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هقق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fleeing or rapid movement, often with connotations of exhaustion or intense effort. It also extends to descriptions of vigorous sexual intercourse and the sound of rapid movement.

Derived headwords

هَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeboth

    To run away or escape quickly.

هَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    fledclassical

    Past tense verb indicating fleeing or escaping.

وقد هقت كلاب الحي منا — And the dogs of the tribe fled from us
الهَقْهَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense paceclassical

    The act of moving at a rapid pace, causing exhaustion to the animal.

هَقْهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to move rapidlyclassical

    To move with great speed and exertion, similar to 'حَقْحَقَ'.

مُهَقْهَقadjective
  1. 1.
    rapidly movingclassical

    Describing something that moves with great speed and exertion.

قرب مهقهق منه — a rapidly moving one near him
الهِقْقnoun
  1. 1.
    much intercourseclassical

    A person who engages in frequent and vigorous sexual intercourse.

هَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to exhaust through intercourseclassical

    To exert or exhaust a female partner through excessive sexual intercourse.

هك جاريته وهقها إذا جهدها بكثرة الجماع — he exerted his slave girl and exhausted her with much intercourse
هَقْهَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    rapid movementclassical

    A term referring to rapid movement, possibly a sound associated with it.

قَهْقَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    rapid movementclassical

    A term referring to rapid movement, possibly a sound associated with it.

Parallel reading

هق الرجل: هرب
The man fled: he ran away.
وقد هقت كلاب الحي منا
And the dogs of the tribe fled from us
وشذبنا قتادة من يلينا
And we pruned Qatada from those who followed us.
والهقهقة: كالحقحقة، وهي شدة السير وإتعاب الدابة.
And al-haqhaqah: like al-haqhaqah, and it is the intensity of the journey and the exhaustion of the mount.
وقد هقهق الرجل: مثل حقحق
And the man moved rapidly: like 'haqhaqa'.
وقرب مهقهق منه
And a rapidly moving one near him
جد ولا يحمدنه أن يلحقا
Be diligent and they will not praise him for catching up.
أقب قهقاه، إذا ما هقهقا
A swift one, rapidly moving, when it moves rapidly.
ويروى: هقهاق وقهقاه.
And it is narrated: haqhaq and qahqah.
الهقق الكثيرو الجماع
Al-hiqq: the one with much intercourse.
يقال هك جاريته وهقها إذا جهدها بكثرة الجماع
It is said: he exerted his slave girl and exhausted her with much intercourse.