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ح ب ك ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to describing a person, specifically focusing on negative attributes like being short, ignoble, or cunning. It also includes a term for a cunning or disastrous person.

Derived headwords

الحِبَكْلnoun
  1. 1.
    cunning personclassical

    A cunning, shrewd, or disastrously clever person. This term is noted as being less common than a variant with 'r'.

الحِبَكْلadjective
  1. 1.
    short and ignobleclassical

    Describing someone who is both short in stature and ignoble or base in character.

حِبَكْلnoun
  1. 1.
    short and ignoble personclassical

    A person characterized by shortness and ignobility. This form is mentioned as appearing in 'Al-Muḥkam' with a different initial letter.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن عباد: هو كحبوكر، لفظا ومعنى أي الداهية
And Ibn 'Abbad said: It is like 'ḥubūkar', in word and meaning, meaning the cunning person.
قال: والراء أعرف
He said: And the 'r' [variant] is more known.
الحبكل كجعفر، وقنفذ: القصير اللئيم
Al-ḥibakl, like Ja'far and qunfudh: the short and ignoble one.
وهو في المحكم بالفوقية بدل الموحدة
And it is in Al-Muḥkam with the upper letter instead of the lower one.