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حقن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root حقن (ḥ-q-n) primarily relates to the act of collecting, retaining, or injecting substances, particularly liquids like milk or bodily fluids. It extends to concepts of holding back, accumulation, and internal bodily sensations or locations.

Derived headwords

حَقَنَverb
  1. 1.
    he saved his blood: he prevented it from being shedboth

    he saved his blood: he prevented it from being shed

  2. 2.
    he held his urineboth

    he held his urine

أَحْقَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to retain urineclassical

    To cause someone to retain urine, or to be unable to urinate.

حَقَنَverb
  1. 1.
    he saved his blood: he prevented it from being shedboth

    he saved his blood: he prevented it from being shed

  2. 2.
    he held his urineboth

    he held his urine

حَقِينnoun
  1. 1.
    collected milkclassical

    Milk that has been collected in a waterskin by mixing fresh milk with curdled milk.

مِحْقَنnoun
  1. 1.
    waterskin for collected milkclassical

    A waterskin used for collecting and storing milk, as described in the root verb.

حاقِنadjective
  1. 1.
    having strong urge to urinate

    Describing someone who has a strong and urgent need to urinate.

حاقِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hollow between collarbone and shoulderclassical

    The hollow or depression located between the collarbone (clavicle) and the shoulder joint (scapula).

  2. 2.
    lower abdomenclassical

    The lower part of the abdomen.

حَواقِنnoun
  1. 1.
    hollows between collarbones and shouldersclassical

    The plural form of حاقنة, referring to the hollows on both sides of the neck between the collarbones and the shoulders.

ذاقِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    upper throatclassical

    The upper part of the throat, near the jaw.

احْتَقَنَverb
  1. 1.
    the man took an enemaboth

    the man took an enema

حُقْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    enema

    A medicinal liquid administered into the rectum, or the act of administering it.

مِحْقَنnoun
  1. 1.
    person who retains urineclassical

    A person who is unable to urinate, or who holds back their urine.

Parallel reading

حقنت (1) اللبن أحقنه بالضم، إذا جمعته في السقاء وصببت حليبه على رائبه.
You collect milk, collecting it (with damma), when you gather it in a waterskin and pour its fresh milk onto its curdled milk.
واسماء هذا اللبن الحقين، والسقاء المحقن.
The name of this milk is al-ḥaqīn, and the waterskin is al-miḥqan.
وفي المثل: " أبى الحقين العذرة ".
And in the proverb: 'Al-ḥaqīn refused the excuse.'
وحقنت دمه: منعته أن يسفك.
And you prevent his blood: you stop it from being spilled.
قال الكسائي: حقنت البول. وأنكر أحقنت.
Al-Kisa'i said: 'I retained urine.' And he denied 'I caused to retain urine.'
والحاقن: الذي به بول شديد.
And al-ḥāqin: he who has a strong urge to urinate.
يقال: " لا رأي لحاقن ".
It is said: 'There is no opinion for one who desperately needs to urinate.'
أبو عمرو: الحاقنة: النقرة بين الترقوة وحبل العاتق.
Abu Amr: Al-ḥāqina: the hollow between the collarbone and the shoulder joint.
وهما حاقنتان.
And they are two ḥāqinatān (hollows).
وفي المثل: " لالحقن حواقنك بذواقنك ".
And in the proverb: 'The ḥāqināt shall not reach your dhāqināt.'
الذاقنة: طرف الحلقوم.
Al-dhāqina: the edge of the throat.
ويروى " شجري "، وهو ما بين اللحيين.
And it is narrated 'shajarī', which is what is between the two jaws.
ويقال: الحاقنة ما سفل من البطن.
And it is said: Al-ḥāqina is the lower part of the abdomen.
والحقنة: ما يحقن به المريض من الأدوية.
And al-ḥuqna: what the patient is given to retain from medicines (i.e., an enema).
وقد احتقن الرجل.
And the man received an enema.
والمحقان: الذي يحقن بوله، فإذا بال أكثر منه.
And al-miḥqān: he who retains his urine, and when he urinates, he urinates more than it.