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خبق

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of length, speed, and spaciousness, particularly when describing animals like horses and camels. It also extends to describing a person's stature and, in a more obscure sense, the sound of shyness during intimacy.

Derived headwords

خَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be longclassical

    To be tall or long, used to describe men.

  2. 2.
    to be fastclassical

    To be swift or fast, used to describe horses.

خَبْقnoun
  1. 1.
    tall manclassical

    A tall man, similar to 'hujf'.

  2. 2.
    speedclassical

    Swiftness or speed, used for horses.

  3. 3.
    sound of shynessclassical

    The sound made out of shyness during sexual intercourse.

  4. 4.
    wide landclassical

    An expansive area of land.

  5. 5.
    sound of flatulenceclassical

    The sound of passing wind.

خَبَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Tall, referring to a man.

  2. 2.
    fastclassical

    Fast, referring to a horse.

فَرَسٌ خَبَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fast horseclassical

    A horse that is fast or swift in its running.

نَاقَةٌ خَبَقَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    spacious camelclassical

    A camel that is wide or spacious, likely referring to its gait or build.

خَبَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    wide landclassical

    An extensive and wide area of land.

  2. 2.
    spacious camelclassical

    A camel described as wide or spacious.

اِمْرَأَةٌ خَبُوقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shy womanclassical

    A woman from whom the sound of shyness during intimacy is heard.

خَبَقَىadjective
  1. 1.
    spaciousclassical

    Wide or spacious, used to describe a camel.

  2. 2.
    fastclassical

    Fast or swift, used in the context of running.

خُبَيْقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    small tallnessclassical

    A diminutive form of 'khabq', referring to tallness.

حَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pass windclassical

    To emit flatulence.

خَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pass windclassical

    To emit flatulence.

خَبَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    agileclassical

    Agile or quick, used to describe a person or horse.

Parallel reading

الطويل من الرجال
The tall one among men.
فرس خبق وخبق: سريع
A horse, khabaq and khabaq: fast.
ناقة خبقة وخبق؛ عن ابن الأعرابي
A camel, khabaqah and khabaq; from Ibn al-A'rabi.
وأراها السريعة
And I think it means fast.
ناقة خبقى: وساع؛ عنه أيضا
A camel, khabaqa: spacious; also from him.
والخبق: صوت الحياء عند الجماع
And al-khabaq: the sound of shyness during intercourse.
وامرأة خبوق: يسمع منها ذلك
And a woman, khabūq: that is heard from her.
والخبقة: الأرض الواسعة
And al-khabaqah: the wide land.
فرس أشق خبق في العدو: مثل الدفقى
A horse, ashq khabaq in running: like al-dafqa.
يعدو الخبقى والدفقى منعب
Running, the khabaqa and al-dafqa, swiftly.
أشق أمق خبق
Ashq, amq, khabaq.
وقيل: خبق إتباع الأشق الأمق
And it was said: khabaq is an echo of ashq, amq.
والقول إنه يفرد بالنعت للطويل
And the opinion is that it is singled out as a description for the tall one.
خبيق تصغير خبق، وهو الطول
Khuwayq is the diminutive of khabaq, which is tallness.
حبق وخبق إذا ضرط
Habqa and khabaqa if one passes wind.
الدّفقى هو التدفق في المشي ومثله الخبقى
Al-dafqa is the flowing in gait, and al-khabaqa is similar.
ناقة خبقة وخبق وخبقى ودفقى ودفقة أي وساع
A camel, khabaqah, khabaq, khabaqa, dafqa, and dafqah, meaning spacious.
وفرس خبق ورجل خبق وثاب
And a horse, khabaq, and a man, khabaq, agile.