حكي

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root حكي primarily concerns the act of narrating, recounting, or imitating. It extends to conveying information, mimicking actions or speech, and in some contexts, signifies strength or firmness.

Derived headwords

حَكَىverb

1.
to narrateboth
To tell a story, recount an event, or relate information.
2.
to imitateboth
To copy or mimic someone's actions, speech, or behavior.
3.
to conveyboth
To transmit or report speech or information.

حكاية — narration

حكيت فلانا — I imitated so-and-so

حِكَايَةnoun

1.
narrationboth
The act or process of telling a story or recounting an event.
2.
storyboth
A narrative account of events or experiences.
3.
imitationboth
The act of copying or mimicking.

حَاكَىverb

1.
to imitateboth
To resemble or copy someone or something, often in appearance or behavior.
2.
to mimicboth
To reproduce someone's speech or actions.

وحاكيته محاكاة — and I imitated him

يحاكيها بمعنى — he imitates it in meaning

مُحَاكَاةnoun

1.
imitationboth
The act of copying or mimicking someone or something.
2.
resemblanceboth
The state of being similar or alike.

محاكاة — imitation

حَكَاهُverb

1.
to imitate himboth
To copy or mimic a specific person.

حكاه وحاكاه — he imitated him and he imitated him

أَحْكَىverb

1.
to make firmclassical
To strengthen or make something solid, often referring to an object or knot.
2.
to tightenclassical
To make a knot or similar structure more secure.

فوق من أحكى بصلب وإزار — above one who tightened his belt firmly

أَحْكَأَهَاverb

1.
to tighten itclassical
To make a knot or similar structure more secure.

حَكِيadjective

1.
gossipyclassical
A woman who is a talebearer, spreading gossip and rumors.

امرأة حكي — a gossipy woman

اِحْتَكَىverb

1.
to become firmclassical
To become established, settled, or strong.

واحتكى أمري — and my affair became firm

أَبَرَّverb

1.
to be righteousclassical
To act justly and virtuously.

اِحْتَكَىverb

1.
to settle inclassical
To lodge or take root within something, like an idea in the heart.

احتكى ذلك في صدري — that settled in my chest

الحُكَاتُnoun

1.
large lizardclassical
A large type of lizard, specifically a monitor lizard.

الحكاة — the large lizard

حَكَىverb

1.
to tightenclassical
To make a knot or binding strong.

حَكْوِيّadjective

1.
storyteller
Someone who tells many stories and anecdotes; a teller of tales.

رجل حكوي — a man of stories and anecdotes

Parallel reading

فعلت فعله

he did his action

قلت مثل قوله سواء لم تجاوزه

I said the same as his saying, not exceeding it

ما سرني أني حكيت فلانا وأن لي كذا وكذا

It would not please me that I imitated so-and-so and had such-and-such

أي فعلت مثل فعله

meaning, I did like his action

وعنه الكلام حكاية: نقلته

And from him, speech is narration: I transmitted it

شددتها وقويتها

I tightened it and strengthened it

فوق من أحكى بصلب وإزار

above one who tightened his belt firmly

فوق ما أحكي؛ أي فوق ما أقول من الحكاية

above what I say; meaning, above what I say of narration

نمامة تحكي كلام الناس وتنم به

a talebearer who repeats people's words and spreads them

لعمرك ما إن أم عمرو برادة حكي ولا سبابة قبل سبت

By your life, the mother of Amr is neither a gossiper nor a slanderer before the Sabbath

واحتكى أمري: استحكم

and my affair became firm: it became established

وأبروا عليهم

and they were righteous towards them

احتكى ذلك في صدري: وقع فيه

that settled in my chest: it lodged in it

الحكاة، بالضم مقصورا: العظاية الضخمة

Al-Hukatu, with damma and shortened: the large lizard

حكت أي شدت

Hakat, meaning it tightened

رجل حكوي، بالتحريك: صاحب حكايات ونوادر، عامية

A man Hukawi, with harakat: a teller of stories and anecdotes, colloquial