نقد

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root نقد (naqada) primarily relates to the act of distinguishing, separating, and examining, often in the context of money or goods. It extends to concepts of striking, pecking, and even biting or stinging, as well as describing certain types of sheep and trees.

Derived headwords

النَّقْدnoun

1.
cashboth
Money paid immediately, as opposed to credit (نسيئة).
2.
distinguishing coinsclassical
The act of examining coins to separate genuine ones from counterfeit ones.
3.
good qualityclassical
A term used to describe a well-weighted and good quality dirham.
4.
peckingboth
The act of pecking or striking something, like a bird pecking grain.
5.
eating awayclassical
The process of decay or erosion, such as in hooves or teeth.
6.
lowly peopleclassical
Refers to the lower strata of people.
7.
slow youthclassical
Describing someone with slow development in youth and a small physique.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to pay cashboth
To give something immediately, especially money.
2.
to distinguish coinsclassical
To examine coins and separate the genuine from the counterfeit.
3.
to strikeboth
To strike or tap something, like a nut.
4.
to peckboth
To peck at something, like a bird pecking grain.
5.
to biteclassical
To be bitten by a snake.
6.
to erodeclassical
For hooves, teeth, or horns to erode or break away.
7.
to eatclassical
For a termite to eat something, leaving it hollow.
8.
to criticizeclassical
To find fault with people or criticize them.

تَنَقَّدَverb

1.
to examine coinsclassical
To examine coins to remove counterfeit ones.
2.
to receiveclassical
To receive something, especially money.

اِنْتَقَدَverb

1.
to receiveboth
To receive something, especially money.
2.
to examineboth
To examine something closely, often to find fault.
3.
to peckclassical
To peck at something.

نَقْدًاnoun

1.
cash paymentboth
A payment made in cash, immediately.
2.
strikingclassical
The act of striking or pecking.

مِنْقَدnoun

1.
beakclassical
The beak of a bird, used for pecking.

مِنْقَدَةnoun

1.
nut crackerclassical
A tool or surface used for cracking nuts.

نَقْدَةnoun

1.
small sheepboth
A small sheep, male or female.
2.
strikeclassical
A light strike or tap, especially by a child.
3.
type of plantclassical
A type of plant, possibly related to saffron or safflower.
4.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a place.

نُقْدَةnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree, with yellow flowers.

نُقَّادnoun

1.
sheep herderclassical
A shepherd or herder of small sheep.
2.
small sheep (pl.)classical
Plural of نقدة, referring to small sheep.

نَقَّادnoun

1.
criticclassical
One who examines and finds fault.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to peckboth
To peck at something, like a bird pecking grain.
2.
to strikeboth
To strike or tap something.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to erodeclassical
For hooves, teeth, or horns to erode or break away.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to eatclassical
For a termite to eat something, leaving it hollow.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to criticizeclassical
To find fault with people or criticize them.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to biteclassical
To be bitten by a snake.

نَقَدَverb

1.
to steal a glanceclassical
To cast a furtive glance at something.

أَنْقَدَverb

1.
to leaf outclassical
For trees to produce leaves or blossoms.

أَنْقَدnoun

1.
hedgehogclassical
A hedgehog.
2.
tortoiseclassical
A tortoise.

أُنْقُذnoun

1.
hedgehogclassical
A hedgehog.
2.
tortoiseclassical
A tortoise.

إِنْقَدَانnoun

1.
male tortoiseclassical
A male tortoise.

نَقْدnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree, also called نعض.

نَقْدَةnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree, also called نقد.

نَقْدnoun

1.
fruit of a plantclassical
The fruit of a plant resembling safflower.

نَقْدَةnoun

1.
corianderclassical
Coriander.

تَقْدَةnoun

1.
corianderclassical
Coriander.

نَقْدَةname

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a place.

Parallel reading

النقد: خلاف النسيئة.

Cash: the opposite of credit.

والنقد والتنقاد: تمييز الدراهم وإخراج الزيف منها؛

And naqd and tanqad: distinguishing dirhams and removing counterfeit ones from them;

تنفي يداها الحصى، في كل هاجرة، ... نفي الدنانير تنقاد الصياريف

Her hands cast away pebbles, in every midday heat, ... like the casting away of dinars that money changers examine.

وقد نقدها ينقدها نقدا وانتقدها وتنقدها ونقده إياها نقدا: أعطاه فانتقدها أي قبضها.

And he naqada it, yanqaduha naqdan, and intaqadaha, wa tanqadaha, and naqadahu iyyaha naqdan: he gave it to him, and he intaqadaha, meaning he received it.

الليث: النقد تمييز الدراهم وإعطاؤكها إنسانا، وأخذها الانتقاد، والنقد مصدر نقدته دراهمه.

Al-Layth: Naqd is distinguishing dirhams and giving them to a person, and receiving them is intiqad, and naqd is the masdar of naqtuhu dirahamuhu.

