Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حُلْكَةٌ

Root: حلك

Full Definition

حُلْكَةٌ : see حَلَكٌ:

def.2 and see also حُلَكَةٌ.

def.3 Also i. q. حُكْلَةٌ: formed from the latter by transposition: so in the saying, فِى لِسَانِهِ حُلْكَةٌ [In his speech is a barbarousness, or a vitiousness, or an impediment, &c.].


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