حَتَكَ
Root: حتك
Form: 1
Full Definition
حَتَكَI
, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun حَتْكٌ and حَتَكَانٌ, He walked with short steps, and quickly; said of a man &c.; like رَتَكَ, except that this is said peculiarly of the camel: and
تحتّك signifies the same; or he walked with a moving, or shaking, of his limbs, and with short steps.
2 لَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ حَتَكُوا or عَلَى أَىِّ وَجْهٍ حَتَكُوا, I know not whither, or in what direction, they went, or have gone.
def.2 حَتَكَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun حَتْكٌ, He scraped it up; or searched, or sought, for it, or after it, in the dust, or earth; namely, a thing; syn. بَحَثَهُ. (K, TA. [In the CK, نَحَتَهُ.])
2 He dug it up, or hollowed it out, with his wings; namely, sand, and pebbles.
2 لَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ حَتَكُوا or عَلَى أَىِّ وَجْهٍ حَتَكُوا, I know not whither, or in what direction, they went, or have gone.
def.2 حَتَكَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun حَتْكٌ, He scraped it up; or searched, or sought, for it, or after it, in the dust, or earth; namely, a thing; syn. بَحَثَهُ. (K, TA. [In the CK, نَحَتَهُ.])
2 He dug it up, or hollowed it out, with his wings; namely, sand, and pebbles.
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