حرك

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root حرك (ḥarak) primarily denotes movement, motion, and agitation. It extends to concepts of stirring, changing state, and physical actions. Derived terms also describe parts of the body, particularly the neck and shoulders, and can refer to impotence or weakness.

Derived headwords

حَرَكَةnoun

1.
movement, motionboth
The opposite of stillness; the act or state of moving.
2.
activityboth
A state of being active or engaged in action.

حَرَّكَverb

1.
to move, to stirboth
To cause something to move or to become active; to agitate.
2.
to affect, to influenceclassical
To cause a change in someone's heart or state of mind.

تَحَرَّكَverb

1.
to move, to be in motionboth
To move oneself; to be active or agitated.

حَرَاكnoun

1.
movement, motionboth
A specific instance or type of movement; often used in negation to mean no movement at all.

مِيمُونُ العَرِيكَةِphrase

1.
of blessed dispositionclassical
Describing someone with a fortunate or good nature, often implying a good temperament.

حَرِيكَةnoun

1.
disposition, natureclassical
The inherent character or temperament of a person.
2.
weakness, impotenceclassical
A state of physical weakness or inability, particularly sexual impotence.

مِحْرَاكnoun

1.
poker, stirring stickboth
A tool, typically a piece of wood, used for stirring a fire.

مُحَرِّكnoun

1.
neck jointclassical
The uppermost part of the neck where it joins the head.
2.
engine, motormodern
A device that produces motion or power.

حَارِكnoun

1.
shoulder hump, withersboth
The highest part of a horse's shoulder, between the neck and the back.

مُحَرَّكnoun

1.
neck jointclassical
The base of the neck at the top.

مُحْرَكnoun

1.
neck jointclassical
The joint between the neck and the shoulder.

مُحْرُوكparticiple

1.
struck in the withersclassical
Having had one's withers cut or struck.

حَرْكَكُوكnoun

1.
withers, shoulder humpclassical
The part of a horse's back between the neck and the saddle.

حَرَّكَverb

1.
to prevent, to hinderclassical
To prevent someone from fulfilling their obligations or rights.
2.
to abstain, to refrainclassical
To abstain or refrain from something, particularly from sexual relations.

مُحَرِّفparticiple

1.
distorter, perverterclassical
One who changes or distorts something from its original meaning or form.

مُحَرِّكparticiple

1.
turner, changerclassical
One who turns or changes something, especially hearts.

حَرْكَكَةnoun

1.
hip bone, iliumclassical
The hip bone, specifically the upper part of the pelvis.

حَرَّكَverb

1.
to injure, to strikeclassical
To strike or injure a part of the body.

حَرِيكadjective

1.
weak, feebleclassical
Having weak or unsteady movements, particularly in the waist or hips.
2.
impotentclassical
Unable to perform sexually.

حَرِيكadjective

1.
quick, intelligentclassical
Describing a young person who is quick-witted and intelligent.

حَرْكَكَةnoun

1.
hip boneclassical
The upper part of the hip bone, the ilium.

حَرَاكِيكnoun

1.
hip bonesclassical
Plural of حرككة, referring to the hip bones.

Parallel reading

الحركة: ضد السكون

Movement: the opposite of stillness.

حرك يحرك حركة وحركا وحركه فتحرك

He moved, he caused to move, a movement, and he moved himself, so he moved.

قد أعيا فما به حراك

He became exhausted, and there was no movement in him.

وما به حراك أي حركة

And there was no movement in him, meaning no motion.

وفلان ميمون العريكة والحريكة

And so-and-so is of a blessed disposition and nature.

والمحراك: الخشبة التي تحرك بها النار

And the poker: the stick with which fire is stirred.

وتقول حركت محركه بالسيف حركا

And you say: I struck his neck joint with the sword, a strike.

والمحرك: منتهى العنق عند المفصل من الرأس

And the muḥarrik: the end of the neck at the joint with the head.

والحارك: أعلى الكاهل

And the ḥārik: the top of the withers.

مغبط الحارك محبوك الكفل

envied of the withers, tight of the rump

وهو أيضا الكاهل

And it is also the withers.

حركه بالسيف حركا إذا ضرب عنقه

He struck his neck with the sword, a strike, if he hit his neck.

والمحرك أصل العنق من أعلاها

And the muḥarrik is the base of the neck from its top.

ويقال للحارك محرك، بفتح الراء، وهو مفصل ما بين الكاهل والعنق ثم الكاهل

And the ḥārik is called muḥarrik, with a fatha on the ra, and it is the joint between the withers and the neck, then the withers.

وهو قول أبي عبيد

And this is the saying of Abu Ubaid.

وقال الفراء: حركت حاركه قطعته فهو محروك

And Al-Farra' said: I struck its withers, I cut it, so it is muḥrūk.

والحركوك: الكاهل

And the ḥarkūk: the withers.

حرك إذا منع من الحق الذي عليه

He prevented, if he withheld from the right that was upon him.

وحرك إذا عن عن النساء

And he abstained, if he refrained from women.

آمنت بمحرف القلوب

I believed in the distorter of hearts.

آمنت بمحرك القلوب

I believed in the turner of hearts.

المحرف المزيل، والمحرك المقلب

The distorter is the remover, and the turner is the changer.

المحرك أجود لأن السنة تؤيده يا مقلب القلوب

The muḥarrik is better because the Sunnah supports it, O Turner of hearts.

والحرككة: الحرقوف، والجمع حراكيك

And the ḥarkakah: the hip bone, and the plural is ḥarākīk.

وهذا الجمع نادر، وقد يجوز أن يكون كراهية التضعيف كما حكى سيبويه قراديد في جمع قردد

And this plural is rare, and it may be permissible due to dislike of doubling, as Sibawayh narrated 'qurādīd' for the plural of 'qardad'.

وحركه يحركه حركا: أصاب منه أي ذلك كان

He injured it, he injured it, an injury: he struck it, whatever that was.

وحرك حركا: شكا أي ذلك كان

And he complained, a complaint: whatever that was.

وحركه: أصاب وسطه غير مشتق

And he struck its middle, not derived.

ورجل حريك: ضعيف الحراكيك

And a man ḥarīk: weak in his hip movements.

الحريك الذي يضعف خصره إذا مشى كأنه ينقلع عن الأرض، والأنثى حريكة

The ḥarīk is one whose waist weakens when he walks as if he is dislodging from the ground, and the female is ḥarīkah.

والحريك: العنين

And the ḥarīk: the impotent man.

والحريك في بعض اللغات العنين

And the ḥarīk, in some languages, is the impotent man.

وغلام حرك أي خفيف ذكي

And a boy ḥarak, meaning quick and intelligent.

والحرككة: الحرقفة، والجمع الحراكك والحراكيك، وهي رؤوس الوركين

And the ḥarkakah: the hip bone, and the plural is al-ḥarākik and al-ḥarākīk, and they are the tops of the hips.

وهي رؤوس الوركين مما يلي الأرض إذا قعدت

And they are the tops of the hips that are near the ground when one sits.