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حلكم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something or someone as black, dark, or swarthy. It is often used to denote a dark-skinned man or a black object.

Derived headwords

حَلْكَمnoun
  1. 1.
    black manclassical

    A man who is black or very dark-skinned.

حَلْكَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessclassical

    The quality or state of being black or dark.

Parallel reading

الرجل الأسود
The black man.
وفيه حلكمة
And in him is blackness.
ما منهم إلا لئيم شبرم، أرصع لا يدعى لخير، حلكم
None of them are except ignoble and coarse, a dark one not called for good, a black one.
الحلكم وهو الأسود
Al-Halkam, which is the black one.
الحلكم الأسود من كل شيء
Al-Halkam, the black of everything.