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هقم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense hunger and the act of consuming large amounts of food. It also extends to concepts of overwhelming or conquering, and can refer to the sea and its sounds, as well as a tall person or ostrich.

Derived headwords

هَقِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely hungryboth

    To experience extreme hunger, to be ravenous.

هَقِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely hungryboth

    Describing someone who is experiencing extreme hunger.

هَقِمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    one who eats muchboth

    A person characterized by eating a large quantity of food.

  2. 2.
    the seaclassical

    Referring to the vast body of saltwater.

الهَيْقَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of the seaclassical

    The noise produced by the ocean.

  2. 2.
    sound of swallowingclassical

    The noise made when swallowing a large bite.

  3. 3.
    tall ostrichclassical

    A large, long-necked male ostrich.

  4. 4.
    vast seaclassical

    A large and expansive ocean.

تَهَقَّمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to overpower itboth

    To overcome, conquer, or subdue something.

تَهَقَّمَ الطعامَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow food in large bitesboth

    To consume food by taking very large mouthfuls.

الهَيْقَمَانِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing someone or something that is of great height.

Parallel reading

اشتَدَّ جُوعُهُ
His hunger intensified.
فهو هَقِمٌ
He is intensely hungry.
الهَقِمُ كثيرُ الأكلِ
The one who eats much is a great eater.
والبحرُ
And the sea.
والهيقمُ صوتُ البحرِ
And the 'hayqam' is the sound of the sea.
وصوتُ ابتلاعِ اللقمةِ
And the sound of swallowing a mouthful.
والظَّليمُ الطويلُ
And the tall ostrich.
والبحرُ الواسعُ
And the vast sea.
تَهَقَّمَهُ
He overpowered it.
تَهَقَّمَ الطعامَ لُقَمًا عِظَامًا
He swallowed the food in large bites.
والهَيْقَمَانِيُّ الطويلُ
And the 'hayqamani' is the tall one.