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الحوق

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of sweeping, cleaning, surrounding, and encompassing. It also extends to meanings of abundance, large size, and in a specific context, a type of plant growth or lack thereof.

Derived headwords

حَاقَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweepboth

    To sweep or clean something thoroughly.

  2. 2.
    to surroundboth

    To encompass or surround something completely.

حَوْقnoun
  1. 1.
    sweepingboth

    The act of sweeping or cleaning.

  2. 2.
    rubbingclassical

    The act of rubbing or smoothing something.

  3. 3.
    abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or collection of things.

  4. 4.
    encompassingboth

    The act of surrounding or enclosing.

مَحِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    sweptclassical

    Something that has been swept or cleaned.

  2. 2.
    surroundedclassical

    Something that is encompassed or surrounded.

مَحْوِقadjective
  1. 1.
    sweptclassical

    Something that has been swept or cleaned.

  2. 2.
    surroundedclassical

    Something that is encompassed or surrounded.

حَوْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    burning of palm frondsclassical

    Refers to a state where the palm tree's fronds (karānīf) have been set ablaze.

الحَوْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    circumference of the penisclassical

    The part that surrounds the glans of the penis.

الحَوْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    circumference of the glansclassical

    The part that surrounds the glans of the penis.

حَوْقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    circumference of the glansclassical

    The part that surrounds the glans of the penis.

حُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    circumference of the glansclassical

    The part that surrounds the glans of the penis.

الفَرَزْدَقname
  1. 1.
    Al-Farazdaqclassical

    A nickname given to the famous Umayyad-era poet.

الأَحْوَقadjective
  1. 1.
    large glansclassical

    Describing something with a large circumference, specifically referring to the glans of the penis.

عَظِيمُ الكَمَرَةِadjective
  1. 1.
    large glansclassical

    Having a large circumference, referring to the glans of the penis.

حَوْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Describing a fissure or opening that is large.

مَحُوقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    sparse vegetationclassical

    Land with little vegetation due to lack of rain.

الحَوْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    insolent groupclassical

    A group of people characterized by insolence or arrogance.

الحَوَّاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    broomclassical

    A tool used for sweeping, a broom.

المِحْوَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    broomclassical

    A tool used for sweeping, a broom.

الحَوَاقّnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A specific type of plant, possibly related to the root's meaning of surrounding or encompassing.

حَوَّقَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to twist wordsclassical

    To speak in a convoluted or twisted manner, to distort the meaning of words.

Parallel reading

الحوق: الكنس، والدلك والتمليس، والشيء: محيق ومحوق، والجمع الكثير، والإحاطة.
Al-Hawq: sweeping, rubbing and smoothing, and a thing: muhīq and mahūq, and a large gathering, and encompassing.
وتركت النخلة حوقا: إذا أشعل في الكرانيف
And the palm tree was left in a state of hawqan: if it was set ablaze in its fronds.
وبالضم: ما أحاط بالكمرة من حروفها
And with dammah: what surrounds the glans from its edges.
ويفتح، أو الحوق: استدارة في الذكر.
And with fatha, or al-hawq: a circumference in the penis.
وحوق الحمار: لقب الفرزدق.
And Hawq al-himār: was the nickname of Al-Farazdaq.
والأحوق، وكمعظم: العظيم الكمرة.
And al-ahwaq, and like 'aẓīm: the one with a large glans.
وفيشلة حوقاء: عظيمة.
And a fishalah (fissure) hawqā': large.
وأرض محوقة، بضم الحاء: قليلة النبت لقلة المطر.
And a land mahūqah, with dammah on the ha': sparse in vegetation due to lack of rain.
والحوقة: الجماعة الممخرقة.
And al-hawqah: the insolent group.
والحواقة: الكناسة.
And al-ḥawwāqah: the broom.
والمحوقة: المكنسة.
And al-maḥwaqah: the broom.
والحواق، ككتاب وغراب: ع.
And al-ḥawāqq, like kitāb and ghurāb: a type of plant.
وحوق عليه تحويقا: عوج عليه الكلام.
And ḥawqa 'alayhi taḥwīqan: the speech was twisted concerning him.