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الحاقورة

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of lowliness, humility, and being insignificant. It extends to the idea of being despised or degraded, and also has a specific astronomical meaning for the fourth heaven.

Derived headwords

الحاقورةnoun
  1. 1.
    fourth heavenclassical

    The name for the fourth heaven in astronomical or cosmological contexts.

الحَقْرnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliation, degradationboth

    The state of being brought low, disgraced, or treated with contempt.

الحَقْرِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationboth

    A state of being humbled or degraded, similar to 'al-haqr'.

الحَقَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, meannessboth

    A quality of being low, ignoble, or contemptible in character or status.

المَحْقَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    contemptible thingboth

    Something that is worthy of scorn or disdain; a source of humiliation.

حَقَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to humiliate, degradeboth

    To cause someone to feel debased, dishonored, or held in contempt.

كَرُمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be noble, generousboth

    To possess noble qualities, be honorable, or exhibit generosity. (Used here as a parallel verb form).

الإذلالnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliation, debasementboth

    The act of causing someone to feel debased, dishonored, or held in contempt.

التَّحْقِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    belittling, contemptboth

    The act of treating someone or something as insignificant, worthless, or deserving of scorn.

الاحْتِقَارnoun
  1. 1.
    contempt, disdainboth

    A feeling or attitude of scorn or disrespect towards someone or something.

الاسْتِحْقَارnoun
  1. 1.
    contempt, disdainboth

    The act or feeling of holding someone or something in contempt or disdain.

حَقَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to belittle, scornboth

    To consider or treat someone or something as insignificant or contemptible.

الحَيْقَرadjective
  1. 1.
    contemptible, baseboth

    Describing someone who is considered lowly, base, or of ignoble origin.

  2. 2.
    weak, feebleboth

    Describing someone who is weak or lacking in strength.

حَقَّرَ الكلامَverb
  1. 1.
    to belittle speechboth

    To diminish the importance or value of what someone is saying.

تَحْقِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    belittling, disparagementboth

    The act of making something seem small or unimportant.

الحروف المحقورةnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant lettersclassical

    Letters considered minor or of little importance, specifically referring to the letters 'j', 'd', and 'q' in the context of 'Jad Qutb'.

المُحَقِّرَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    minor sins, small faultsboth

    Things that are considered small or insignificant, often referring to minor transgressions or faults.

تَحَاقَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to consider oneself lowlyboth

    To regard oneself as insignificant, humble, or base.

حَقِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become lowlyboth

    To become base, contemptible, or insignificant.

نَقِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be insignificantboth

    To be small, insignificant, or contemptible. (Used in conjunction with 'haqira').

Parallel reading

الحاقورة: السماء الرابعة.
Al-Haqura: the fourth heaven.
والحقر: الذلة، كالحقرية، بالضم، والحقارة، مثلثة، والمحقرة، والفعل كضرب وكرم، والإذلال، كالتحقير والاحتقار والاستحقار، والفعل كضرب.
And al-haqr: humiliation, like al-haqriyya (with damma), and al-haqara (with three vowels), and al-mahra, and the verb is like daraba and karuma, and al-idhlal, like al-tahqir, al-ihtiqar, and al-istihiqar, and the verb is like daraba.
والحيقر، ويضم القاف: الذليل، أو الضعيف، أو اللئيم الأصل.
And al-hayqir, and the qaf is also pronounced with damma: the humiliated, or the weak, or the one of ignoble origin.
وحقر الكلام تحقيرا: صغره.
And he belittled the speech with tahqir: he made it small.
والحروف المحقورة: جد قطب.
And the mahqura letters: are the letters of 'Jad Qutb'.
والمحقرات: الصغائر.
And al-muhaqirat: are the small things.
وتحاقر: تصاغر.
And tahaqara: he considered himself small.
وحقرت ونقرت، بكسر قافيهما: صرت حقيرا نقيرا.
And haqirta and naqirta, with the qaf of both in kasra: you became a lowly, insignificant person.