حكة

See also: جگہ

Arabic

Root
ح ك ك (ḥ k k)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħik.ka/

Noun

حِكَّة • (ḥikka) f

1. an itch

   أَنَا أُحِسُّ بِحِكَّةٍ فِي كَتِفِي.

   ʔanā ʔuḥissu biḥikkatin fī katifī.

   My shoulder is itchy.

2. a scab, anything one scratches
3. mange, scabies
4. (archaic) lice

Declension

Declension of noun حِكَّة (ḥikka)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِكَّة ḥikka	الْحِكَّة al-ḥikka	حِكَّة ḥikkat
nominative	حِكَّةٌ ḥikkatun	الْحِكَّةُ al-ḥikkatu	حِكَّةُ ḥikkatu
accusative	حِكَّةً ḥikkatan	الْحِكَّةَ al-ḥikkata	حِكَّةَ ḥikkata
genitive	حِكَّةٍ ḥikkatin	الْحِكَّةِ al-ḥikkati	حِكَّةِ ḥikkati

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “614-615”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa). Compare Moroccan Arabic حك (ḥukk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħuk.ka/

Noun

حكة (ḥukka) f (plural حكاك (ḥkāk))

1. canister
2. pelvis