حكر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root حكر (ḥkr) primarily relates to concepts of injustice, oppression, and mistreatment in dealings with others. It also extends to meanings of scarcity, hoarding, and holding back goods, as well as holding onto something exclusively. Secondary meanings include small quantities of things, particularly food or water, and stubbornness or contention.

Derived headwords

حَكَرَverb

1.
to oppressboth
To act unjustly towards someone, to diminish them, or to treat them poorly in social interactions.
2.
to be difficultclassical
To cause hardship and harm in someone's companionship and livelihood.

حَكْرٌnoun

1.
injusticeboth
Oppression, diminishment, and poor treatment in social dealings.
2.
hardshipclassical
Difficulty and crookedness in dealings.
3.
fatness with honeyclassical
A child's consumption of fatness and honey.
4.
small cupclassical
A small drinking vessel.
5.
small quantityboth
A little bit of water, food, or milk.
6.
stubbornnessclassical
Contentiousness and stubbornness.
7.
monopolyclassical
Exclusive possession or control of something.
8.
collected waterclassical
A small amount of water gathered together.

حَكْرٌ (بالتحريك)noun

1.
hoarded goodsboth
Food or similar items that have been withheld and stored, awaiting a price increase.
2.
collected waterclassical
A small quantity of water that has accumulated.

حَكَرٌ (كصرد)noun

1.
hoarded goodsboth
Food or similar items that have been withheld and stored, awaiting a price increase.

حُكْرَةٌ (بالضم)noun

1.
hoardingboth
The act of hoarding or accumulating goods, especially food, for future profit.
2.
a quantityclassical
A bulk amount or a lot of something.
3.
a lump sumclassical
A gross amount, or a quantity bought without detailed inspection.

حَكِرٌadjective

1.
oppressiveclassical
Characterized by injustice, oppression, or mistreatment.
2.
hoardingclassical
One who habitually hoards goods and waits for high prices.

حَكِرٌ (كفرح)adjective

1.
stubbornclassical
Stubborn, contentious, or obstinate.

حَكِرٌ (فاعل)noun

1.
hoarderclassical
A person who hoards goods, especially food, waiting for prices to rise.

تَحَكَّرَverb

1.
to hoardboth
To hoard or withhold goods, especially food, in anticipation of increased prices.
2.
to wait and seeclassical
To observe and wait, especially in a transaction.
3.
to regretclassical
To feel regret or sorrow.

التحكرnoun

1.
hoardingboth
The act of hoarding or withholding goods.
2.
regretclassical
Regret or sorrow.

حاكورةnoun

1.
enclosed landclassical
A plot of land enclosed for planting trees, typically near homes.

Parallel reading

الحكر: الظلم والتنقص وإساءة المعاشرة والعسر والالتواء

Al-ḥikr: injustice, diminishment, poor companionship, hardship, and crookedness.

يقال: حكره يحكره حكرا: ظلمه وتنقصه وأساء عشرته

It is said: ḥakara-hu yaḥkuru-hu ḥakran: he oppressed him, diminished him, and treated him poorly.

فلان يحكر فلانا إذا أدخل عليه مشقة ومضرة في معاشرته ومعايشته

So-and-so oppresses so-and-so if he causes him hardship and harm in his companionship and livelihood.

والنعت حكر

And the adjective is ḥakr.

ورجل حكر، على النسب

And a man is ḥakr, by way of attribution.

الحكر: السمن بالعسل يلعقهما الصبي

Al-ḥikr: fatness with honey that a child licks.

الحكر: القعب الصغير

Al-ḥikr: the small cup.

الحكر: الشيء القليل من الماء والطعام واللبن، ويحرك، و يضمان

Al-ḥikr: a small quantity of water, food, and milk, which can be pronounced with vowel movement or with two vowels.

بالتحريك: ما احتكر من الطعام ونحوه مما يؤكل، أي احتبس انتظارا لغلائه

With vowel movement: what is hoarded of food and the like that is eaten, meaning withheld in anticipation of its price increase.

إنه لحكر لا يزال يحبس سلعته والسوق مادة حتى يبيع بالكثير من شدة حكره، أي من شدة احتباسه وتربصه

He is indeed a hoarder who keeps withholding his goods while the market is full, until he sells at a high price due to the intensity of his hoarding, meaning his intense withholding and waiting.

والسوق مادة، أي ملأى رجالا وبيوعا

And the market is full, meaning filled with people and transactions.

الحكر: اللجاجة والعسر، والاستبداد بالشيء، أي الاستقلال به

Al-ḥikr: contention and hardship, and exclusive possession of something, meaning independence over it.

بالتحريك: الماء القليل المجتمع

With vowel movement: the small collected water.

إذا وردن الحكر القليل فلا تطعمه

If they come upon a small collected pool, do not drink from it.

أي لا تشربه، وكذالك القليل من الطعام واللبن وهو فعل بمعنى مفعول، أي مجموع

Meaning, do not drink it, and likewise a small amount of food and milk, which is a verb in the sense of a passive participle, meaning collected.

التحكر: الاحتكار

Al-taḥakkur: hoarding.

إنهم ليتحكرون في بيعهم، أي ينظرون ويتبربصون

They indeed observe and wait in their selling, meaning they look and bide their time.

من احتكر طعاما فهو كذا

Whoever hoards food, then he is such and such.

أي اشتراه وحبس ليقل فيغلو

Meaning he bought it and withheld it so it would become scarce and expensive.

التحكر: التحسر

Al-taḥakkur: regret.

وإنه ليتحكر عليه، أي يتحسر

And he indeed regrets it, meaning he feels regret.

لا ينظر النحوي فيها نظري وإن لوى لحييه بالتحكر

The grammarian does not look at it as I do, even if he twists his jaws in regret.

الحكرة، بالضم: اسم من الاحتكار

Al-ḥukrah, with dammah: a noun from hoarding.

وكذالك الحكر، ومنه الحديث أنه نهى عن الحكرة

And likewise al-ḥikr, and from it is the hadith that he forbade hoarding.

الحكرة: الجملة، وقيل: الجزاف، وأصل الحكرة الجمع والإمساك

Al-ḥukrah: the bulk, and it was said: a gross amount, and the origin of al-ḥukrah is gathering and holding back.

الحكر، بالكسر، ما يجعل على العقارات ويحبس، مولدة

Al-ḥikr, with kasrah: what is imposed on real estate and withheld, a later coinage.

الحاكورة: قطعة أرض تحكر لزرع الأشجار قريبة من الدور والمنعزل، شامية

Al-ḥākūrah: a plot of land enclosed for planting trees near houses and secluded areas, Levantine.

الحكرة، بالضم من مخاليف الطائف

Al-ḥukrah, with dammah: from the districts of Ta'if.