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حدقل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the movement and management of the eye in the act of looking. It is presented as a potentially rare or obscure root, with its validity questioned by some scholars.

Derived headwords

الحَدْقَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eye movement in lookingclassical

    The movement of the eye when looking at something. It specifically refers to the action of the eyeball.

Parallel reading

الحدقلة: إدارة العين في النظر
Al-hadqalah: the movement of the eye in looking.
قال الأزهري: هذا الحرف في كتاب الجمهرة لابن دريد في حروف لم أجد ذكرها لأحد من الثقات
Al-Azhari said: This word is in the book Al-Jamhara by Ibn Duraid among letters whose mention I have not found from any trustworthy source.
ومن وجدها لإمام موثوق به ألحقه بالرباعي
And whoever finds it attributed to a trustworthy Imam, let him attach it to the quadriliteral roots.
ومن لم يجدها لثقة فليكن منها على ريبة وحذر
And whoever does not find it attributed to a trustworthy person, let him be in doubt and cautious about it.