lying on one's side.
2.
copulationclassical
The act of sexual intercourse.

المحارقة: المباضعة على الجنب — al-muḥāraqa: copulation on the side.

الحارقةnoun

1.
specific sexual actclassical
A name for a particular type of sexual intercourse.
2.
lionessclassical
A name for a lioness.

خير النساء الحارقة — the best of women is al-ḥāriqah.

ما صبر على الحارقة إلا أسماء بنت عميس — none endured al-ḥāriqah except Asma bint Umays.

الحرقاتname

1.
tribal nameclassical
The name of two tribes, Taym and Sa'd, sons of Qays ibn Tha'laba.

عجبت لآل الحرقتين — I am amazed by the descendants of al-Ḥirqatan.

حراقname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly of a person.

وحراق وحريق وحريقاء: أسماء — Ḥarrāq, Ḥarīq, and Ḥarīqā' are names.

حريقname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly of a person.

وحراق وحريق وحريقاء: أسماء — Ḥarrāq, Ḥarīq, and Ḥarīqā' are names.

حريقاءname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly of a person.

وحراق وحريق وحريقاء: أسماء — Ḥarrāq, Ḥarīq, and Ḥarīqā' are names.

حريقname

1.
proper nameclassical
The name of a son of al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

وحريق: ابن النعمان بن المنذر — and Ḥarīq: son of al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

حرقةname

1.
proper nameclassical
The name of a daughter of al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

وأخته الحرقه — and his sister al-Ḥirqa.

الحرقةnoun

1.
tribe nameclassical
A name for a tribe or a section of Arabs.

والحرقة أيضا: حي من العرب — and al-Ḥirqa is also a tribe of Arabs.

الحروقةnoun

1.
tribe nameclassical
A name for a tribe or a section of Arabs.

وكذلك الحروقة — and likewise al-Ḥarūqa.

المحرقةname

1.
place nameclassical
The name of a place or region.

والمحرقة: بلد — and al-Maḥraqa: a place.

الحارقينname

1.
people associated with burningclassical
A group of people associated with burning or intense heat, possibly a specific tribe or group.

ألزقوا بالحارقين — they were associated with al-Ḥāriqīn.

حرقnoun

1.
complete eatingclassical
Eating something completely, consuming it all.

الحرق الأكل المستقصى — al-ḥarqu the exhaustive eating.

الحرقnoun

1.
angry peopleclassical
A group of people who are angry or furious.

والحرق: الغضابى من الناس — and al-ḥarqu: the angry ones among people.

Parallel reading

وامرأة حارقة ضيقة الملاقي

and a woman who is ḥāriqah, difficult to meet.

هي التي تغلبها الشهوة حتى تحرق أنيابها بعضها على بعض أي تحكها

she is the one whom desire overcomes until she grinds her teeth against each other, meaning she rubs them.

وجدتها حارقة طارقة فائقة

I found her intense, striking, and surpassing.

دخل مكة وعليه عمامة سوداء حرقانية

He entered Mecca wearing a black ḥarqāniyyah turban.

هي التي على لون ما أحرقته النار

it is that which is the color of what fire has scorched.

أما عدي بن أرطاة فإنما غرني بعمامته الحرقانية السوداء

As for Adi ibn Arṭāh, he only deceived me with his black ḥarqāniyyah turban.

خير النساء الحارقة

The best of women is al-ḥāriqah.

ما صبر على الحارقة إلا أسماء بنت عميس

None endured al-ḥāriqah except Asma bint Umays.

المحارقة: المباضعة على الجنب

al-muḥāraqa: copulation on the side.

كذبتكم الحارقة ما قام لي بها إلا أسماء بنت عميس

Al-ḥāriqah has lied to you; none stood firm for me in it except Asma bint Umays.

أمدحت، ويحك منقرا أن ألزقوا ... بالحارقين، فأرسلوها تظلع

Do you praise, woe to you, Manqara, that they were associated with al-Ḥāriqīn, so they sent her limping?

عليكم بالحارقة من النساء فما ثبت لي منهن إلا أسماء

You should have intercourse with al-ḥāriqah among women, for none among them proved steadfast for me except Asma.

كأنه قال عليكم بهذا الضرب من الجماع معهن

It is as if he said: You should have intercourse of this kind with them.

والحارقة من السبع اسم له

And al-ḥāriqah is a name for a lioness.

الحرق الأكل المستقصى

al-ḥarqu is the exhaustive eating.

والحرق: الغضابى من الناس

And al-ḥarqu: the angry ones among people.

وحرق الرجل إذا ساء خلقه

And a man is ḥariqa if his disposition becomes bad.

عجبت لآل الحرقتين، كأنما ... رأوني نفيا من إياد وترخم

I am amazed by the descendants of al-Ḥirqatan, as if ... they saw me as an outcast from Iyad and Tarukhum.

نقسم بالله: نسلم الحلقه، ... ولا حريقا، وأخته الحرقه

We swear by God: we will not submit to al-Ḥilqa, ... nor to Ḥarīq, and his sister is al-Ḥirqa.