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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of narrating, recounting, or transmitting information, often with a connotation of accuracy or faithfulness. It extends to meanings of imitation, resemblance, and strengthening, as well as specific derived terms for a gossip and a strengthening of resolve.

Derived headwords

حَكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to narrateboth

    To tell a story, recount an event, or relate information.

  2. 2.
    to imitateboth

    To resemble someone in appearance, actions, or speech, or to do something exactly like another.

  3. 3.
    to transmitboth

    To convey or pass on something, such as words or a message.

  4. 4.
    to tightenclassical

    To make something firm or secure, like a knot.

حَكَوْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I narratedclassical

    The first-person singular past tense of the verb 'to narrate'.

أَحْكُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    they narrateclassical

    The third-person plural present tense of the verb 'to narrate'.

حَاكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to imitateboth

    To resemble someone or something, or to copy their actions or speech.

حِكَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    narrationboth

    The act of narrating or recounting.

  2. 2.
    storyboth

    A narrative account of events.

  3. 3.
    transmissionboth

    The act of conveying or transmitting information.

حَكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    gossipyclassical

    A woman who is a gossip or a talebearer.

اِحْتَكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to become firmclassical

    To become strong, established, or resolute, referring to one's affairs or resolve.

أَحْكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to make firmclassical

    To strengthen or make something firm, like a knot.

  2. 2.
    to justifyclassical

    To prove or demonstrate something to be right or valid.

Parallel reading

حَكَوْتُ الحديث أحكوه
I narrated the speech, and they narrate it.
حكيته أحكيه
I narrated it, I narrate it.
حكيت فلاناً
I resembled so-and-so.
حاكيته
I imitated him.
فعلت فعله أو قوله سواء
I did his action or his saying equally.
عنه الكلام حكاية
The speech from him, a narration.
و العقدة: شددتها
And the knot: I tightened it.
كأحكيتها
As if I made it firm.
امرأة حكي، كغني: نمامة
A woman 'haki', like 'ghani': a gossip.
احتكى أمري
My affair became firm.
وأحكى عليهم: أبر
And I proved them right: I was righteous.