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هقم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intense hunger, excessive eating, and the act of consuming large amounts of food. It also extends to descriptions of the sea, its sounds, and large, deep bodies of water. Additionally, it describes tall creatures and the sounds associated with swallowing or the sea's agitation.

Derived headwords

الهَقِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Intensely hungry personboth

    A person suffering from severe hunger and eating voraciously.

  2. 2.
    Excessive eaterboth

    Someone who consumes a large quantity of food, to the point of not feeling full.

  3. 3.
    The seaclassical

    Refers to the sea, particularly when described as vast and deep.

هَقِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be intensely hungryboth

    The state of experiencing severe hunger.

هَقْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense hungerboth

    The state or condition of being intensely hungry.

تَهَقَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    To swallow large mouthfulsboth

    To eat food by swallowing large, successive mouthfuls.

  2. 2.
    To be consumed by desire/hungerclassical

    To be overcome or consumed by one's eagerness or hunger.

الهَيْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Vast, deep seaclassical

    A description of the sea as being wide and having a deep bottom.

  2. 2.
    Sound of the seaclassical

    An onomatopoeic representation of the sound of the sea's agitation or roaring.

  3. 3.
    Tall creature (ostrich)classical

    A term for a tall creature, specifically a long-necked ostrich.

  4. 4.
    Greedy oneclassical

    Someone who is desirous or greedy for something.

  5. 5.
    Sound of swallowingclassical

    The sound made when swallowing a mouthful.

  6. 6.
    Sounds of camels drinkingclassical

    The noises made by camels as they drink water.

بَحْرٌ هَقِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Vast and deep seaclassical

    Describing the sea as being wide and having a deep bottom.

بَحْرٌ هَيْقَمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Vast and deep seaclassical

    Describing the sea as being wide and having a deep bottom.

هَيْقَمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of the seaclassical

    An onomatopoeic word for the sound of the sea's waves or agitation.

  2. 2.
    Sound of swallowingclassical

    The sound of swallowing a mouthful.

الهَيْقَمَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall (ostrich)classical

    Describing a tall creature, specifically a long-necked ostrich.

  2. 2.
    Tall (general)classical

    Describing anything as being tall or long.

الهَيْقَمَانِيَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall thingsclassical

    Plural noun referring to tall or long things.

الهَيْقnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall ostrich (with extra 'm')classical

    A term for a tall ostrich, where 'm' is considered an extra letter.

تَهَقُّمnoun
  1. 1.
    Swallowing large mouthfulsboth

    The act of swallowing large, successive mouthfuls of food.

  2. 2.
    Overcoming by hunger/desireclassical

    The state of being overcome by intense hunger or desire.

الهَقِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Intensely hungryboth

    Describing someone who is severely hungry.

  2. 2.
    Excessive in eatingboth

    Describing someone who eats too much.

Parallel reading

الهقم: الشديد الجوع والأكل
Al-haqim: the intensely hungry and eating (person).
وقد هقم، بالكسر، هقما
And he became intensely hungry, with intense hunger.
وقيل: الهقم أن يكثر من الطعام فلا يتخم
And it was said: Al-haqim is to consume a lot of food without getting indigestion.
والهقم، مثل الهجف: الرجل الكثير الأكل
And Al-haqim, like Al-hajaf, is the man who eats a lot.
وتهقم الطعام: لقمه لقما عظاما متتابعة
And he تهقم food: he swallowed large, successive mouthfuls of it.
والهقم: البحر
And Al-haqim: the sea.
وبحر هقم وهيقم: واسع بعيد القعر
And a sea, haqim and hayqam: vast and deep-bottomed.
والهيقم: حكاية صوت اضطراب البحر
And Al-hayqam: an imitation of the sound of the sea's agitation.
كالبحر يدعو هيقما فهيقما
Like the sea calling out 'hayqama, fayqama'.
والهيقم والهيقماني: الظليم الطويل
And Al-hayqam and Al-hayqamani: the tall ostrich.
وأظن الضم في قاف الهيقاماني لغة
And I think the damma on the qaf of Al-hayqamani is a dialectal variation.
قال بعضهم الهيقماني الطويل من كل شيء
Some said Al-hayqamani refers to the tall of everything.
ويقال: الهيقم الرغيب من كل شيء
And it is said: Al-hayqam refers to the desirous of everything.
والهيقم: صوت ابتلاع اللقمة
And Al-hayqam: the sound of swallowing a mouthful.
ابن الأعرابي: الهقم أصوات شرب الإبل الماء
Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-haqam are the sounds of camels drinking water.
جعله جمع هيقم وهو حكاية صوت جرعها الماء
He made it the plural of hayqam, which is an imitation of the sound of them gulping water.
للناس يدعو هيقما وهيقما
Calling out to people 'hayqama, wahayqama'.
وهيقم: حكاية هديره
And Hayqam: an imitation of its rumbling sound.
أراد حكاية أمواجه
He intended an imitation of its waves.
وهو قهره من يحاربه
And it is his overpowering of whoever fights him.
وأصله من الجائع الهقم
And its origin is from the hungry, the haqim.
تهقمه حرصه وجوعه
His eagerness and hunger consumed him.