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حنكل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness and stoutness, often with negative connotations of being low-born, mean, or slow. It can also refer to a dark-skinned, unattractive woman.

Derived headwords

الحِنْكَلnoun
  1. 1.
    short personboth

    A person who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    mean personclassical

    A base, ignoble, or wicked person.

الحَنَاكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    short peopleboth

    Plural of Al-Hinkal, referring to short individuals.

حِنْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short femaleboth

    A female who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    ugly dark womanclassical

    A dark-skinned, unattractive woman.

حنكلverb
  1. 1.
    to be slow in walkingclassical

    To walk slowly or with difficulty.

الحِنْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dark ugly womanclassical

    A dark-skinned, unattractive woman.

Parallel reading

الحنكل والحناكل: القصير
Al-Hinkal and Al-Hanakil: the short one.
والأنثى حنكلة لا غير
And the female is exclusively Hinakilah.
والحنكل أيضا: اللئيم
And Al-Hinkal also means: the mean person.
فَكَيْفَ تُسَامِينِي، وَأَنْتَ مُعْلَهَجٌ ... هَذَارِمَةٌ جَعْدُ الأَنَامِلِ، حِنْكَلُ؟
So how can you aspire to be like me, when you are a slobbering, ... with shaggy fingers, short/mean?
مِنْ كُلِّ حِنْكَلَةٍ، كَأَنَّ جَبِينَها ... كَبِدٌ تَهْنَأُ لِلْبَرَامِ دَمَامَا
From every short/ugly woman, as if her forehead... was a liver that is pleased with the blood of the proud.
حنكل الرجل: أبطأ في المشي
Hanakala the man: he was slow in walking.
والحنكلة. الدميمة السوداء من النساء
And Al-Hinakilah: the dark, ugly woman among women.
حِنْكَلَةٌ فِيهَا قِبَالٌ وَفَجَا
An ugly woman with protruding parts.