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ح ر ت ك

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to smallness in size, particularly concerning people or young animals. It also has a derived name associated with a specific historical figure.

Derived headwords

الحَرْتَكnoun
  1. 1.
    small of statureclassical

    Refers to someone who is small in body or stature.

الحَرْتَكِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Hirtakiclassical

    A nisba (attributive epithet) referring to Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nayyar al-Hirtaki, an imam of the Grand Mosque of Basra.

الحَرْتَكnoun
  1. 1.
    small peopleclassical

    Refers to the small or insignificant among people.

الحَرَاتِكnoun
  1. 1.
    small ones (people)classical

    The plural form of 'al-hartak', referring to small or insignificant people.

الحَتْكnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich chicksclassical

    Refers to the young or chicks of ostriches.

Parallel reading

الحرتك، كجعفر أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان
Al-Hartak, like Ja'far, was neglected by Al-Jauhari and the author of Al-Lisan.
وقال ابن عباد: الصغير الجسم
And Ibn 'Abbad said: small of body.
ونص المحيط: الحرتك بمنزلة الحتك، وهما الصغار من الناس
And the definition in Al-Muhit states: Al-Hartak is like Al-Hutak, and they are the small ones among people.
والجمع: الحراتك
And the plural is: Al-Haratik.
وقال في تركيب ح ت ك: الحتك: فراخ النعام
And he said in the entry for the root H-T-K: Al-Hutak: ostrich chicks.
وأبو الحسن محمد بن يوسف بن نيار الحرتكي، بالكسر: إمام جامع البصرة
And Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nayyar al-Hirtaki, with a kasra, was the imam of the Grand Mosque of Basra.
ذكره ابن الجزري في طبقات القراء وضبطه
Ibn Al-Jazari mentioned him in the Classes of Reciters and vocalized his name.