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الحلكة

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes intense blackness or darkness. It also extends to describe a type of desert reptile and related terms.

Derived headwords

الحُلْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense blacknessboth

    The quality of being extremely dark or black.

  2. 2.
    a type of reptileclassical

    A small desert creature that burrows in the sand, or a type of lizard.

الحَلْكnoun
  1. 1.
    intense blacknessboth

    The quality of being extremely dark or black.

حَلَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely blackboth

    To possess extreme darkness or blackness.

حالِكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackboth

    Describing something that is extremely dark or black.

مَحْلُولِكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something that is extremely dark or black.

حَلْحَلَكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something that is extremely dark or black.

حُلْكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something that is extremely dark or black.

مُحْتَلِنْكِكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something that is extremely dark or black.

مُسْتَحْلِكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something that is extremely dark or black.

حَلْكُ الغُرَابnoun
  1. 1.
    crow's blacknessclassical

    The intense blackness characteristic of a crow, or its dark color.

  2. 2.
    to be accustomedclassical

    To be trained or accustomed to something, possibly through experience.

الحُكْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of reptileclassical

    A small desert creature that burrows in the sand, or a type of lizard.

الحَلْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of reptileclassical

    A small desert creature that burrows in the sand, or a type of lizard.

الحُلْكَىnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of reptileclassical

    A small desert creature that burrows in the sand, or a type of lizard.

Parallel reading

الحلكة، بالضم، والحلك، محركة: شدة السواد
Al-Hulka (with damma), and Al-Halk (vowelized), mean intense blackness.
فهو حالك
So it is intensely black.
وحلك الغراب، محركة: حنكه، أو سواده
And 'Halk al-ghurab' (vowelized) means its training, or its blackness.
والحلكة، بالضم: الحكلة
And Al-Hulka (with damma) is Al-Hukla.
ودويبة تغوص في الرمل، أو ضرب من العظاء
And a small creature that burrows in the sand, or a type of lizard.