ح • ت • ك

, aor. حَتِكَ , 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.) 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. حَتِكَ , 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.]) 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.)

Slow, or short in step, and lacking strength or power. (Az, TA.)

: see حُوْتَكَةٌ.

A man despised and little in the eyes of others. (Az, TA.)

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.)

Young children. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.)

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.) The same pl. also signifies Young ostriches: (S, K:) the little ones of ostriches; as also ↓ حَتَكٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

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.)