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حدق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the eye, specifically its dark pupil, and by extension, intense gazing or surrounding. It also extends to meanings of enclosed gardens and surrounding.

Derived headwords

حَدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the largest black part of it (the eye)both

    the largest black part of it (the eye)

حَدَقnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of ḥadaqaboth

    plural of ḥadaqa

  2. 2.
    he looked intently at itboth

    he looked intently at it

حَدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of ḥadaqaboth

    plural of ḥadaqa

تَحْدِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    intense lookingboth

    intense looking

حَدِيقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a garden with treesboth

    a garden with trees

  2. 2.
    any orchard with a wall around itboth

    any orchard with a wall around it

حَدَّقُواverb
  1. 1.
    they surroundedboth

    They surrounded him or it.

أَحْدَقُواverb
  1. 1.
    they surroundedboth

    They surrounded him or it.

حَنْدَقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant, also known as 'al-dharq', which is a Persian loanword.

حَدْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large pupilclassical

    A large pupil, similar to 'ḥadaqa'.

حَدْلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to roll one's eyesclassical

    To roll one's pupils while looking.

الحَدْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a part of the bodyclassical

    A part of the sheep's body, possibly the eye, the exact nature of which is uncertain.

Parallel reading

حدقة العين: سوادها الأعظم
The pupil of the eye: its greatest blackness.
والجمع حدق وحداق
And the plural is 'ḥadaq' and 'ḥidāq'.
فالعين بعدهم كأن حداقها سملت بشوك فهي عور تدمع
And the eye after them is as if its pupils were pricked with thorns, so it is blind and tearful.
والتحديق: شدة النظر
And 'al-taḥdīq': intense staring.
والحديقة: الروضة ذات الشجر
And 'al-ḥadīqa': a garden with trees.
وحدئق غلبا
And gardens of dense growth.
ويقال: الحديقة: كل بستان عليه حائط
And it is said: 'al-ḥadīqa': every garden that has a wall around it.
وحدقوا بالرجل وأحدقوا به، أي أحاطوا به
And they surrounded the man and 'aḥadaqū' him, meaning they encircled him.
والحندقوق: نبت (1) ، وهو الذرق، نبطي معرب
And 'al-ḥandaqūq': a plant, which is 'al-dharq', a Hellenized Persian word.
والحدلقة بزيادة اللام، مثل التحديق
And 'al-ḥadlaqa' with the addition of 'lam', like 'al-taḥdīq'.
وقد حدلق الرجل، إذا أدار حدقته في النظر
And the man 'ḥadlaqa', if he rolled his pupils in his gaze.
ويقال: أكل الذئب من الشاة الحدلقة
And it is said: the wolf ate 'al-ḥadlaqa' from the sheep.
هو شئ من جسدها، ولا أدري ما هو؟
It is something from its body, and I do not know what it is?
وقال أبو الحسن اللحيانى: هو العين
And Abu al-Hasan al-Lihyani said: it is the eye.