حزق

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root ح-ز-ق primarily relates to the concepts of tightening, pressing, and constricting. It extends to describe physical tightness, shortness of stature, and also a sense of being stingy or holding onto something tightly. It can also refer to a group of people or a garden.

Derived headwords

حَزَقَverb

1.
to pull tightlyboth
To pull something, such as a rope or a bowstring, with great force.
2.
to constrictboth
To constrict or tighten something, like a shoe on a foot or a garment.
3.
to squeezeboth
To squeeze or press something forcefully.

حَزَقَverb

1.
to bindboth
To bind or tie a person's leg.

يَحْزِقُverb

1.
to pull tightlyboth
The present tense of حَزَقَ, meaning to pull something, such as a rope or a bowstring, with great force.
2.
to constrictboth
The present tense of حَزَقَ, meaning to constrict or tighten something, like a shoe on a foot or a garment.
3.
to squeezeboth
The present tense of حَزَقَ, meaning to squeeze or press something forcefully.

حَازِقadjective

1.
tight-fittingboth
Describing someone whose shoe is too tight, pressing on their foot.

مِحْزَقadjective

1.
tight-neckedboth
Describing a pitcher with a narrow or constricted neck.

الحِزْقnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or gathering of people.
2.
gardenclassical
A garden or a piece of land, often cultivated.
3.
piececlassical
A portion or piece of something.

الحِزْقَةnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or gathering of people.
2.
gardenclassical
A garden or a piece of land, often cultivated.
3.
piececlassical
A portion or piece of something.

الحَازِقَةnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or gathering of people.
2.
gardenclassical
A garden or a piece of land, often cultivated.
3.
piececlassical
A portion or piece of something.

الحَزِيقnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or gathering of people.
2.
gardenclassical
A garden or a piece of land, often cultivated.
3.
piececlassical
A portion or piece of something.

الحَزِيقَةnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or gathering of people.
2.
gardenclassical
A garden or a piece of land, often cultivated.
3.
piececlassical
A portion or piece of something.

الحَزَاقَةnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or gathering of people.
2.
gardenclassical
A garden or a piece of land, often cultivated.
3.
piececlassical
A portion or piece of something.

الحِزَقadjective

1.
shortboth
Short in stature, or someone who walks with short steps due to physical weakness.
2.
pot-belliedclassical
A short person with a large belly who waddles when walking.
3.
stingyboth
Someone who is tenacious and unwilling to part with what they possess.
4.
bad-temperedclassical
Of poor character or disposition.

الأَحْزِقَةadjective

1.
shortboth
Plural of حِزَق, describing short people or those who walk with short steps due to weakness.
2.
pot-belliedclassical
Plural of حِزَق, describing short, pot-bellied individuals who waddle.

الحِزْقَةadjective

1.
shortboth
Short in stature, or someone who walks with short steps due to physical weakness.
2.
pot-belliedclassical
A short person with a large belly who waddles when walking.
3.
stingyboth
Someone who is tenacious and unwilling to part with what they possess.
4.
bad-temperedclassical
Of poor character or disposition.

حَازُوقname

1.
a specific nameclassical
A name for a man whose daughter or sister mourned him, not his mother. (Note: This is presented as a correction to another lexicographer's work).

الحِزْقnoun

1.
type of boatclassical
A type of boat or vessel, similar to a 'bāṣir'.

كِتَابnoun

1.
thick braceletclassical
A thick or heavy bracelet.

أَحْزَقَهُverb

1.
to preventboth
To prevent someone from doing something or to withhold something from them.

المُتَحَزِّقadjective

1.
extremely stingyboth
Extremely stingy or miserly, holding onto possessions tightly.

الحِزْقnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
A difficult or tight situation.

الحِزْقَةnoun

1.
type of gameclassical
A specific type of game or play.

Parallel reading

حزق يحزق: حبق، و الرباط، والوتر: جذبهما شديدا

He pulled tightly, and the rope, and the bowstring: he pulled them severely.

و الرجل: عصبه

And the man: he bound him.

و الشيء: عصره وضغطه وشده

And the thing: he squeezed it, pressed it, and tightened it.

والحازق: من ضاق عليه خفه، فحزق رجله، أي: ضغطها

And the tight-fitting (one): is he whose shoe is tight on him, so it presses his foot, meaning: it compresses it.

وإبريق محزوق العنق: ضيقها

And a pitcher with a constricted neck: its narrowness.

والحزق والحزقة، بكسرهما، والحازقة والحزيق والحزيقة والحزاقة: الجماعة

And al-ḥizqu and al-ḥizqatu (with kasra on both), and al-ḥāziqatu, al-ḥazīqu, al-ḥazīqatu, and al-ḥazāqatu: a group.

والحزيقة: الحديقة، والقطعة من كل شيء، ج: حزائق، وحزيق وحزق

And al-ḥazīqatu: the garden, and the piece of everything, plural: ḥazā'iq, and ḥazīqun and ḥizuqun.

والحزق، كعتل وعتلة: القصير، أو من يقارب خطوه لضعف بدنه

And al-ḥizqu, like 'utilun and 'utilatun: the short one, or he whose steps are short due to weakness of his body.

والضيق، والعظيم البطن القصير الذي إذا مشى أدار أليتيه

And the tight one, and the short one with a large belly who waddles his buttocks when he walks.

والحزقة، بفتح الحاء وضم الزاي، أو رجل حزق وحزقة، بفتح الحاء وضم الزاي، أو بضمهما: قصير يقارب خطوه لقصره، أو لضعف بدنه

And al-ḥizqatu, with fatḥa on the ḥā' and ḍamma on the zāy, or a man ḥaziq and ḥizqun, with fatḥa on the ḥā' and ḍamma on the zāy, or with both ḍamma: short, whose steps are short due to his shortness, or due to weakness of his body.

أو الرجل المتشدد على ما في يديه

Or the man who is tenacious about what is in his hands.

والاسم: الحزق، محركة، والسيئ الخلق

And the noun: al-ḥizqu, vocalized, and the bad-tempered one.

والضيق الأمر، أو الحزقة: ضرب من اللعب

And the difficult matter, or al-ḥizqatu: a type of play.

وحازوق: خارجي رثته ابنته أو أخته، لا أمه، ووهم الجوهري، فجعلته حزاقا للضرورة

And Ḥazūqu: a man whose daughter or sister mourned him, not his mother; and al-Jawharī was mistaken, making it ḥizāqan out of necessity.

والحزق، بالكسر: مركب شبيه بالباصر

And al-ḥizqu, with kasra: a vessel similar to al-bāṣir.

وككتاب: السوار الغليظ

And like kitābun: the thick bracelet.

وأحزقه: منعه

And he prevented him: he withheld from him.

والمتحزق: البخيل جدا

And the extremely stingy one: the very miserly one.