حقيق

See also: خفيف and حفيف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ق ق (ḥ-q-q); compare حَقّ (ḥaqq, “truth, true, fair, correct”).

Adjective

حَقِيق • (ḥaqīq) (feminine حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa), masculine plural أَحِقَّاء (ʔaḥiqqāʔ), elative أَحَقّ (ʔaḥaqq))

1. deserving, worthy
2. entitled

Declension

Declension of adjective حَقِيق (ḥaqīq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَقِيق ḥaqīq	الْحَقِيق al-ḥaqīq	حَقِيقَة ḥaqīqa	الْحَقِيقَة al-ḥaqīqa
Nominative	حَقِيقٌ ḥaqīqun	الْحَقِيقُ al-ḥaqīqu	حَقِيقَةٌ ḥaqīqatun	الْحَقِيقَةُ al-ḥaqīqatu
Accusative	حَقِيقًا ḥaqīqan	الْحَقِيقَ al-ḥaqīqa	حَقِيقَةً ḥaqīqatan	الْحَقِيقَةَ al-ḥaqīqata
Genitive	حَقِيقٍ ḥaqīqin	الْحَقِيقِ al-ḥaqīqi	حَقِيقَةٍ ḥaqīqatin	الْحَقِيقَةِ al-ḥaqīqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَقِيقَيْن ḥaqīqayn	الْحَقِيقَيْن al-ḥaqīqayn	حَقِيقَتَيْن ḥaqīqatayn	الْحَقِيقَتَيْن al-ḥaqīqatayn
Nominative	حَقِيقَانِ ḥaqīqāni	الْحَقِيقَانِ al-ḥaqīqāni	حَقِيقَتَانِ ḥaqīqatāni	الْحَقِيقَتَانِ al-ḥaqīqatāni
Accusative	حَقِيقَيْنِ ḥaqīqayni	الْحَقِيقَيْنِ al-ḥaqīqayni	حَقِيقَتَيْنِ ḥaqīqatayni	الْحَقِيقَتَيْنِ al-ḥaqīqatayni
Genitive	حَقِيقَيْنِ ḥaqīqayni	الْحَقِيقَيْنِ al-ḥaqīqayni	حَقِيقَتَيْنِ ḥaqīqatayni	الْحَقِيقَتَيْنِ al-ḥaqīqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحِقَّاء ʔaḥiqqāʔ	الْأَحِقَّاء al-ʔaḥiqqāʔ	حَقِيقَات ḥaqīqāt	الْحَقِيقَات al-ḥaqīqāt
Nominative	أَحِقَّاءُ ʔaḥiqqāʔu	الْأَحِقَّاءُ al-ʔaḥiqqāʔu	حَقِيقَاتٌ ḥaqīqātun	الْحَقِيقَاتُ al-ḥaqīqātu
Accusative	أَحِقَّاءَ ʔaḥiqqāʔa	الْأَحِقَّاءَ al-ʔaḥiqqāʔa	حَقِيقَاتٍ ḥaqīqātin	الْحَقِيقَاتِ al-ḥaqīqāti
Genitive	أَحِقَّاءَ ʔaḥiqqāʔa	الْأَحِقَّاءِ al-ʔaḥiqqāʔi	حَقِيقَاتٍ ḥaqīqātin	الْحَقِيقَاتِ al-ḥaqīqāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حقيق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN