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ح ب ل ق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses small, young, or short animals, particularly sheep and goats. It also extends to describe short and small people, and in a more abstract sense, a specific type of land or territory.

Derived headwords

الحبلقnoun
  1. 1.
    small sheepclassical

    Refers to young, small sheep that do not grow large.

  2. 2.
    short personclassical

    A person who is short and small in stature.

  3. 3.
    landclassical

    A specific area of land inhabited by tribes from Qays.

حبلقnoun
  1. 1.
    short and smallclassical

    Describing someone who is short and small.

الحبلقةnoun
  1. 1.
    sheep in Jarashclassical

    A specific type of sheep found in the region of Jarash.

Parallel reading

الحبلق، كعملس كتبه بالأحمر، مع أن الجوهري ذكره في: ح ب ق على أن اللام زائدة، وصوبه ابن بري، فينبغي أن يكتب بالأسود
Al-hablaq, like 'amlas, written in red, although Al-Jawhari mentioned it under: H-B-Q, considering the lam as extra, and Ibn Bury corrected it, so it should be written in black.
غنم صغار لا تكبر
Small sheep that do not grow large.
واذكر غدانة عدانا مزنمة ... من الحبلق يبنى حولها الصير
And remember Ghadanah, our herd of sheep with nose rings... from the small sheep around which the enclosure is built.
غدانة: هو ابن يربوع بن حنظلة، وعدان: جمع عتود، مثل عتدان.
Ghadanah: is the son of Yarbu' bin Hanzalah, and 'Adan: is a plural of 'atūd, like 'atadān.
أو قصار المعز ودمامها
Or short goats and their young.
الحبلقة: غنم بجرش
Al-hablaqah: sheep in Jarash.
الحبلق: الصغير القصير منا
Al-hablaq: the small and short among us.
يحابي بنا في الحق كل حبلق ... لثا البول عن عرنينه يتفرق
Every short and small person favors us in حق... whose urine scatters from his nose.
الحبلق: أرض تسكنها قبائل من قيس.
Al-hablaq: land inhabited by tribes from Qays.