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حلكم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of blackness, particularly in the context of color. It is also associated with a specific type of undesirable or ignoble quality.

Derived headwords

الحلكمnoun
  1. 1.
    Blacknessboth

    The color black, referring to the blackness of anything.

  2. 2.
    Ignobilityclassical

    A quality of being ignoble or base, often used disparagingly.

حلكمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Blacknessboth

    A state or quality of being black.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari ignored it.
وقال الفراء: (الأسود من كل شيء)
And Al-Farra' said: (Black from everything).
وفيه حلكمة
And in it is blackness.
أي: (سواد)
Meaning: (blackness).
وأنشد لهميان: (ما منهم إلا لئيم شبرم ... أرصع لا يدعى لخير حلكم)
And Hemyan recited: (None of them is except a base, ignoble one... a speckled one not called for good, ignoble one).