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الحرقفة

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the hip bone and its associated anatomy. It also extends to describe animals that are emaciated or weak, and individuals who are short in stature.

Derived headwords

الحُرْقُفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hip boneboth

    The hip bone, specifically referring to the upper part of the hip joint.

الحُرْقُفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciated animalclassical

    A beast that is extremely thin and weak.

الحُرْقُفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small, insignificant creature, often from the wild.

الحِرْنِقْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A person, particularly a female, who is short in stature.

حَرْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to seizeclassical

    To seize or take hold of a female animal, specifically a donkey, by its hindquarters.

Parallel reading

عظم الحجبة، أي: رأس الورك.
The bone of the pelvis, meaning: the head of the hip.
الدابة المهزولة
The emaciated beast.
دويبة من الأحناش.
A small creature from the wild.
القصيرة.
The short one.
حرقف الحمار الأتان: أخذ بحراقفها.
The donkey mounted the female donkey: he took hold of her hindquarters.