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إِحْتَقَقَ

Root: حق

Form: 8

Full Definition

إِحْتَقَقَVIII see 6, throughout.

def.2 اِحْتَقَّتْ بِهِ الطَّعْنَةُ The thrust, or piercing, killed him: or went right, or directly, into him: or penetrated into his belly, or inside: or hit, or struck, the socket, or turning-place, of his hip, which is termed its حُقّ. One says, رَمَى فُلَانٌ الصَّيْدَ فَٱحْتَقَّ بَعْضًا وَ شَرَّمَ بَعْضًا Such a one shot, or cast, at the objects of the chase, and killed some, and wounded some so that they escaped: or pierced into the bellies, or insides, of some, and wounded the skin of some without so piercing.

def.3 احتقّهُ إِلَى كَذَا He kept him, or held him, back, or retarded him, [until such a time, or such an event,] and straitened him.

def.4 احتقّ الفَرَسُ The horse became lean, or light of flesh; or slender, and lean; or lean, and lank in the belly.
2 And احتقّ المَالُ The cattle became fat: but in the A and O and L, احتقّ القَوْمُ the people's cattle became fat, and their fatness ended, or attained the extreme point.
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