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1 حَكَّهُ حك حكه حكة , aor. حَكُ3َ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. حَكٌّ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) [He scratched, scraped, rubbed, grated, chafed, or fretted, it: or] he scraped off, abraded, or otherwise removed, its superficial part: (Mgh, Msb:) حَكٌّ signifies the act of scratching: (KL:) or the making a body to pass upon another body with collision: (K:) [as meaning scratching and the like,] it is with the nail, and with the hand, &c. (TA.) مَا حَكَّ ظَهْرِى مِثْلُ يَدِى [Nothing has scratched my back like my hand] is a prov., meaning that one should abstain from relying upon others: and the same meaning is intended in the following verse: “ مَا حَكَّ جِلْدَكَ مِثْلُ ظُفْرِكْ
فَتَوَّلَ أَنْتَ جَمِيعَ أَمْرِكْ
” [Nothing has scratched thy skin like thy nail: so manage thou thyself all thine affair]. (Har pp. 432 et seq.) The saying, in a trad., إِِذَا حَكَكْتُ قَرْحَةً دَمَّيْتُهَا [lit. When I scratch a sore, I make it bleed,] means (tropical:) when I desire an object, I attain it. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] حَكَّ فِى صَدْرِى, and ↓ احكّ , and ↓ احتكّ , (K,) the first whereof, which is mentioned by IDrd preceded by the negative مَا, is the most approved, (TA,) (tropical:) It wrought, or operated, in, or upon, my mind: (K, TA:) said of a suggestion of the devil, that comes into one's mind. (TA.) Or حَكَّ فِى صَدْرِهِ كَذَا, aor. حَكُ3َ , means (assumed tropical:) Such a thing occurred to his mind as a thing outweighed in probability, or a matter of suspicion. (Msb.) And you say مَا حَكَّ فِى صَدْرِى (assumed tropical:) It did not make an impression upon my mind. (Har p. 648.) It is said in a trad., الإِِثْمُ مَا حَكَّ فِى صَدْرِكَ (assumed tropical:) Sin is that which makes an impression upon thy mind, and induces a suspicion that it is an act of disobedience, because the mind is not dilated thereby. (Mgh. [See also حَاكَ, in arts. حوك and حيك; and see حَزَّ.]) You say also, مَا حَكَّ فِى صَدْرِى مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ (tropical:) Nothing thereof was unsettled, so as to be doubtful, in my mind. (S, TA.) And مَا حَكَّ فِى صَدْرِى كَذَا (tropical:) Such a thing did not cause dilatation [or pleasure] in my mind. (S, K, TA.) -A2- See also 8. -A3- حَكِكَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, aor. حَكَ3َ , (Kr, K,) a verb of an unusual form, with the reduplication distinct, like لَحِحَتْ in the phrase لَحِحَتْ عَيْنُهُ, &c., (TA,) The beast had its hoof worn away at the edges. (K, * TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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