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توق
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaتَوَّاقٌ تواق i. q. شَوَّاقٌ [app. Yearning, longing, or desiring, much, or vehemently; or very desirous: but some regard it as a simple epithet, syn. with ↓ تَائِقٌ; for it is said that] نَفْسٌ تَوَّاقَةٌ signifies the same as ↓ تَائِقَةٌ [ A yearning, longing, desiring, or desirous, soul ]. (JK, Msb.) It is said in a prov., (TA,) المَرْءُ تَوَّاقٌ اـِلَى مَا لَمْ يَنَلْ [ Man is desirous, or very desious, of that which he has not attained ]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- One whose soul yearns towards, longs for, or desires, every low, or base, action. (TA.)
Derived headwords
تَوَّاقٌ
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نَفْسٌ تَوَّاقَةٌ
المَرْءُ تَوَّاقٌ اـِلَى مَا لَمْ يَنَلْ