حكل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns speech impediments, specifically lisping or unclear articulation. It also extends to the concept of being unintelligible, whether in speech or in the behavior of certain animals. Additionally, it touches upon the idea of something being obscured or confused, and physical characteristics like shortness or stinginess.

Derived headwords

الحكلةnoun

1.
lisp, impedimentboth
A speech impediment, similar to being mute or unintelligible, where one's speech is not clear.
2.
lispingclassical
The act or quality of lisping, making speech unclear.

الحكيلةnoun

1.
lisp, impedimentclassical
A speech impediment, specifically a lisp that renders speech unclear.

الحكلnoun

1.
mute creaturesclassical
Refers to mute creatures, such as birds and beasts, that do not make sounds.
2.
unintelligible speechclassical
Speech that is not understood, characteristic of mute creatures.
3.
obscurity, confusionclassical
A state of being unclear, confused, or obscured.
4.
horse's weaknessclassical
A defect in a horse characterized by a weakened hind leg or hock.

حكلverb

1.
to be unintelligibleclassical
To be unclear or incomprehensible, referring to speech or a situation.

أحكلverb

1.
to obscure, confuseclassical
To make something unclear, confused, or ambiguous.
2.
to inflict evilclassical
To bring or inflict evil upon people.

احتكلverb

1.
to be obscured, confusedclassical
To become unclear, confused, or ambiguous.

الحوكلadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing someone who is short in stature.
2.
stingyclassical
Describing someone who is miserly or stingy.

الحاكلadjective

1.
one who guessesclassical
Someone who makes conjectures or guesses.

Parallel reading

الحكلة كالعجمة لا يبين صاحبها الكلام.

Al-Huklah is like muteness; its owner's speech is not clear.

والحكلة والحكيلة: اللثغة.

And al-huklah and al-hukaylah: the lisp.

في لسانه حكلة أي عجمة لا يبين الكلام.

In his tongue is a huklah, meaning a muteness where speech is not clear.

والحكل العجم من الطيور والبهائم؛

And al-hukl are the mute ones among birds and beasts;

لو أنني أعطيت علم الحكل، ... علم سليمان كلام النمل

If I were given the knowledge of al-hukl, ... the knowledge of Solomon, the speech of ants

والحكل من الحيوان ما لا يسمع له صوت كالذر والنمل؛

And al-hukl among animals are those whose sound is not heard, like ants and termites;

ويفهم قول الحكل، لو أن ذرة ... تساود أخرى، لم يفته سوادها

And the speech of al-hukl is understood, if an ant ... were to court another, its blackness would not escape him.

وكلام الحكل: كلام لا يفهم؛

And the speech of al-hukl: speech that is not understood;

وحكل عليه الأمر وأحكل واحتكل: التبس واشتبه كعكل.

And the matter became hukl upon him, and ahkala and ihtakala: it became confused and ambiguous, like 'akl.

وأحكل على القوم إذا أبر عليهم شرا؛

And ahkala upon the people if he inflicted evil upon them;

أشكلت علي الأخبار وأحكلت وأعلكت واحتكلت أي أشكلت.

The news became obscure to me, and ahkalat, and 'allakat, and ihtakalat, meaning ashkalat.

حكل وأحكل وأعكل واعتكل بمعنى واحد.

Hakala, ahkala, 'akala, and 'atakala are of one meaning.

والحكل في الفرس: امساح نساه ورخاوة كعبه.

And al-hukl in a horse: weakness of its hindquarters and looseness of its hock.

والحوكل : القصير، وقيل البخيل؛

And al-hawkil: the short one, and it is said the stingy one;