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حلك

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense blackness, often associated with darkness or the color of specific dark creatures. It extends to describe things that are extremely dark or black.

Derived headwords

حَلَكَ يَحْلُكُverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely blackboth

    To become extremely dark or black in color.

حُلُوكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    its blackness intensifiedboth

    its blackness intensified

اِحلَوْلَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely blackclassical

    To become extremely dark or black in color, similar to 'halaka'.

الحَلْكnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessboth

    blackness

حالِكadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackboth

    Describing something that is extremely black or dark.

حانِكadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning 'black'both

    meaning 'black'

  2. 2.
    like 'black'both

    like 'black'

الحَلْكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    very blackboth

    very black

الحَلْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of lizardclassical

    A species of lizard.

الحَلْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a burrowing insectclassical

    A small creature that burrows in the sand.

Parallel reading

حلك الشئ يحلك حلوكة: اشتد سواده.
A thing becomes intensely black, its blackness intensifying.
واحلولك مثله.
And it became intensely black, similar to that.
والحلك: السواد:
And al-halk: blackness:
يقال: أسود مثل حلك الغراب، وهو سواده.
It is said: black like the blackness of a raven, which is its blackness.
وأسود حالك وحانك بمعنى.
And 'aswad halik' and 'aswad hanik' mean the same.
والحلكوك، بالتحريك: الشديد السواد.
And al-halkuk, with the vowel moved: intensely black.
والحلكة، مثال الهمزة: ضرب من العظاء،
And al-halkah, like al-hamzah: a type of lizard,
ويقال: دويبة تغوص في الرمل،
And it is said: a small creature that burrows in the sand,
وكذلك الحلكاء (1) مثال العنقاء.
And likewise al-halkaa', similar to al-'anqaa'.