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ح ن ك ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes negative physical attributes, focusing on shortness, coarseness, and ugliness, particularly in relation to people and animals. It also extends to describe a slow, heavy gait.

Derived headwords

الحِنْكَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse personclassical

    A coarse, uncouth, or ignoble person.

  2. 2.
    short manclassical

    A man who is short in stature.

  3. 3.
    ugly womanclassical

    An ugly, unpleasant, and dark-skinned woman.

حِنْكَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly womanclassical

    An ugly, unpleasant, and dark-skinned woman.

  2. 2.
    coarse short womanclassical

    A woman who is coarse, uncouth, and short.

حَنْكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk heavilyclassical

    To walk with heaviness and slowness, indicating sluggishness.

Parallel reading

هو اللئيم
He is the ignoble one.
القصير من الرجال
The short one among men.
فكيف تساميني وأنت معلهج هذارمة جعد الأنامل حنكل
How can you vie with me when you are a coarse-fingered, short, and rough man?
والأنثى حنكلة، لا غير
And the female is a 'hanakalah', nothing else.
الجافي الغليظ مع القصر
The coarse, rough one with shortness.
الحنكلة الدميمة القبيحة السوداء من النساء
The ugly, hideous, black woman.
الجافية القصيرة
The coarse, short one.
حنكلة فيها قبال وفجا
A coarse, short woman with protruding buttocks and a wide vulva.
حنكل الرجل في المشي: تثاقل وتباطأ
The man walked heavily in his gait: he was sluggish and slow.
تثاقل وتباطأ
He was sluggish and slow.