ح ك ش

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to gathering, contracting, and clinging, often with a negative connotation of being stubborn or oppressive. It also extends to descriptions of people and names.

Derived headwords

الحَكْشnoun

1.
gathering, contractionclassical
The act of gathering things together or contracting oneself.
2.
oppression, injusticeclassical
An act of wrongdoing or unfair treatment.

حَكْش عكشadjective

1.
clinging, tenaciousclassical
Describing a person who is tightly clinging to their opponent, implying stubbornness or aggression.

حوكشname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name of a man from the tribe of Mahra, to whom the camels known as Al-Hawakishiyyah are attributed.

الحوكشيةnoun

1.
camels of Hawakishclassical
Camels attributed to a man named Hawakish.

حَنكَشname

1.
nameclassical
A proper name, where the 'n' is considered an addition.

حاكِشadjective

1.
oppressor, unjustclassical
A person who is acting unjustly or oppressively.

حَكِشadjective

1.
stubborn, persistentclassical
Describing someone who is persistent or tenacious, possibly in a negative or argumentative way.

Parallel reading

هو الجمع والتقبض

It is the gathering and contracting.

رجل حكش عكش، ككتف: ملتو على خصمه

A man, Haksh 'Aksh, like 'katif: clinging to his opponent.

ومنـه حوكش، كجوهر: اسم رجل من مهرة، تنسب إليه الإبل الحوكشية

And from it is Hawakish, like 'jawhar: the name of a man from Mahra, to whom the Hawakishiyyah camels are attributed.

والواو زائدة

And the 'waw' is extra.

وحنكش، كجعفر: اسم، والنون زائدة

And Hankash, like Ja'far: a name, and the 'nun' is extra.

الحكش: الظلم

Al-Haksh: oppression.

ورجل حاكش: ظالم

And a man Hakish: an oppressor.

أراه على النسب

I think it is based on attribution.

رجل حكش، مثل حكر، وهو اللجوج

A man Hakish, like Hakir, meaning persistent.