حوق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sweeping and cleaning, specifically domestic spaces. It also extends to terms for the tools used for sweeping and the debris collected.

Derived headwords

حَاقَverb

1.
the thing surrounded himboth
the thing surrounded him
2.
the punishment surrounded them and descended upon themboth
the punishment surrounded them and descended upon them

حَاقَverb

1.
the thing surrounded himboth
the thing surrounded him
2.
the punishment surrounded them and descended upon themboth
the punishment surrounded them and descended upon them

أَحْوُقُهُverb

1.
to sweep itboth
The second-person masculine singular imperfect form of the verb, meaning to sweep something, specifically a house.

حَاقَverb

1.
the thing surrounded himboth
the thing surrounded him
2.
the punishment surrounded them and descended upon themboth
the punishment surrounded them and descended upon them

حَوَّاقَةnoun

1.
sweepingclassical
The act or result of sweeping; the debris collected from sweeping.

مِحْوَلَةnoun

1.
broomclassical
A tool used for sweeping, a broom.

الحَوْقُnoun

1.
sweepingclassical
The act of sweeping, particularly of a house.

الحَوْقُnoun

1.
circumferenceclassical
That which surrounds or encircles something, specifically referring to the parts that encircle the pupil of the eye.

Parallel reading

الحوق: الكنس.

Al-hawq: sweeping.

وقد حقت البيت أحوقه، إذا كنسته.

And he swept the house, he swept it, if he cleaned it.

والحواقة: الكناسة.

And al-hawwaqah: the swept debris.

والمحوقة: المكنسة.

And al-mihawqah: the broom.

والحوق بالضم (1) : ما أحاط بالكمرة من حروفها.

And al-hawq (with dammah): what surrounds the pupil of the eye from its edges.