حكى

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of narrating, recounting, or telling stories. It extends to imitation and resemblance, where one thing 'tells' or shows itself to be like another. It also has a less common meaning related to strengthening or making something firm.

Derived headwords

حَكَىverb

1.
He narrated the speech from him, he narrates, a narration.both
He narrated the speech from him, he narrates, a narration.

حِكَايَةnoun

1.
narrationboth
The act or process of narrating; a story or account.
2.
imitationboth
The act of resembling or being similar to something.

حَكَوَتnoun

1.
languageclassical
A specific way of speaking or a dialect, as mentioned by Abu Ubaydah.

حَاكَىverb

1.
He imitated his action if he did something similar to his action.both
He imitated his action if he did something similar to his action.

مُحَاكَاةnoun

1.
imitationboth
The state of being similar or resembling; likeness.

أَحْكَىverb

1.
to strengthenclassical
To make a knot or something firm and strong.
2.
to sayclassical
To utter or speak words, derived from the meaning of narration.

أَحْكَأَتverb

1.
to strengthenclassical
To make something firm, strong, or reinforced.

Parallel reading

حكيت عنه الكلام حكاية

I narrated the speech from him, a narration.

وحكوت لغة حكاها أبو عبيدة

And 'hakawat' is a language that Abu Ubaydah narrated.

وحكيت فعله وحاكيته، إذا فعلت مثل فعله وهيئته

And I imitated his action and I mimicked him, if you did like his action and his form.

والمحا كاة: المشابهة

And 'muhakaah' is resemblance.

فلان يحكي الشمس حسنا ويحاكيها، بمعنى

So-and-so resembles the sun in beauty and imitates it, in meaning.

وأحكيت العقدة: لغة في أحكأتها، إذا قويتها وشددتها

And I strengthened the knot: a variant pronunciation for 'ahka'ataha', if you made it strong and tight.

أجل أن الله قد فضلكم * فوق من أحكى بصلب وإزار

Indeed, Allah has favored you * over one who is firm in his loins and loincloth.

فوق من أحكأ صلبا بإزار

Over one who is made firm in his loins with a loincloth.

فوق ما أحكى

Over what I say.

أي فوق ما أقول، من الحكاية

Meaning, over what I say, from narration.