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حكى

1 حَكَيْتُ الحَدِيثَ حكيت الحديث , aor. حَكِىَ , (K,) inf. n. حِكَايَةٌ; (TA;) and حَكَوْتُهُ, aor. حَكُىَ ; (K;) [I related, recited, rehearsed, narrated, or told, the narrative, story, tradition, &c.:] both signify the same. (K.) And حَكَيْتُ عَنْهُ الكَلَامَ, inf. n. as above; (S, K;) and حَكَوْتُهُ; (AO, S;) i. q. نَقَلْتُهُ [meaning I transmitted, quoted, or transcribed, from him, the speech, discourse, saying, sentence, or the like; reported, related, recited, rehearsed, narrated, told, or mentioned, the speech, &c., as from him]. (K.) ― -b2- حَكَيْتُ الشَّىْءَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, I did the like of the thing; as, for instance, another person's art: I imitated it; or emulated it: as also حَكَوْتُهُ, aor. حَكُىَ . (Msb.) One is related to have said, لَا أَحْكُو كَلَامَ رَبِّى, meaning I will not imitate, or emulate, the words of my Lord. (ISk, Msb.) And you say, حَكَيْتُ فُلَانًا; and ↓ حَاكَيْتُهُ , (K,) inf. n. مُحَاكَاةٌ; (TA;) [I imitated such a one;] I did the deed of such a one: (K:) or I said the like of the saying of such a one, exactly; (K, * TA;) not exceeding it: (TA:) and حَكَيْتُ فِعْلَهُ, and ↓ حَاكَيْتُهُ , I did the like of his deed: (S:) but in relation to what is had, foul, or unseemly, the latter verb is most used. (TA.) ― -b3- And حَكَيْتُهُ and ↓ حَاكَيْتُهُ I resembled him, (K,) and it. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَحْكِى الشَّمْسَ حُسْنًا; and ↓ يُحَاكِيهَا , inf. n. as above; Such a one resembles the sun in beauty. (S.) -A2- حَكَى and ↓ احكى He tightened a knot; (S, K;) and made it strong: (IKtt, TA:) dial. vars. of حَكَأَ and أَحْكَأَ. (S.) 3 حَاْكَىَ see 1, in four places. 4 أَحْكَىَ see 1, last sentence. -A2- احكى عَلَيْهِمْ i. q. أَبَرَّ [He overcame them; &c.]. (Sgh, K.) 8 احتكى أَمْرِى ذ My affair was, or became, in a firm, solid, sound, or good, state. (K.) ― -b2- احتكى ذٰلِكَ فِى صَدْرِى That came into my mind. (Fr, TA.) [See also اِحْتَكَأَ; and see اِحْتَكَّ in the first paragraph of art. حك.] اِمْرَأَةٌ حَكِىٌّ ذ A calumnious woman; (K;) one who repeats the sayings of others in a calumnious manner. (TA.) حِكَايَةٌ حكايه حكاية inf. n. of 1. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- [Used as a simple subst., it signifies A narrative, story, or tale:] pl. حَكَايَاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- As a conventional term in grammar, [meaning Imitation, or conforming, in language,] it is of two kinds: حِكَايَةُ جُمْلَةٍ [The imitation of a proposition, or phrase], and حِكَايَةُ مُفْرَدٍ [The imitation of a single word]: the former is of two sorts; one of which is termed حِكَايَةُ مَلْفُوظٍ [The imitation of a thing uttered], whereof قَالُوا الحَمْدُ للّٰهِ [They said, “ Praise be to God, ” (Kur vii. 41,)] is an ex.; and the other, حِكَايَةُ مَكْتُوبٍ [The imitation of a thing written], whereof قَرَأْتُ عَلَى فَصِّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ا@للّٰهِ [I read upon his ring-stone, “ Mohammad is the Apostle of God, ”] is an ex.: and the latter kind, also, (that of a single word,) is of two sorts; one of which is with the interrogative أَىٌّ or مَنْ, as when, to one who says, رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا [pronounced رَجُلَا, I saw a man], you say, أَيَّا [What (man)?], or مَنَا [Whom?], and the like, which sort is agreeable with a common rule; the other sort being without an interrogative, as the saying of one of the Arabs, to one who said, هَاتَانِ تَمْرَتَانِ [These are two dates], دَعْنَا مِنْ تَمْرَتَانِ [Abstain thou from troubling us about two dates], which sort is anomalous. (El-Ashmoonee's Expos. of the Alfeeyeh of Ibn-Málik.) [حِكَايَةُ صَوْتٍ signifies A word imitative of a sound; an onomatopœia: see اِسْمُ صَوْتٍ in art. سمو.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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