feign stupidity

, aor. ; and حَمِقَ, aor. ; (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.;) inf. n. (of the former, S) حَمَاقَةٌ, (S, K,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and (of the latter, S) حُمْقٌ (S, Mgh, * Msb, * K) and حُمُقٌ; (S; K;) He was, or became, foolish, or stupid; i. e., unsound in intellect or understanding; (T, Mgh, Msb;) and stagnant, or dull, therein; (T, Mgh;) or deficient, or defective, therein; (IF, Mgh;) or he had little, or no, intellect or understanding; (S, K;) as also ↓ انحمق and ↓ استحمق (K) and ↓ تحمّق. (TA.) [See حُمْقٌ, below.] One says to a man, تِيسِى, and اِحْمَقِى, [as though he were a she-hyena, or a woman,] when he speaks foolishly, or stupidly, or says what is not like anything. (AZ, TA voce تَاسَ.) ― -b2- حَمُقَتِ السُّوقُ, (S, M, K,) with damm; (so in two copies of the S;) or, as in [some copies of] the S, حَمِقَت; (TA;) and ↓ اِنْحَمَقَت; (S, Mgh, K;) (tropical:) The market was, or became, stagnant, or dull, with respect to traffic. (S, M, Mgh, K, TA.) And حَمُقَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ (tropical:) His merchandise was, or became, unsaleable, or difficult of sale, or in little demand. (TA.) ― -b3- حَمِقَ, aor. , inf. n. حَمَقٌ, (tropical:) His beard became light, or scanty. (Msb.) -A2- حُمِقَ He had the disease termed حُمَاق. (TA.)

, inf. n. تَحْمِيقٌ, He ascribed to him حُمْق [i. e. foolishness, or stupidity, &c.]. (S, K.) ― -b2- حَمَّقَتْهُ الهَجْعَةُ The light sleep in the first part of the night rendered him like the أَحْمَق [i. e. foolish, or stupid, &c.]: so says IKh; and he cites, from a poet, the phrase حَمَّقَتْهُ بِهَجْعَةٍ; in which the ب is redundant, and the noun occupies the place of one in the nom. case. (TA.) ― -b3- [And hence, if correct,] حُمِّقَ He drank wine: (K:) or he became intoxicated, so that his reason departed: thus explained by IAmb; but disallowed by EzZejjájee. (IB, TA.)

He aided him in his حُمْق [i. e. foolishness, or stupidity, &c.]. (S.)

He found him to be أَحْمَق [i. e. fool ish, or stupid, &c.]. (S, K.) [See also 10.] ― -b2- احمق بِهِ He mentioned him, or spoke of him, as characterized by حُمْق [i. e. foolishness, or stu pidity, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b3- احمقت She (a woman) brought forth a child that was أَحْمَق [i. e. foolish, &c.]; (S;) or brought forth حَمْقَى [i.e. foolish children]. (K.) -A2- مَااحمقهُ [How foolish, or stupid, &c., is he!] an expression of wonder. (TA.)

see 1.

He affected حَمَاقَة [i. e. foolishness, or stupidity, &c.; meaning he feigned it]. (S.)

: see 1. ― -b2- Also He acted in the manner of the حَمْقَى [i. e. foolish, or stupid, &c.]; (K;) and so ↓ استحمق. (Lth, T, Mgh, K.) ― -b3- He (a man, TA) was, or became, abject, humble, or submissive, (K, TA,) and impotent to do, or accomplish, a thing. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) It (a garment) became old, and worn out. (S, Mgh, K, TA.) ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) It (food, or wheat,) became cheap. (Az, TA.) ― -b6- انحمقت السُّوقُ: see 1.

: see 1: ― -b2- and 7. -A2- استحمقهُ He counted, accounted, or esteemed, him احمقهُ [i. e. foolish, or stupid, &c.]: (S, Mgh, TA:) or he found him to be so; like حُمْقٌ. (TA.)

Foolishness, or stupidity; i. e. unsoundness in the intellect or understanding; (T, Mgh, Msb;) and stagnancy, or dulness, therein; (T, Mgh;) or deficiency, or defectiveness, therein; (IF, Mgh;) or paucity, or want, thereof; and ↓ حُمُقٌ and ↓ حَمَاقَةٌ signify the same: (S, K:) [all are said to be inf. ns.; but the last, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.: (see 1:)] the proper and primary signification of حُمْقٌ is [said to be] the putting a thing in a wrong place, with knowledge of its being bad [to do so]. (TA.) [Hence,] نَوْمَةُ الحُمْقِ The sleep after [the period of the afternoon called] the عَصْر; when no one sleeps except one who is intoxicated, or one who is insane, or unsound in mind. (Har p. 223. [See also خُرْقٌ and خُلُقٌ.]) ― -b2- And Deceit; or a deception. (TA.) ― -b3- [It is said that] الحُمْقُ also signifies Wine: (Z, K:) as being a cause of حُمْق; like as wine is called إِثْمٌ as being a cause of إِثْم: (Z, TA:) but Ez-Zejjájee disallows this: and [it is also said that] ↓ الحُمَيْقَآءُ signifies the same, because wine occasions حُمْق to its drinker. (TA.)

: see أَحْمَقُ. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) Having a scanty beard. (IDrd, K.)

: see حُمْقٌ.

: see أَحْمَقُ.