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خبق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the quality of being long or tall, particularly in reference to animals like horses. It can also denote swiftness or speed in running.

Derived headwords

خَبِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    tall, longboth

    Describing a person or animal as being tall or long in stature.

أَشَقٌّ خَبَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and longclassical

    A descriptive phrase for a horse that is both tall and long.

خَبَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftness, speedclassical

    Referring to the quality of being fast or swift, especially in running.

الخَبَقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    swift runningclassical

    The act or manner of running swiftly, similar to 'al-dafqa'.

الدَّفْقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    swift runningclassical

    A term for swift or rapid running, used in comparison with 'al-khabaqa'.

Parallel reading

يقال: رجل خبق، مثال هجف، أي طويل.
It is said: a man is khabaq, like hajaf, meaning tall.
وإن شئت كسرت الباء اتباعا للخاء.
And if you wish, you may break the 'ba' following the 'kha'.
وفرس أشق خبق، أي طويل.
And a horse that is ashaq khabaq, meaning long.
وربما قيل للفرس السريع خبق.
And sometimes, swiftness is attributed to a horse, called khabaq.
والخبقى في العدو، مثل الدفقى.
And al-khabaqa in running is like al-dafqa.
يعدو الخبقى والدفقى منعب
He runs with al-khabaqa and al-dafqa, swiftly.