حمق

Root entry · 40 derived lemmas

The root حمق (ḥamaqa) primarily denotes foolishness, lack of intelligence, and acting contrary to reason. It extends to concepts of stupidity, imbecility, and the state of being foolish. Derived terms also touch upon market stagnation, weakness, and specific ailments or plants.

Derived headwords

الحَمْقnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
The opposite of intellect; a lack of reason or sound judgment.
2.
stupidityboth
A state of being foolish or acting like a fool.

حَمُقَverb

1.
to be foolishboth
To act foolishly or exhibit a lack of intelligence.

حَمْقًاnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A masdar (verbal noun) denoting the state or act of being foolish.

حَمَاقَةnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A masdar (verbal noun) signifying foolishness or stupidity.

اِنْحَمَقَverb

1.
to act foolishlyclassical
To behave like a fool.

اِسْتَحْمَقَverb

1.
to act foolishlyboth
To behave like a fool.
2.
to find foolishboth
To consider or deem someone foolish.

أَحْمَقadjective

1.
foolishboth
Lacking intelligence or sense; stupid.

حَمِقadjective

1.
foolishboth
Possessing foolishness or stupidity.

حُمْقnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A state of being foolish.

حَمْقَىnoun

1.
foolsboth
Plural of أحمق, referring to people who are foolish.

حَمْقَىadjective

1.
foolishboth
Characterized by foolishness.

حَمْقَانnoun

1.
foolishnessclassical
A term for foolishness, possibly a specific formation.

أَحْمَقَهُverb

1.
to find foolishboth
To encounter someone and find them foolish.

أَحْمَقَ بِهِverb

1.
to mention foolishnessclassical
To bring up or mention someone's foolishness.

تَحْمِيقnoun

1.
attributing foolishnessclassical
The act of accusing or attributing foolishness to someone.

حَامَقَهُverb

1.
to assist in foolishnessclassical
To help or encourage someone in their foolish actions.

اِسْتَحْمَقْتُهُverb

1.
to find foolishboth
To consider someone foolish.

تَحَامَقَverb

1.
to feign foolishnessboth
To pretend to be foolish or act foolishly intentionally.

الحُمُوقَةnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A characteristic or trait of foolishness.

أَحْمُوقَةnoun

1.
foolish actboth
An act of foolishness or a foolish mistake.

مُحَمَّقadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Describing a woman who gives birth to foolish children.

مُحَمَّقَةadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Describing a woman who gives birth to foolish children.

مِحْمَاقadjective

1.
prone to foolishnessclassical
A woman who habitually gives birth to foolish children.

المُحَمَّقَاتnoun

1.
deceptive nightsclassical
Nights when the moon is obscured by clouds, causing confusion about the time.

البقلة الحمقاءnoun

1.
purslaneboth
A type of edible plant, also known as purslane (Portulaca oleracea).

الحُمَيْقَاءnoun

1.
wineclassical
A name for wine, as it can lead to foolishness.

حَمَقَverb

1.
to drink wineclassical
To consume wine, which can induce foolishness.

حَمَّقَتْهُverb

1.
to make foolishclassical
To render someone foolish, as if by sleepiness.

مُحَمَّقadjective

1.
stagnantclassical
Describing a market that is slow or stagnant.

حَمُقَتْverb

1.
to stagnateboth
To become stagnant, referring to a market.

اِنْحَمَقَتْverb

1.
to stagnateclassical
To become stagnant, referring to a market.

اِنْحَمَقَverb

1.
to weakenclassical
To become weak or unable to perform a task.
2.
to become worn outclassical
To become worn out or threadbare, referring to clothing.

الحَمَقnoun

1.
light beardclassical
A term for a light or sparse beard.

الحُمَاقnoun

1.
measlesclassical
A disease resembling smallpox that spreads over the body.

الحُمَيْقَاءnoun

1.
measlesclassical
A disease that appears on children, similar to measles.

مَحْمُوقadjective

1.
afflicted with measlesclassical
One who is suffering from the disease called al-ḥimāq.

الحُمَاقnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A type of plant.

الحُمَيْقِيقnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A type of plant.

اِنْحَمَقَverb

1.
to become cheapclassical
To become inexpensive or readily available, referring to food.

الحُمَيْمِيقnoun

1.
a birdclassical
A type of bird that hunts small creatures.

Parallel reading

الحمق: ضد العقل.

Foolishness: the opposite of intellect.

الجوهري: الحمق والحمق قلة العقل، حمق يحمق حمقا وحمقا وحماقة وحمق وانحمق واستحمق الرجل إذا فعل فعل الحمقى.

Al-Jawhari: Al-ḥumqu and al-ḥamaqu are a lack of intellect; ḥamaqa, yaḥmaqu, ḥamqan, ḥamqan, and ḥamāqatan, and ḥamaqa, and inḥamaqa, and istahmaqa, a man if he acts like the fools.

ورجل أحمق وحمق بمعنى واحد؛

And a man is aḥmaq and ḥamiq, meaning the same thing;

قال رؤبة: ألف شتى ليس بالراعي الحمق

Ru'bah said: A thousand scattered ones, not the foolish shepherd.

