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همق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific type of tender, soft herbage. It also describes a peculiar manner of walking, characterized by unevenness or instability.

Derived headwords

الهَمَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Tender herbageclassical

    Refers to soft, tender, and easily crushed herbage or vegetation.

همقverb
  1. 1.
    To walk unevenlyclassical

    To walk in a manner that is unsteady or uneven, as if one side is heavier or more prominent than the other.

الهمقىnoun
  1. 1.
    Uneven gaitclassical

    A description of a peculiar, uneven, or wobbly way of walking.

Parallel reading

الهمق من الكلأ: الهش.
Al-hamq from herbage: the tender.
لبابة من همق هيشور
The choicest part of tender herbage, it will be trampled.
ومشى الهمقى، إذا مشى على جانب مرة وعلى جانب مرة.
And the uneven gait, when one walks on one side, then on the other side.