وفي حديث جابر وجمله، قال: فنقدني ثمنه أي أعطانيه نقدا معجلا.

And in the hadith of Jabir and his camel, he said: 'He naqadani its price,' meaning he gave it to me in immediate cash.

وناقدته فلانا إذا ناقشته في الأمر.

And you naqadta fulanan if you naqashtahu in the matter.

وقالوا هذه مائة نقد، الناس على إرادة حذف اللام والصفة في ذلك أكثر؛

And they said, 'This is one hundred naqd,' meaning people more often intend to omit the definite article and the adjective in that context;

لتنتجن ولدا أو نقدا

You will produce offspring or something to be sold

ونقد الشيء ينقده نقدا إذا نقره بإصبعه كما تنقر الجوزة.

And he naqada the thing, yanqaduhu naqdan, if he tapped it with his finger as one taps a nut.

والمنقدة: حريرة ينقد عليها الجوز.

And al-minqadah: a surface upon which nuts are cracked.

والنقدة: ضربة الصبي جوزة بإصبعه إذا ضرب.

And an-naqdah: a child's strike of a nut with his finger when he hits it.

ونقد أرنبته بإصبعه إذا ضربها؛

And he naqada its tip with his finger if he struck it;

ونقد الطائر الفخ ينقده بمنقاره أي ينقره، والمنقاد منقاره.

And the bird naqada the trap, yanqaduhu biminqarihi, meaning it pecks it, and al-minqad is its beak.

فقال: إني صائم، فلما فرغوا جعل ينقد شيئا من طعامهم أي يأكل شيئا يسيرا؛

He said: 'I am fasting.' When they finished, he began to naqida a little of their food, meaning he ate a small amount;

وهو من نقدت الشيء بإصبعي أنقده واحدا واحدا نقد الدراهم.

And it is from naqtutu the thing with my finger, anqaduhu, one by one, like naqd of dirhams.

ونقد الطائر الحب ينقده إذا كان يلقطه واحدا واحدا، وهو مثل النقر، ويروى بالراء؛

And the bird naqada the grain, yanqaduhu, if it was picking it up one by one, and it is like an-naqr, and it is narrated with raa';

ونقد بإصبعه أي نقر،

And he naqada with his finger, meaning he tapped,

ونقد الرجل الشيء بنظره ينقده نقدا ونقد إليه: اختلس النظر نحوه.

And a man naqada the thing with his gaze, yanqaduhu naqdan, and naqada ilayhi: he stole a glance towards it.

وما زال فلان ينقد بصره إلى الشيء إذا لم يزل ينظر إليه.

And so-and-so kept naqad-ing his gaze towards the thing if he kept looking at it.

والإنسان ينقد الشيء بعينه، وهو مخالسة النظر لئلا يفطن له.

And a person naqada the thing with his eye, which is stealing a glance so as not to be noticed.

إن نقدت الناس نقدوك وإن تركتهم تركوك ؛

If you naqadta people, they will naqaduka; if you leave them, they will leave you;

وهو من قولهم نقدت رأسه بإصبعي أي ضربته ونقدت الجوزة أنقدها إذا ضربتها،

And it is from their saying: I naqtadtu his head with my finger, meaning I struck him, and I naqtadtu the nut, anqaduha, if I struck it,

ونقدته الحية: لدغته.

And the snake naqadathu: it bit it.

والنقد: تقشر في الحافر وتأكل في الأسنان، تقول منه: نقد الحافر، بالكسر، ونقدت أسنانه ونقد الضرس والقرن نقدا، فهو نقد: ائتكل وتكسر.

And an-naqd: peeling in the hoof and erosion in the teeth. You say from it: the hoof naqada, with kasr, and his teeth naqadat, and the molar and the horn naqada naqdan, so it is naqd: eroded and broken.

والنقد أكل الضرس، ويكون في القرن أيضا؛

And an-naqd is the erosion of the molar, and it occurs in the horn as well;

عاضها الله غلاما، بعد ما ... شابت الأصداغ والضرس نقد

May God give her a son, after the temples have grayed and the molar has eroded.

ويألم قرنا أرومه نقد أي أصله مؤتكل،

Its origin is eroded, meaning its root is eaten away,

ونقد الجذع نقدا: أرض.

And the trunk naqada naqdan: it became soft/rotten.

وانتقدته الأرضة: أكلته فتركته أجوف.

And the termite intaqadathu: it ate it, leaving it hollow.

والنقدة: الصغيرة من الغنم، الذكر والأنثى في ذلك سواء، والجمع نقد ونقاد ونقادة؛

And an-naqdah: the small one of the sheep, male and female are the same in this regard, and the plural is naqd, nuqqad, and nuqqadah;

والمال صوف قرار يلعبون به، ... على نقادته واف ومجلوم

And the wealth is wool from settled places they play with, ... upon its nuqqadatan abundant and marked.

