حقن

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root حقن (ḥaqana) primarily denotes the act of holding back, retaining, or accumulating something. This encompasses physical retention like holding urine or feces, as well as the accumulation of liquids like milk or blood, and even metaphorical holding back or preventing.

Derived headwords

حَقَنَverb

1.
to hold back, retainboth
To hold back or retain something, such as urine, feces, or liquids.
2.
to accumulate, gatherboth
To accumulate or gather something, especially liquids like milk or blood.
3.
to inject (medicine)modern
To administer medicine rectally or vaginally.

حقن البول يحقنه ويحقنه: حبسه — He held back urine, retaining it.

وحقن اللبن في القربة والماء في السقاء كذلك — And milk was retained in the waterskin and water in the skin similarly.

حَقْنnoun

1.
retention, holding backboth
The act of holding back or retaining something, particularly urine or feces.
2.
injection (medical)modern
The administration of medicine via an enema.

وحقن البول يحقنه ويحقنه: حقنا — And he held back urine, retaining it, a retention.

مَحْقُونadjective

1.
retained, held backboth
Something that has been held back or retained, such as urine or milk.

حقن الشيء يحقنه ويحقنه حقنا، فهو محقون وحقين: حبسه — The thing was retained, held back, a retention.

حَقِينadjective

1.
retained, held backclassical
Describing something that has been held back or retained, often used for milk.

وفي إبل ستين حسب ظعينة، ... يروح عليها مخضها وحقينها — And among sixty camels of a caravan, ... their churned milk and retained milk are brought to them in the evening.

أَحْقَنَverb

1.
to collect (milk)classical
To collect various types of milk until it becomes palatable or good.
2.
to hold back urineclassical
To hold back one's urine.

وأحقن الرجل إذا جمع أنواع اللبن حتى يطيب — And a man collected milk if he gathered types of milk until it became good.

وأحقن بوله إذا حبسه — And he held back his urine if he retained it.

بَعِيرٌ مُحْقَانٌadjective

1.
camel that retains urineclassical
A camel that holds back its urine, and when it finally urinates, it does so copiously.

وبعير محقان: يحقن البول، فإذا بال أكثر — And a camel that retains urine: it holds back urine, and when it urinates, it does so more.

اِحْتَقَنَverb

1.
to retain urine/fecesboth
To hold back one's urine or feces.
2.
to accumulate (blood)both
For blood to accumulate within the body, especially in the abdomen.
3.
to have an enemamodern
To receive an enema.

واحتقن المريض: احتبس بوله — And the patient retained urine: he held back his urine.

واحتقن الدم: اجتمع في الجوف — And blood accumulated: it gathered in the interior.

حَاقِنadjective

1.
one who retains urineboth
Someone who is holding back urine, especially with a strong urge.
2.
having a strong urge to urinateboth
Describing someone who has a severe need to urinate.

فالحاقن في البول، والحاقب في الغائط، والحاقن الذي له بول شديد — The one retaining urine, the one retaining feces, and the one who has a severe need for urine.

حَقْنَةnoun

1.
enemamodern
A medicinal liquid administered rectally or vaginally to cleanse the bowels or as a treatment.
2.
injection (medical)modern
The act or substance of an enema.

والحقنة: دواء يحقن به المريض المحتقن — And the enema: medicine with which the patient who needs an enema is treated.

حَاقِنَةnoun

1.
stomachclassical
The stomach, described as retaining food.
2.
hollow between collarbone and neckclassical
The hollow or depression between the collarbone and the neck.

والحاقنة: المعدة صفة غالبة لأنها تحقن الطعام — And the stomach: a dominant description because it retains food.

وهما حاقنتان — And they are two hollows (between collarbone and neck).

حَوَاقِنnoun

1.
hollows between collarbonesclassical
The plural of 'ḥāqinah', referring to the hollows between the collarbones.
2.
lower part of the abdomenclassical
The lower part of the belly.

والجمع الحواقن — And the plural is 'ḥawāqin'.

حَقَنَ دَمَهُphrase

1.
to spare someone's lifeclassical
To save someone's life by preventing their death or bloodshed.

وحقن دم الرجل: حل به القتل فأنقذه — And he spared a man's blood: killing became permissible for him, so he saved him.

مُحْتَقَنُ الضَّرْعadjective

1.
full and capacious udderclassical
Describing an udder that is wide, spacious, and full, indicating abundant milk.

