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هطع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of approaching or looking at something with haste, fear, submission, or intense focus. It also extends to descriptions of a wide road and the posture of an animal extending its neck.

Derived headwords

هَطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to approach quicklyclassical

    To approach quickly, often with fear or apprehension.

  2. 2.
    to look intentlyclassical

    To fix one's gaze upon something without looking away.

هَطْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    approaching quicklyclassical

    The act of approaching quickly, often with fear.

هُطُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    approaching quicklyclassical

    The act of approaching quickly, often with fear.

أَهْطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to approach quicklyclassical

    To approach quickly, often with fear.

  2. 2.
    to extend neckclassical

    For a camel, to extend its neck and lower its head while moving.

  3. 3.
    to look submissivelyclassical

    To look with submission and humility.

  4. 4.
    to approach swiftlyclassical

    To approach swiftly in one's running.

  5. 5.
    to approach fearfullyclassical

    To approach quickly and fearfully.

الهَطِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    wide roadclassical

    A wide road.

اِسْتَهْطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to extend neckclassical

    For a camel, to extend its neck and lower its head while moving.

المُهْطِعadjective
  1. 1.
    looking submissivelyclassical

    One who looks with humility and submission, not averting their gaze.

  2. 2.
    silent and approachingclassical

    Silent and approaching someone who has called out.

بَعِيرٌ مُهْطِعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    camel with lowered neckclassical

    A camel whose neck is naturally lowered.

نَاقَةٌ هَطْعَىnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A swift she-camel.

هَطْعَىname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

هُوطَعname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

الهَاطِعadjective
  1. 1.
    head-bowedclassical

    One who bows their head.

Parallel reading

أسرع مقبلا خائفا، لا يكون إلا مع خوف
To approach quickly, coming fearfully, which only occurs with fear.
أو أقبل ببصره على الشيء لا يقلع عنه
Or to turn one's sight upon a thing and not look away.
كأهطع فيهما
As in 'to do both' (approach quickly and look intently).
الطريق الواسع
The wide road.
أهطع البعير في سيره: مد عنقه، وصوب رأسه
The camel hastened in its gait: it extended its neck and lowered its head.
كاستهطع
As in 'to extend its neck'.
من ينظر في ذل وخضوع، لا يقلع بصره
One who looks in humiliation and submission, not averting their gaze.
مهطعين مقنعي رؤوسهم
Looking up, holding their heads level.
أهطع نظر بخضوع
He looked with submission.
مهطعين، أي: محممجين
Looking intently, meaning: gazing continuously.
التحميج: إدامة النظر مع فتح العينين
Continuous gazing: prolonging the look with open eyes.
مهطعين، أي: مسرعين
Looking intently, meaning: hastening.
بدجلة أهلها، ولقد أراهم ... بدجلة مهطعين إلى السماع
By the Tigris, its people, and I have seen them... by the Tigris, hastening towards the music.
الساكت المنطلق إلى من هتف به
The silent one who goes to whoever calls them.
بعير مهطع: في عنقه تصويب خلقة
A camel that is muhṭaʿ: its neck is naturally lowered.
أهطع في عدوه: أسرع
He hastened in his running: he sped up.
ناقة هطعى: سريعة
A swift she-camel: fast.
أقبل مسرعا خائفا
He approached quickly, fearfully.
إذا أقر وذل: أربخ وأهطع
If one confesses and is humbled: they are submissive and approaching.
تعبدني نمر بن سعد وقد أرى ... ونمر بن سعد لي مطيع ومهطع
Namar bin Sa'd subjugates me, and I see... Namar bin Sa'd is obedient and submissive to me.
الناكس
The one who bows their head.
ولم أسمعه إلا لطفيل
And I have not heard it except from Tufayl.