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ح ت ك

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific manner of walking, characterized by short, quick, and somewhat agitated steps, often associated with shortness of stature. It also extends to meanings related to searching, probing, and specific types of garments or small creatures.

Derived headwords

حَتَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk quickly with short stepsboth

    To walk with short, quick steps, moving the limbs rapidly. It is a type of gait similar to 'ratakān' but is applied to humans and other creatures, not exclusively to camels.

  2. 2.
    to search or probeclassical

    To search into something thoroughly or to probe it.

يَحْتَكُverb
  1. 1.
    he walks quickly with short stepsboth

    The present tense form of 'ḥatake', meaning he walks with short, quick, and agitated steps.

  2. 2.
    he searches or probesclassical

    The present tense form of 'ḥatake' in its meaning of searching or probing.

حَتْكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    quick, short-stepped walkingboth

    The act of walking with short, quick, and agitated steps, a gait associated with humans and other creatures.

  2. 2.
    searching or probingclassical

    The act of searching into something or probing it.

حَتْكَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    quick, short-stepped walkingboth

    A masdar (verbal noun) for walking with short, quick steps, characterized by agitation of the limbs.

الحُوتَكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    short and thinboth

    Describing someone or something that is short and thin, or withered.

  2. 2.
    short-steppingclassical

    Having a short gait, like the 'ḥutak' walk.

  3. 3.
    greedy eaterclassical

    Describing a man who eats voraciously.

الحُوتَكnoun
  1. 1.
    shortnessclassical

    The state of being short, applied to anything.

  2. 2.
    small and baseclassical

    Describing something or someone as small in body and base or ignoble.

الحُوتَكِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of turbanclassical

    A type of turban worn by Arabs, possibly named after a man called Ḥutak who wore such a turban.

  2. 2.
    a garmentclassical

    A garment, possibly a type of cloak or robe, possibly named after a person or place.

الحَوْتَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gait of the shortclassical

    The walk of a short person, resembling the gait of the 'ḥudhlama'.

الحَوَاتِكnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich chicksclassical

    The young of ostriches, or their droppings.

الحَوَاتِكnoun
  1. 1.
    poorly fed animalsclassical

    Animals that have been poorly fed or neglected.

الحَتْكَىnoun
  1. 1.
    gait of the shortclassical

    A gait similar to the 'ḥutaka', characteristic of short people.

الحاتِكadjective
  1. 1.
    slow and helplessclassical

    Describing someone who is slow-moving and incapable or helpless.

حَتِكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stunted or shortclassical

    Describing a man who is stunted in growth or short.

الحُوتَكَانnoun
  1. 1.
    small childrenclassical

    Young children.

Parallel reading

مَشَى وقارب خطوه مسرعا وهو شبه الرتكان في المشي
He walked, shortening his steps rapidly, resembling the 'ratakān' gait.
وهو أن يمشي مشية يحرك فيها أعضاءه، ويقارب خطوه
It is to walk in a manner where he moves his limbs and shortens his steps.
وحَتَكَ الشيءَ يَحْتِكُهُ حَتْكًا: بَحَثَهُ
And he searched into a thing, probing it thoroughly.
وحَتَكَ النَّعامُ وكذا كلُّ طائرٍ الرملَ والحصى حَتْكًا: إذا فَحَصَهُ بجناحيه وبَحَثَهُ
And the ostrich, and every bird of the sand and gravel, probed it by fanning with its wings and searching.
والحُوتَكِيُّ: القصيرُ الضَّاوِي منا ومن الحميرِ، القريبُ الخَطْوِ
And the 'ḥūtaki' is the short and withered one, among us and among donkeys, with a short stride.
وهو القصيرُ من كلِّ شيءٍ
And it is the short one of everything.
الحُوتَكُ: الصغيرُ الجسمِ اللئيمُ
The 'ḥūtak' is the small-bodied and ignoble one.
فإنك واستبضاعك الشعرَ نحونا كمبتضعٍ تَمْرًا إلى أهلِ خَيْبَرَا
Indeed, your seeking poetry from us is like one seeking dates from the people of Khaybar.
وهل كنتَ إلا حُوتَكِيًّا أُلاَقُهُ بنو عَمِّهِ حتى بَغَى وتَجَبَّرَا
And were you not but a short, ignoble one whom his cousins met until he became rebellious and tyrannical?
والحُوتَكِيُّ: الشديدُ الأكلِ من الرجالِ
And the 'ḥūtaki' is the one who eats intensely among men.
كان رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يخرجُ إلى الصُّفَّةِ وعليه الحُوتَكِيَّةُ
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to go out to the Suffah wearing the 'ḥūtaki'yah.
جئتُ إلى النبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وعليه خَمِيصَةٌ حُوتَكِيَّةٌ
I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and he was wearing a 'ḥūtaki'yah' cloak.
والحَوْتَكَةُ: مِشْيَةُ القصيرِ شبهُ الحَذْلَمَةِ كالحتكى
And the 'ḥawtaka' is the walk of the short person, resembling the 'ḥadhlama', like the 'ḥataky'.
والحَوَاتِكُ من الدوابِّ: المُحْثَلاتُ، وهي ما أُسيءَ غذاؤُها الواحدةُ حَوْتَكَةٌ
And the 'ḥawātik' among beasts are those poorly fed, meaning those whose nourishment was bad; the singular is 'ḥawtaka'.
لنا ولكم يا مَيُّ أَمْسَتْ نَعَاجُها يُمَاشِينَ أُمَاتَ الرِّمَالِ الحَوَاتِكِ
For us and for you, O Mayy, yesterday their female ostriches walked alongside the mothers of the sand, the 'ḥawātik'.
كالحتْكِ، مُحَرَّكَةً لفِراخِ النَّعامِ
Like 'ḥatk', with movement, for ostrich chicks.
لا أدري أين حَتَكُوا
I do not know where they went.
ورجلٌ حَتِكَةٌ، مُحَرَّكَةٌ: وهو القَمِئُ
And a man is 'ḥatikah', meaning stunted or short.