فهو حمق؛ قال يزيد بن الحكم الثقفي: قد يقتر الحول التقي، ... ويكثر الحمق الأثيم

So he is ḥamiq; Yazid bin Al-Ḥakam Al-Thaqafi said: The pious man may be frugal, ... and the sinful foolishness increases.

وعمرو بن الحمق الخزاعي، وقوم ونسوة حمق وحمقى وحماقى.

And Amr bin Al-Ḥamaq Al-Khuzā'i, and a group of men and women who are ḥumiq, ḥamqā, and ḥamāqā.

ما أحمقه، وقع التعجب فيها بما أفعله وإن كانت كالخلق،

How foolish he is! The exclamation of wonder is formed with 'mā af'alahu,' even if it pertains to innate disposition,

وأتاه فأحمقه: وجده أحمق.

And he came to him and aḥmaquhu: he found him foolish.

وأحمق به: ذكره بحمق.

And aḥmaqa bihi: to mention his foolishness.

وحامقته إذا ساعدته على حمقه،

And ḥāmaqtuhu if you assist him in his foolishness,

ومن حديث ابن عمر في طلاق امرأته: أرأيت إن عجز واستحمق ؛

And from the hadith of Ibn Umar regarding divorcing his wife: What do you think if he is incapable and acts foolishly?

يقال: استحمق الرجل إذا فعل فعل الحمقى.

It is said: A man istahmaqa if he acts like the fools.

وتحامق فلان إذا تكلف الحماقة؛

And so-and-so taḥāmaqa if he pretends to be foolish;

إن للحمق نعمة في رقاب الناس ... تخفى على ذوي الألباب

Indeed, foolishness has a blessing upon the necks of people ... hidden from the intelligent.

ينطلق أحدكم فيركب الحموقة ؛

One of you goes forth and commits foolishness;

وضع الشيء في غير موضعه مع العلم بقبحه.

Placing something in its wrong place while knowing its ugliness.

لولا أن يقع في أحموقة ما كتبت إليه ،

Were it not that he might fall into a foolish act, I would not have written to him,

وأحمق الرجل والمرأة: ولدا الحمقى؛

And a man and woman aḥmaqa: they gave birth to fools;

لست أبالي أن أكون محمقه، ... إذا رأيت خصية معلقه

I do not care if I am muḥammaqah, ... if I see a hanging testicle.

وإن كان من عادة المرأة أن تلد الحمقى فهي محماق.

And if it is the custom of a woman to give birth to fools, then she is miḥmāq.

وفي المثل: غروني غرور المحمقات.

And in the proverb: They deceived me with the deception of the muḥammaqāt (deceptive nights).

ويقال: سرنا في ليال محمقات إذا استتر القمر فيها بغيم أبيض فيسير الراكب ويظن أنه قد أصبح حتى يمل،

And it is said: We traveled through muḥammaqāt nights when the moon was hidden by white clouds, so the rider would travel and think it was morning until he became bored,

والبقلة الحمقاء: هي الفرفخة؛

And al-baqlah al-ḥamqā': it is purslane;

والحميقاء: الخمر لأنها تعقب شاربها الحمق.

And al-ḥumayqā': wine, because it causes its drinker to become foolish.

حمق الرجل إذا شرب الحمق، وهي الخمر؛

A man ḥamaqa if he drank al-ḥumqu, which is wine;

عشية حمق فاستحضنت ... إليه، فجامعها مظلما

In the evening he drank wine and she sought him ... and he had intercourse with her in darkness.

حمقته الهجعة أي جعلته كالأحمق؛

Al-huj'ah ḥammaqathu, meaning it made him like a fool;

وفرس محمق: نتاجها لا يسبق؛

And a muḥammaq horse: its offspring does not outrun;

حمقت السوق بالضم، وانحمقت: كسدت.

The market ḥamuqat (with damma), and inḥamaqat: it became stagnant.

وانحمق الثوب: أخلق.

And a garment inḥamaqa: it became worn out.

والشيخ يضرب أحيانا فينحمق

And the old man is sometimes struck and becomes weak.

والحمق: الخفيف اللحية، وبه سمي عمرو بن الحمق،

And al-ḥamaqu: the light-bearded, and by this Amr bin Al-Ḥamaq was named,

والحماق والحماق والحميقاء: مثل الجدري الذي يصيب الإنسان يتفرق في الجسد،

And al-ḥimāqu and al-ḥimāqu and al-ḥumayqā': like smallpox that affects a person and spreads throughout the body,

الحماق مثل السعال كالجدري يصيب الإنسان، ويقال منه رجل محموق.

Al-ḥimāqu is like a cough, like smallpox that affects a person, and from it, a man is called maḥmūq.

والحماق والحميق والحمقيق: نبت.

And al-ḥimāqu, al-ḥumayq, and al-ḥumayqīq: a plant.

انحمق الطعام انحماقا ومأق مؤوقا إذا رخص.

Food inḥamaqa, inḥimāqan, and ma'aqa, mu'waqan, if it became cheap.

والحميميق: طائر يصيد العظاء والجنادب ونحوهما.

And al-ḥamīmīq: a bird that hunts lizards and locusts and the like.