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حكد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of withholding, scarcity, and barrenness, particularly in the context of weather and animal reproduction. It describes a lack of rain and a female animal's inability to carry its young to term.

Derived headwords

حَقَدَتْverb
  1. 1.
    withheld rainclassical

    The sky withheld its rain, indicating a period of drought.

حَقَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    withheld rainclassical

    The sky withheld its rain, indicating a period of drought.

الحَقُودnoun
  1. 1.
    barren she-camelclassical

    A female camel that aborts or loses her young.

المِحْقَدnoun
  1. 1.
    barren she-camelclassical

    A female camel that aborts or loses her young.

Parallel reading

حقدت السماء
The sky withheld rain.
وحقبت، إذا لم يكن فيها قطر
And it withheld rain, if there was no rainfall.
والحقود والمحقد: الناقة التي تلقي ولدها
And al-ḥaqūd and al-miḥqad: the she-camel that drops her young.