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ح ت ك ل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe a person who is short and ignoble. It is primarily used as a descriptive noun for a specific type of undesirable individual.

Derived headwords

الحَتَكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    short ignoble personclassical

    A person characterized by both shortness in stature and ignoble or base character.

Parallel reading

الحتكل، كقنفذ: القصير اللئيم، عن ابن سيده.
Al-hatakl, like qunfudh: the short ignoble one, according to Ibn Sidah.