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حلقم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the throat and its anatomical structures, specifically the passage for breath and voice. It extends to describe the act of slaughtering by cutting the throat and also refers to the partial ripening of dates.

Derived headwords

الحَلْقُومnoun
  1. 1.
    throatboth

    The throat, specifically the passage for breath and voice, extending from the base of the tongue down into the lungs.

  2. 2.
    windpipeclassical

    The passage of the breath, distinct from the esophagus where food and drink pass.

  3. 3.
    narrow passageclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe a narrow or constricted place, like the throat of an ostrich.

حَلَاقِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    throatsboth

    Plural of الحلقوم, referring to the throat or windpipe.

  2. 2.
    extremities of landsclassical

    The far ends or peripheries of a region or country.

الحَلْقَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughteringclassical

    The act of slaughtering an animal by cutting the throat.

  2. 2.
    partial ripening of datesclassical

    The stage of a date when it begins to ripen from its stem end.

حَلْقَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to slaughterclassical

    To slaughter an animal by cutting its throat.

حَلْقَمَ التمرverb
  1. 1.
    dates ripen partiallyclassical

    Said of dates when they begin to ripen from the stem end.

مُحَلْقِمadjective
  1. 1.
    partially ripened (dates)classical

    Describing dates that have begun to ripen from the stem end.

الحَلْقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    partial ripening of datesclassical

    The stage of ripening where two-thirds of the date has become soft.

مُحَلْقَنadjective
  1. 1.
    partially ripened (dates)classical

    Describing dates that have reached two-thirds ripeness.

الحَلْقَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    partially ripened dateclassical

    A date that has begun to ripen from its stem end.

Parallel reading

الحلقوم: الحلق.
The throat: the throat.
الحلقوم مجرى النفس والسعال من الجوف، وهو أطباق غراضيف، ليس دونه من ظاهر باطن العنق إلا جلد، وطرفه الأسفل في الرئة، وطرفه الأعلى في أصل عكدة اللسان، ومنه مخرج النفس والريح والبصاق والصوت، وجمعه حلاقم وحلاقيم.
The throat is the passage of breath and cough from the interior, and it is a series of cartilages, with nothing between it and the outer and inner neck but skin. Its lower end is in the lungs, and its upper end is at the root of the tongue's base, and from it comes the exit of breath, air, saliva, and sound. Its plural is halāqim and ḥalāqīm.
في الحلقوم والحنجور مخرج النفس لا يجري فيه الطعام والشراب المريء «1».
In the throat and larynx is the passage of breath; food and drink do not pass through it, but rather the esophagus.
تمام الذكاة قطع الحلقوم والمريء والودجين.
The completion of ritual slaughter is cutting the throat, the esophagus, and the two jugular veins.
نزلنا في مثل حلقوم النعامة، إنما يريدون به الضيق.
We descended into something like the throat of an ostrich; they only meant by it narrowness.
الحلقمة: قطع الحلقوم.
Al-ḥalqamah: cutting the throat.
حلقمه: ذبحه فقطع حلقومه.
He slaughtered him: he killed him by cutting his throat.
حلقم التمر: كحلقن، وزعم يعقوب أنه بدل.
Dates became partially ripe: like ḥalqana, and Ya'qub claimed it was a substitution.
يمنع الناس في أمصارهم ويأمر بها في حلاقيم البلاد أي في أواخرها وأطرافها.
He prevents people in their cities and orders it in the extremities of the lands, meaning in their ends and peripheries.
كما أن حلقوم الرجل وهو حلقه في طرفه، والميم أصلية، وقيل: هو مأخوذ من الحلق، وهي والواو زائدتان.
Just as a man's throat (ḥalqūm) is his throat (ḥalq) at its extremity, and the 'm' is original, and it is said: it is derived from 'ḥalq', and the 'w' and 'm' are additional.
حلاقيم البلاد: نواحيها، واحدها حلقوم على القياس.
The extremities of the lands: their regions, the singular of which is ḥalqūm, according to analogy.
رطب محلقم ومحلقن وهي الحلقامة والحلقانة، وهي التي بدا فيها النضج من قبل قمعها، فإذا أرطبت من قبل الذنب، فهي التذنوبة.
Partially ripened and two-thirds ripened dates, which are al-ḥalqāmah and al-ḥalqānah. It is the one in which ripening began from its stem. If it ripens from the tip, it is al-tadhanūbah.
لما نزل تحريم الخمر كنا نعمد إلى الحلقامة، وهي التذنوبة، فنقطع ما ذنب منها حتى نخلص إلى البسر ثم نفتضخه.
When the prohibition of wine was revealed, we would go to the ḥalqāmah, which is the tadhanūbah, and cut off what was ripe from its tip until we reached the unripe date (busr), then we would crush it.
يقال للبسر إذا بدا فيه الإرطاب من قبل ذنبه مذنب فإذا بلغ الإرطاب نصفه فهو مجزع، فإذا بلغ ثلثيه فهو حلقان ومحلقن.
It is said of an unripe date (busr) if ripening begins from its tip, it is 'mudhnib'. When the ripening reaches half, it is 'mujza'. When it reaches two-thirds, it is 'ḥalqān' and 'muḥlaqn'.