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الحُبَيْقِ

Root: حبق

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الحُبَيْقِ , or, accord. to Málik Ibn-Anas, عَذْقُ ٱبْنِ الحُبَيْقِ, and لَوْنُ الحُبَيْقِ, (S, and TA in art. جعر,) or عَذْقٌ حُبَيْقٌ, (K, in the CK عِذْقٌ حُبَيْقٌ,) A sort of دَقَل, of bad quality: or dates such as are termed دَقَل; dust-coloured, small, and somewhat long; of bad quality: so called because of their badness; or so called in relation to [a man named] Ibn-Hobeyk. It is said in a trad., نَهَى عَنْ لَوْنَيْنِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ الجُعْرُورِ وَ لَوْنِ الحُبَيْقِ [He forbade two sorts of dates; the جعرور and لون الحبيق]: or نَهَى عَنِ الجُعْرُورِ وَ عَذْقِ الحُبَيْقِ: meaning, in the case of the poor-rate.
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