ḥāʾik

weaver

حائِك

Word

Noun

Root

ح و ك

Forms

Plural
حاكَة

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فعجبت من شأنهن، ووصلنا إلى جزيرة من تلك الجزائر ليس بها إلا دار واحدة فيها رجل حائك له زوجة وأولاد، ونخيلات نارجيل، وقارب صغير يصطاد فيه السمك.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • حَاكَ الثَّوْبَ Form I He wove the piece of cloth
    , aor. يَحُوكُ, inf. n. حَوْكٌ (S, Msb, K) and حِيَاكٌ (K) and حِيَاكَةٌ, (S, K,) [which last see also below,] He wove the piece of cloth. (S, K.) [See also art. حيك.] ― -b2- Hence, حاك الشِّعْرَ, aor. as above, inf. n. حَوْكٌ, (tropical:) He wove poetry. (Mbr, TA.) ― -b3- And المَطَرُ يَحُوكُ الأَرْضَ, inf. n. حَوْكٌ, (tropical:) [The rain frets the surface of the ground; makes rippling lines upon it.] (TA.) ― -b4- حاك الشَّىْءُ فِى صَدْرِى, (K,) inf. n. حَوْكٌ, or, accord. to Az, the aor. of the verb in this case is يَحِيكُ, (TA,) [and the inf. n. is حَيْكٌ, (see art. حيك,)] (assumed tropical:) The thing became fixed in my mind. (K.) [See also حَكَّ.]
  • تحوّك بِالثَّوْبِ Form V He drew his legs against his belly with the garment, or piece of cloth, confining them therewith, together with his...
    , (Az in art. حبك,) and ↓ احتاك بِهِ, (As, ISk, K in art. حيك,) i. q. اِحْتَبَى بِهِ, (As, ISk, K in art. حيك, and TA,) i. e. He drew his legs against his belly with the garment, or piece of cloth, confining them therewith, together with his back, and binding it, or making it tight, upon them, so as to preserve him from falling, [when he sat,] like a wall. (IAth, TA in art. حبو.) [See 1 in art. حبك.]
  • إِحْتَوَكَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 5.
  • حَوْكٌ This is like this in age, and in aspect, appearance, or person
    inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] ذَا عَلَى حَوْكِ ذَا (assumed tropical:) This is like this in age, and in aspect, appearance, or person. (A, TA.) And قُرَيْشٍ ↓ نَاسٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَوْكَةٌ (assumed tropical:) Men who do not resemble Kureysh. (A, TA.)
  • حَوَكٌ These are children that are lean, or emaciated, or slender in the bones, and small in the body
    as used in the saying هٰوأُلَآءِ حَوَكُ سَوْءٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) These are children that are lean, or emaciated, or slender in the bones, and small in the body, has no sing. form. (O, TA.)
  • حَوْكَةٌ Open entry
    : see حَوْكٌ.
  • حِيَاكَةٌ art of weaving
    The art of weaving. (Lth, Msb. *) [See also 1, of which it is said in the S and K to be an inf. n.]
  • حَايأِكٌ A weaver
    A weaver: [fem. with ة:] (S, K:) pl. masc. حَاكَةٌ and حَوَكَةٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) the former regular, (TA,) and the latter anomalous, S, TA,) like خَوَنَةٌ [pl. of خَايأِنٌ]; (S in art. خون;) and pl. fem. حَوَايأِكُ. (S, K.)
  • مَحَاكَةٌ A place of weaving
    A place of weaving. (S, K.)
  • تَرَكْتُهُمْ فِى مَحْوَكَةٍ I left them [engaged] in light
    (tropical:) I left them [engaged] in light. (K, TA.)

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