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√ḤQː (ḤQQ)
1 hollow, cavity; 2 socket of a joint (anat.); 3 ↗²ḥuqqaẗ – WehrCowan1976.
▪ While [v3] is a var. of ʔuqqaẗ (prob. borrowed from Grk), [v1] and [v2] seem to belong to the complex of *‘digging, cutting into, engraving’ treated in DRS as #ḤQQ-1 (though not mentioned there).
▪ It is not clear which of the two values was first, [v1] or [v2], as ‘hollow, cavity’ could be a generalizing expansion of ‘socket of a joint’ or the latter a specialised use of the former.
▪ In any case, the notion of *‘hollow, cavity’ lies at the basis of some derived values, such as ‘small box, container, receptable’ (↗¹ḥuqqaẗ) or the obsol. ʻupper part of the arm’ (†ḥuqq), cf. †[v7] in root entry ↗√ḤQ: (ḤQQ). Furthermore, this basic notion may be the etymon of the larger complex of *ʻsuitableness, correctness, accuracy, perfection, exactitude’, developed from it along the line *ʻhollow, cavity > to fit neatly\exactly into a hole\cavity, like a bone fits into the socket of a joint > to fit neatly, be suitable’. On this, many other values within the root ḤQː (ḤQQ) are dependent, or prob. dependent, such as the whole complex of ‘right, correct; fact(s), reality’ (↗ḥaqq) and ‘truth’ (↗ḥaqīqaẗ), but also obsol. items such as †ʻspider’s web’ (< *ʻaccurately\perfectly woven’), †ʻto strike s.o. on the back of the neck’ (perh. < *‘to hit s.o. properly, exactly where intended’, or ʻ… right in the middle of…’), †ʻmature, three years-old camel’ (< *ʻsuitable, having reached the right stage’), †ʻcalamity, resurrection’ (Qur’ānic value, < *ʻdecisive moment, inevitable hour’), or †ʻto be tightened (knot); to be slender (horse)’ (prob. < *ʻcorrect, right, as it should be’) – see root entry ↗√ ḤQː (ḤQQ).
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▪ DRS 9 (2010) #ḤQQ-1 Hbr ḥāqaq ‘creuser, tailler (une tombe dans un rocher), graver sur une tablette’, Phoen ḥq ‘graver’, mḥq ‘graveur’; JP ḥᵃqaq ‘tailler, creuser’. – 2-3 […]. -4 Ar ḥuqqaẗ ‘petite boîte’, Mhr ḥəḳḳāt, Ḥrs ḥəḳét, Jib ḥéḳɛ́t ‘boîte (en fer blanc, bois); récipient’. -5-7 […]. -8 ḥuqq ‘haut du bras, haut de la hanche’.
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▪ See above, section CONC.
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►ḥuqqaẗ, pl. ḥuqaq, ḥiqāq, ʔaḥqāq, n.f., 1 small box, case, pot or jar; 2 receptacle, container; 3 ↗ḥuqqaẗ (= ↗ʔuqqaẗ).For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗ḥaqq, ↗ḥaqīqaẗ, ↗ḥaqqaqa, ↗ĭstaḥaqqa, ↗¹ḥuqqaẗ, ↗²ḥuqqaẗ, and, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ḤQ: (ḤQQ).
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