حتك
1 حَتَكَ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. حَتْكٌ and حَتَكَانٌ, He walked with short steps, and quickly; (
S,
K;) said of a man (
T,
S) &c.; like رَتَكَ, except that this is said peculiarly of the camel: (
T,
TA:) and ↓ تحتّك signifies the same; (
ISd,
K;) or he walked with a moving, or shaking, of his limbs, and with short steps. (
TA.)
b2: لَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ حَتَكُوا (
K,) or عَلَى أَىِّ وَجْهٍ حَتَكُوا, (
S,) I know not whither, or in what direction, they went, or have gone. (
S,
K.)
A2: حَتَكَهُ, (
K,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. حَتْكٌ, (
TA,) He scraped it up; or searched, or sought, for it, or after it, in the dust, or earth; namely, a thing;
syn. بَحَثَهُ. (
K,
TA. [In the
CK, نَحَتَهُ.])
b2: He (an ostrich,
K, and any bird,
TA) dug it up, or hollowed it out, (
K,
TA,) with his wings; (
TA;) namely, sand, (
K,
TA,) and pebbles. (
TA.) 5 تَحَتَّكَ see 1.
حَتَكٌ: see حُوْتَكَةٌ.
حَتَكَةٌ A man despised and little in the eyes of others. (
Az,
TA.) حِتِكَّى: see حَوْتَكَةٌ.
حَاتِكٌ Slow, or short in step, and lacking strength or power. (
Az,
TA.) حَوْتَكٌ and ↓ حُوْتَكِىٌّ Short, and lean, or emaciated, and small in body, or slender in the bones, (
Az,
S,
K,) and short in step; (
Az,
TA;) applied to a man and to an ass: (
TA:) or the former signifies anything short: (
Az,
Th,
TA:) or small in body, and mean, or ignoble: (
Az,
TA:) and ↓ the latter, anything small, or young: (
Ham p. 631:) and also, the latter, a man that eats vehemently. (Ibn-'Abbád,
K.) حَوْتَكَةٌ The manner of walking of him who is short; as also ↓ حِتِكَّى. (Ibn-'Abbád,
K.)
A2: Also
sing. of حَوَاتِكُ, (Ibn-'Abbád,
TA,) which signifies Ill-fed beasts. (Ibn-'Abbád,
K.)
b2: The same
pl. also signifies Young ostriches: (
S,
K:) the little ones of ostriches; as also ↓ حَتَكٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád,
K.) حَوْتَكَانٌ Young children. (Ibn-'Abbád,
TA.) حَوْتَكِىٌّ: see حَوْتَكٌ, in two places.
حَوْتَكِيَّةٌ A certain kind of turban, worn by the Arabs: (
Sh,
K:) said by some to be so called after a man named حَوْتَكٌ, who wore it. (
TA.)