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لحق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of following, joining, or attaching to something. It can also refer to something that is attached or follows behind, and in a derived sense, it describes fissures or cracks in the ground.

Derived headwords

اللخقوقnoun
  1. 1.
    fissures in the earthclassical

    Cracks or fissures in the ground, similar to a burrow or hollow.

لخقوقnoun
  1. 1.
    fissure (singular)classical

    The singular form of 'lakhqūq', referring to a crack or fissure in the earth.

Parallel reading

شق في الارض كالوجار
A crack in the earth like a burrow.
أن رجلا كان واقفا مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فوقصت به ناقته في أخاقيق جرذان
That a man was standing with the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his she-camel stumbled with him into rat burrows/fissures.
إنما هو لخاقيق، واحدها لخقوق، وهى شقوق في الارض
It is only 'lakhāqīq', the singular of which is 'lakhqūq', and they are cracks in the earth.