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لحق

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of catching up, reaching, or joining something or someone. It extends to concepts of being attached, following, or even being thin or emaciated. It also includes derived terms for specific types of horses, birds, and geographical features.

Derived headwords

لَحِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to catch upboth

    To reach or overtake someone or something that was ahead.

  2. 2.
    to become thinclassical

    To become emaciated or lean.

لَحِقَ بهverb
  1. 1.
    to join withboth

    To attach oneself to or join with someone or something.

لُحُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    catching upboth

    The act of catching up or reaching.

  2. 2.
    emaciationclassical

    The state of being thin or emaciated.

لَحَاقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    catching upboth

    The act of catching up or reaching.

أَلْحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to catch upboth

    To make someone or something catch up or reach.

  2. 2.
    to attachboth

    To append or attach something to something else.

لَاحِقname
  1. 1.
    name of horsesclassical

    A name given to several horses belonging to different individuals and tribes.

لَاحِق الأَصْغَرname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    A specific horse named 'Lahik the Younger', belonging to the Banu Asad tribe.

أَبُو لَاحِقname
  1. 1.
    name of a falconclassical

    A kunya (patronymic name) given to a falcon.

لُوَيحِقnoun
  1. 1.
    a birdclassical

    A type of bird that hunts ibises.

مِلْحَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    a swift she-camelclassical

    A female camel that is difficult for other camels to surpass in speed.

مُلْحَقnoun
  1. 1.
    an adopted personboth

    A person who is falsely claimed or attached to a family or lineage.

  2. 2.
    quiverclassical

    A case for holding arrows, a quiver.

أَلْحَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    places in a valleyclassical

    Areas in a valley where water recedes, suitable for planting seeds.

لَحِقnoun
  1. 1.
    a place for plantingclassical

    A single instance of a place in a valley where water recedes, suitable for planting.

اسْتَلْحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to plant seedsclassical

    To sow seeds in the 'alhaq' places (areas in a valley where water recedes).

  2. 2.
    to claim lineageboth

    To claim someone as one's own, to adopt or claim lineage.

لَحْقnoun
  1. 1.
    something attachedboth

    Something that is attached or added to something else.

  2. 2.
    late datesclassical

    Dates that ripen or appear after the main harvest.

تَلَاحَقَتverb
  1. 1.
    camels caught upboth

    When camels or mounts caught up with each other.

Parallel reading

لحق به، كسمع، ولحقه لحقا ولحاقا، بفتحهما: أدركه
He caught up with him, as in 'sami'a', and he caught him, with 'lahqan' and 'lahaqan', with both vowels open: he overtook him.
كألحقه، وهذا لازم متعد
As in 'alhaqahu', and this is intransitive and transitive.
و"إن عذابك بالكفار ملحق"
And 'Indeed, your punishment is to befall the disbelievers'.
أي: لاحق، والفتح أحسن، أو الصواب
Meaning: catching up, and the open vowel is better, or the correct pronunciation.
ولحق، كسمع، لحوقا: ضمر
And 'lahuqa', as in 'sami'a', 'luhuqan': he became thin.
ولاحق: أفراس لمعاوية ابن أبي سفيان، ولغني بن أعصر، وللحازوق الخارجي، ولعيينة بن الحارث
And 'Lahiq': horses belonging to Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, and to Ghani ibn A'sar, and to Al-Hazouq Al-Khariji, and to Uyaynah ibn Al-Harith.
ولاحق الأصغر: لبني أسد
And 'Lahiq the Younger': belonging to Banu Asad.
وأبو لاحق: البازي
And 'Abu Lahik': the falcon.
واللويحق: طائر يصيد اليعاقيب
And 'Luwayhiq': a bird that hunts ibises.
والملحاق: الناقة لا تكاد الإبل تفوقها
And 'Milhaq': the she-camel that the other camels can hardly surpass.
والملحق: الدعي الملصق
And 'Mulhaq': the falsely claimed and attached person.
وككتاب: غلاف القوس
And like 'kitab': the quiver for the bow.
والألحاق: مواضع من الوادي ينضب عنها الماء، فيلقى فيها البذر، الواحد: لحق، محركة
And 'Alhaq': places in the valley from which water recedes, where seeds are sown, the singular is 'lahq', with a vowel.
واستلحق: زرعها، و فلانا: ادعاه
And 'istalhaqa': to sow them (the seeds), and 'istalhaqa fulanan': to claim him (as one's own).
واللحق محركة: شيء يلحق بالأول، و من التمر: الذي يلحق بعد الأول
And 'al-lahq' with a vowel: something that attaches to the first, and from dates: that which comes after the first.
وتلاحقت المطايا: لحق بعضها بعضا
And 'talaahaqat al-mataaya': the mounts caught up with each other.