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حقل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants, specifically their growth and condition, and extends to concepts of illness, physical ailments, and aging, particularly in men.

Derived headwords

حَقْلnoun
  1. 1.
    young plantsboth

    Plants when their leaves have spread before their stalks have thickened.

  2. 2.
    fertile landclassical

    Good, fertile land.

أَحْقَلَverb
  1. 1.
    The crop became a ḥaqlboth

    The crop became a ḥaql

أحقل الزرع — The plants grew and their leaves spread.
حَقْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    The singular of ḥaql (cultivated land)both

    The singular of ḥaql (cultivated land)

حَقَلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    camels became sickclassical

    Camels suffered from a specific ailment, a 'ḥaqlah'.

حقلت الإبل حقلة — The camels suffered from a 'ḥaqlah'.
أَحْقَالnoun
  1. 1.
    ailmentsclassical

    Plural of 'ḥaqlah', referring to ailments or sicknesses, particularly those affecting camels.

حَقِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    moisture in intestinesclassical

    The moisture or fluid found in the intestines, especially of a date.

حَقِيلاًname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

مُحَاقَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    selling unripe cropsclassical

    The act of selling crops while they are still in their ears (unripe), in exchange for grain.

حَوْقَلَverb
  1. 1.
    aged and weakclassical

    An old man who has become weak and feeble, especially losing sexual vigor.

حوقل الشيخ حوقلة — The old man became weak and feeble.
حَوْقَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weakness of old ageclassical

    The state of being an old man who is weak and has lost sexual potency.

  2. 2.
    soft penisclassical

    A soft, flaccid penis.

حِيقَالاًnoun
  1. 1.
    weakness of old ageclassical

    The state of being an old man who is weak and has lost sexual potency; synonymous with 'ḥawqalah'.

مُحَوْقِلadjective
  1. 1.
    aged and weakclassical

    An old man who is weak and feeble, particularly due to advanced age.

Parallel reading

الزرع إذا تشعب ورقه قبل أن تغلظ سوقه
Plants when their leaves have spread before their stalks have thickened.
تقول منه أحقل الزرع
You say of it, 'The plants have grown.'
القراح الطيب
Good, fertile land.
لا تنبت البقلة إلا الحلقلة
The herb does not grow except in the 'ḥalqalah' (interpreted as fertile land or a specific condition).
الحقلة وجع يكون في البطن
Al-ḥaqlah is a pain that occurs in the belly.
من أكل التراب مع البقل
One who eats dirt along with plants.
وقد حقلت الإبل حقلة
And the camels suffered from a 'ḥaqlah'.
ذاك ونشفى حقلة الامراض
That, and we are cured of the ailments of sickness.
الحقيلة: ماء الرطب في الامعاء
Al-ḥaqīlah: the moisture of dates in the intestines.
إذ رعين حقيلا
When they grazed in Ḥaqīl (a place name).
بيع الزرع وهو في سنبله بالبر، وقد نهى عنه
Selling the crop while it is still in its ear for grain, and it has been forbidden.
حوقل الشيخ حوقلة وحيقالا، إذا كبر وفتر عن الجماع
The old man became 'ḥawqal' (weak and impotent) with 'ḥawqalah' and 'ḥīqāl', when he grew old and became weak from intercourse.
يا قوم قد حوقلت أو دنوت
O people, I have become old and weak, or death is near.
والحوقلة: الغرمول اللين
And al-ḥawqalah: the soft penis.
قلت لأبي الغوث: ما الحوقلة؟ قال: هن الشيخ المحوقل
I said to Abu al-Ghawth: What is al-ḥawqalah? He said: It is the aged, weak old man.