والمحتقن من الضروع الواسع الفسيح — And the 'muḥtaqin' of udders is wide and spacious.

مِحْقَنnoun

1.
funnelclassical
A funnel used for pouring liquids into narrow openings, such as into a waterskin.
2.
waterskin (by extension)classical
The waterskin itself, by extension of its use with a funnel.

والمحقن: الذي يجعل في فم السقاء والزق ثم يصب فيه الشراب أو الماء — And the funnel: that which is placed in the mouth of the skin and the waterskin, then the drink or water is poured into it.

اِحْتَقَنَتِ الرَّوْضَةphrase

1.
meadow's sides overlook its centerclassical
Describing a meadow whose sides slope down towards its center.

واحتقنت الروضة: أشرفت جوانبها على سرارها — And the meadow 'iḥtaqanat': its sides overlooked its center.

Parallel reading

أبى الحقين العذرة

The retained (milk) refused the excuse.

يضرب مثلا للرجل يعتذر ولا عذر له

It is used as an example for a man who makes an excuse when he has no excuse.

أصل ذلك أن رجلا ضاف قوما فاستسقاهم لبنا، وعندهم لبن قد حقنوه في وطب، فاعتلوا عليه واعتذروا

The origin of that is that a man was a guest of some people and asked them for milk, and they had milk that they had retained in a milk-skin, so they made excuses to him.

فقال أبى الحقين العذرة أي أن هذا الحقين يكذبكم

So he said, 'The retained (milk) refused the excuse,' meaning, 'This retained milk contradicts your excuses.'

وفي إبل ستين حسب ظعينة، ... يروح عليها مخضها وحقينها

And among sixty camels of a caravan, ... their churned milk and retained milk are brought to them in the evening.

وحقن البول يحقنه ويحقنه: حبسه

And he held back urine, retaining it: he held it back.

ولا يقال أحقنه ولا حقنني هو

And one does not say 'aḥqanahu' (he made me retain) or 'ḥaqananī' (he retained me).

وبعير محقان: يحقن البول، فإذا بال أكثر

And a camel that retains urine: it holds back urine, and when it urinates, it does so more.

لا رأي لحاقب ولا حاقن

There is no opinion for one holding back feces nor for one holding back urine.

فالحاقن في البول، والحاقب في الغائط، والحاقن الذي له بول شديد

So the 'ḥāqin' is in urine, the 'ḥāqib' is in feces, and the 'ḥāqin' is one who has a severe need for urine.

لا يصلين أحدكم وهو حاقن

Let none of you pray while he is holding back urine.

وهو حقن، حتى يتخفف الحاقن والحقن سواء

And he is holding back urine, until he relieves himself; the one holding back and the retention are the same.

والحقنة: دواء يحقن به المريض المحتقن

And the enema: medicine with which the patient who needs an enema is treated.

أنه كره الحقنة

That he disliked the enema.

هي أن يعطى المريض الدواء من أسفله وهي معروفة عند الأطباء

It is that the patient is given medicine from below, and it is known among physicians.

والحاقنة: المعدة صفة غالبة لأنها تحقن الطعام

And the 'ḥāqinah': the stomach, a dominant description because it retains food.

كلما ملأت شيئا أو دسسته فيه فقد حقنته

Whatever you fill something with or insert into it, you have retained it.

ومن سميت الحقنة

And from this, the enema was named.

والحاقنة: ما بين الترقوة والعنق

And the 'ḥāqinah': what is between the collarbone and the neck.

وقيل: الحاقنتان ما بين الترقوتين وحبلي العاتق

And it was said: the two 'ḥāqintān' are what is between the two collarbones and the cords of the shoulder.

وفي التهذيب: نقرتا الترقوتين، والجمع الحواقن

And in Al-Tahdhib: the two depressions of the collarbones, and the plural is 'al-ḥawāqin'.

وفي الصحاح: الحاقنة النقرة التي بين الترقوة وحبل العاتق، وهما حاقنتان

And in Al-Siḥāḥ: the 'ḥāqinah' is the depression between the collarbone and the cord of the shoulder, and they are two 'ḥāqintān'.

لألصقن حواقنك بذواقنك

I will stick your 'ḥawāqin' to your 'dhawāqin'.