والنقد: السفل من الناس، وقيل: النقد، بالتحريك، جنس من الغنم قصار الأرجل قباح الوجوه تكون بالبحرين؛

And an-naqd: the lower class of people. And it is said: an-naqd, with harakah, is a type of sheep with short legs and ugly faces found in Bahrain;

هو أذل من النقد؛

He is more abject than an-naqd;

ورب مثر أذل من نقد

And perhaps a rich person is more abject than an-naqd

وقيل: النقد غنم صغار حجازية، والنقاد: راعيها.

And it is said: an-naqd are small Hijazi sheep, and an-nuqqad is their shepherd.

أن مكاتبا لبني أسد قال: جئت بنقد أجلبه إلى المدينة ؛

A mukatab from Banu Asad said: 'I brought naqd to bring to Medina';

النقد: صغار الغنم، واحدتها نقدة وجمعها نقاد؛

An-naqd: small sheep, their singular is naqdah and their plural is nuqqad;

وعاد النقاد مجرنثما ؛

And the nuqqad returned, huddled together;

كأن أثواب نقاد قدرن له، ... يعلو بخملتها كهباء هدابا

As if the garments of nuqqad were prepared for him, ... rising with its fluff like scattered dust.

فالنُقَّاد صاحب مسوك النقد كأنه جعل عليه خمله أي أنه ورد ونصب كهباء بيعلو؛

So an-nuqqad is the owner of the hides of an-naqd, as if he were covered with fluff, meaning he arrived and was set up like rising dust;

أجود الصوف صوف النقد.

The best wool is the wool of an-naqd.

والنقد: البطيء الشباب القليل الجسم، وربما قيل للقميء من الصبيان الذي لا يكاد يشب نقد.

And an-naqd: slow to mature, small in body, and perhaps the short boy who hardly grows is called naqd.

وأنقد الشجر: أورق.

And anqada the trees: they produced leaves.

والأنقد والأنقذ. بالدال والذال: القنفذ والسلحفاء؛

And al-anqad and al-anqadh. with dal and dhal: the hedgehog and the tortoise;

فبات يقاسي ليل أنقد دائبا، ... ويحدر بالقف اختلاف العجاهن

So he spent the night enduring the night of an-anqad, tirelessly, ... and descending the hill with the changing winds.

ومن أمثالهم: بات فلان بليلة أنقد إذا بات ساهرا، وذلك أن القنفذ يسري ليله أجمع لا ينام الليل كله.

And from their proverbs: So-and-so spent a night like an-anqad if he stayed awake, because the hedgehog travels its entire night without sleeping the whole night.

ويقال: أسرى من أنقد.

And it is said: more nocturnal than an-anqad.

والإنقدان السلحفاة الذكر.

And al-inqadan is the male tortoise.

والنقد والنعض: شجر، واحدته نقدة ونعضة.

And an-naqd and an-na'd: trees, their singulars are naqdah and na'dah.

والنقد والنقد: ضربان من الشجر، واحدته نقدة، بالضم.

And an-naqd and an-nuqd: two types of trees, their singular is nuqdah, with dammah.

والنقدة فيما ذكر أبو عمرو من الخوصة، ونورها يشبه البهرمان، وهو العصفر؛

And an-naqdah, as Abu Amr mentioned, is from the palm frond, and its flower resembles bahramān, which is safflower;

يمدان أشداقا إليها، كأنما ... تفرق عن نوار نقد مثقب

They extend their jaws towards it, as if ... scattering from the blossoms of a perforated naqd.

ونقدة ونقد، وهي شجرة، وبعضهم يقول نقدة ونقد؛

And naqdah and naqd, which is a tree, and some say naqdah and naqd;

وأكثر ما سمعت من العرب نقد، محرك القاف، وله نور أصفر ينبت في القيعان.

And most of what I have heard from the Arabs is naqd, with a harakah on the qaf, and it has yellow flowers that grow in lowlands.

والنقد: ثمر نبت يشبه البهرمان.

And an-naqd: the fruit of a plant resembling bahramān.

والنقدة: الكرويا.

And an-naqdah: coriander.

والتقدة الكزبرة.

And at-taqdah: coriander.

والنقدة، بالنون: الكرويا.

And an-naqdah, with noon: coriander.

ونقدة: موضع «1»؛

And Naqdah: a place;

فقد نرتعي سبتا وأهلك حيرة، ... محل الملوك نقدة فالمغاسلا

We may graze for a week, and your people are in confusion, ... the place of kings, Naqdah, then al-Maghasil.

ونقدة، بالضم: اسم موضع؛ ويقال: النقدة بالتعريف.

And Nuqdah, with dammah: a place name; and it is said: an-Naqdah with the definite article.