حبق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants, specifically aromatic herbs like basil, and also describes small, underdeveloped animals, particularly sheep.

Derived headwords

الحَبَقُnoun

1.
Basilboth
Refers to the aromatic herb, basil. The entry notes its pronunciation with a kasra on the 'ba'.
2.
Aromatic herbclassical
A general term for an aromatic plant, with basil being a specific example.

حبقverb

1.
To be aromaticclassical
The verb form indicating the presence of a pleasant aroma, specifically associated with basil.

وقد حبق بالفتح يحبق حبقا — and it was aromatic (with the verb pronounced with fatha)

له حبق — it has an aroma

الحَبَقُnoun

1.
Aromatic plantclassical
A general term for a fragrant plant, used in contrast to other types of plants.

الفُوَذَنْجُnoun

1.
Pennyroyalclassical
Refers to pennyroyal, another aromatic herb, mentioned with the diacritized form 'الحبق بالتحريك'.

عِذْقُ الحُبَيْقِnoun

1.
A type of poor date palmclassical
Describes a specific type of date palm ('دقل') that is of poor quality, and 'الحبيق' is its diminutive form.

الحُبَيْقُnoun

1.
A type of poor date palm (diminutive)classical
The diminutive form of a word referring to a poor quality date palm, used in a hadith about charity dates.

الحَبْلَقُnoun

1.
Small, undeveloped sheepclassical
Refers to young, small sheep that do not grow large. The 'lam' is doubled and stressed.

الحبق بكسر الباء: الردام.

Al-habaq, with a kasra on the ba, is the aromatic plant.

وقد حبق بالفتح يحبق حبقا

And it was aromatic, with the verb pronounced with fatha, yielding the masdar 'habaqan'.

لهم حبق والسود بينى وبينهم

They have an aroma, and the 'sawda' is between me and them.

والحبق بالتحريك: الفوذنج.

And al-habaq, with vowel movement, is pennyroyal.

عذق الحبيق: ضرب من الدقل ردئ، وهو مصغر.

The 'idhq of al-hubayq: a type of poor date palm, and it is diminutive.

نهى عن لونين من التمر: الجعرور، ولون الحبيق

He prohibited two types of dates: al-ja'rur, and the type of al-hubayq.

يعنى في الصدقة.

Meaning, in the context of charity.

والحبلق بزيادة لام مشددة: غنم صغار لا تكبر.

And al-hablaq, with an added, doubled 'lam', refers to small sheep that do not grow.

واذكر غدانة عدانا مزنمة من الحبلق تبنى حولها الصير

And remember the lushness of our enemies, branded from the small sheep, around which the enclosure is built.