حواقنه: ما حقن الطعام من بطنه، وذواقنه: أسفل بطنه وركبتاه

His 'ḥawāqin': what retains food from his belly, and his 'dhawāqin': his lower belly and knees.

وقال بعضهم: الحواقن ما سفل من البطن، والذواقن ما علا

And some of them said: the 'ḥawāqin' is what is low in the belly, and the 'dhawāqin' is what is high.

ويقال الحاقنتان الهزمتان تحت الترقوتين

And it is said the two 'ḥāqintān' are the hollows beneath the collarbones.

وروي عن ابن الأعرابي الحاقنة المعدة، والذاقنة الذقن

And it was narrated from Ibn Al-A'rabi: the 'ḥāqinah' is the stomach, and the 'dhāqinah' is the chin.

وقيل: الذاقنة طرف الحلقوم

And it was said: the 'dhāqinah' is the tip of the throat.

توفي رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، بين سحري ونحري، وبين حاقنتي وذاقنتي وبين شجري

The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, died between my chest and my chest, and between my two 'ḥāqintān' and my 'dhāqinah', and between my 'shajar'.

وهو ما بين اللحيين

And it is what is between the two jaws.

الأزهري: الحاقنة الوهدة المنخفضة بين الترقوتين من الحلق

Al-Azhari: The 'ḥāqinah' is the low depression between the collarbones of the throat.

والحقنة وجع يكون في البطن، والجمع أحقال وأحقان

And 'ḥuqnah' is a pain that occurs in the belly, and the plural is 'aḥqāl' and 'aḥqān'.

وحقن دم الرجل: حل به القتل فأنقذه

And he spared a man's blood: killing became permissible for him, so he saved him.

واحتقن الدم: اجتمع في الجوف

And blood accumulated: it gathered in the interior.

وحقن الله دمه حبسه في جلده وملأه به

And God retained his blood, holding it in his skin and filling him with it.

جردا تحقنت النجيل، كأنما ... بجلودهن مدارج الأنبار

Lean ones that retained the grass, as if ... their skins were the plains of Al-Anbar.

إذا اجتمع الدم في الجوف من طعنة جائفة تقول احتقن الدم في جوفه

If blood gathers in the interior from a deep wound, you say the blood has accumulated in his interior.

فحقن له دمه

So his blood was spared for him.

يقال: حقنت له دمه إذا منعت من قتله وإراقته أي جمعته له وحبسته عليه

It is said: 'He spared his blood' if he prevented his killing and bloodshed, meaning he gathered it for him and held it back for him.

وحقنت دمه: منعت أن يسفك

And he retained his blood: he prevented it from being shed.

والمحتقن من الضروع الواسع الفسيح، وهو أحسنها قدرا، كأنما هو قلت مجتمع متصعد حسن، وإنها لمحتقنة الضرع

And the 'muḥtaqin' of udders is wide and spacious, and it is the best in measure, as if it were a well-formed, rising collection, and indeed it is an udder that has retained (milk).

وحقن اللبن في السقاء يحقنه حقنا صبه فيه ليخرج زبدته

And he retained milk in the skin, retaining it, pouring it in to extract its butter.

والحقين: اللبن الذي قد حقن في السقاء، حقنته أحقنه، بالضم: جمعته في السقاء وصببت حليبه على رائبه، واسم هذا اللبن الحقين

And the 'ḥaqīn': the milk that has been retained in the skin; I retained it, I retain it (with dammah): I gathered it in the skin and poured its milk over its curdled milk, and the name of this milk is 'al-ḥaqīn'.

والمحقن: الذي يجعل في فم السقاء والزق ثم يصب فيه الشراب أو الماء

And the funnel: that which is placed in the mouth of the skin and the waterskin, then the drink or water is poured into it.

قال الأزهري: المحقن القمع الذي يحقن به اللبن في السقاء، ويجوز أن يقال للسقاء نفسه محقن، كما يقال له مصرب ومجزم، قال: وكل ذلك محفوظ عن العرب

Al-Azhari said: The 'miḥqan' is the funnel with which milk is poured into the skin, and it is permissible to call the skin itself a 'miḥqan', just as it is called 'miṣrab' and 'mijzam', he said: And all of that is preserved from the Arabs.

واحتقنت الروضة: أشرفت جوانبها على سرارها؛ عن أبي حنيفة

And the meadow 'iḥtaqanat': its sides overlooked its center; according to Abu Hanifa.