نقر

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root 'نقر' (naqr) primarily relates to the act of striking, pecking, or making a small hole or mark. This encompasses actions like hitting with a beak or tool, drilling, picking up small items, and making indentations. It extends metaphorically to criticism, searching, and even specific types of wells or containers.

Derived headwords

نَقَرَverb

1.
to strike, hitboth
To strike something, such as a millstone, a stone, or other objects, often with a pointed tool or beak.
2.
to peckboth
Used for birds pecking at something, like a grain.
3.
to pick upboth
For a bird to pick up or gather small items, like seeds.
4.
to make a hole, pierceboth
To pierce or make a hole in something using a pointed tool.
5.
to criticize, find faultclassical
To find fault with someone or something, to criticize.

ونقره ينقره نقرا: ضربه — He struck it, striking it, a striking.

ونقر الطائر الشيء ينقره نقرا: كذلك — And the bird pecked the thing, pecking it, a pecking.

ونقر الطائر الحبة ينقرها نقرا: التقطها — And the bird picked up the grain, picking it up, a picking.

ونقرت الشيء: ثقبته بالمنقار — And I pierced the thing: I pierced it with the pick.

فلما فرغوا جعل ينقر شيئا من طعامهم أي يأخذ منه بأصبعه — When they finished, he began to peck at some of their food, meaning he took from it with his finger.

المِنْقَارnoun

1.
beak, billboth
The beak or bill of a bird, used for pecking and picking up food.
2.
pickaxe, chiselboth
A pointed iron tool, like an axe or chisel, used for striking, cutting stones, or breaking hard ground.

والمنقار: حديدة كالفأس ينقر بها — And the minqar: an iron tool like an axe with which one strikes.

ومنقار الطائر: منسره لأنه ينقر به — And the bird's beak: its bill because it pecks with it.

المِنْقَرnoun

1.
adze, pickaxeboth
A tool used for striking, similar to a pickaxe or adze, used for cutting stones or hard ground.
2.
well, cisternboth
A small or narrow-headed well dug in hard ground, or a deep well.
3.
container for making wineclassical
A hollowed-out piece of wood, often the base of a palm tree, used for fermenting wine.

والمنقر، بكسر الميم: المعول — And the manqar, with kasra on the mim: the pickaxe.

والمنقر والمنقر، بضم الميم والقاف: بئر صغيرة — And the manqar and the manqar, with damma on the mim and qaf: a small well.

والنقير: ما نقب من الخشب والحجر ونحوهما — And the naqir: what is hollowed out from wood, stone, and the like.

نَقْرَةnoun

1.
small hole, pitboth
A small depression or hollow in the ground.
2.
indentation, markboth
A small mark or indentation, like the spot on a date pit.
3.
melted gold/silverboth
A piece of molten gold or silver, or a collected lump of it.
4.
back of the neckboth
The hollow at the base of the skull.
5.
origin, lineageclassical
Metaphorically, one's origin or lineage, implying nobility.

والنقرة والنقرة والنقير: النكتة في النواة كأن ذلك الموضع نقر منها — And the naqra, and the naqra, and the naqir: the dot on the date pit as if that place was pecked from it.

والنقرة: حفرة في الأرض صغيرة ليست بكبيرة — And the naqra: a small pit in the ground, not a large one.

وفلان كريم النقير أي الأصل — And so-and-so is noble of naqira, meaning origin.

نَقِيرnoun

1.
very small amountboth
A tiny amount, often used in negation, like the dot on a date pit.
2.
hollowed wood/stoneboth
Something hollowed out from wood or stone, like a trough or container.
3.
container for wineclassical
A hollowed-out palm tree trunk used for fermenting wine.

فإذا لا يؤتون الناس نقيرا — Then they will not be given a naqir from people.

على نقير من خشب — On a naqir of wood.

النَّقَّارnoun

1.
engraver, carverboth
One who engraves or carves, such as on saddles, bridles, or millstones.
2.
one who searchesclassical
Someone who diligently searches for or investigates matters and news.

والنقار: النقاش — And the naqqar: the engraver.

ورجل نقار: منقر عن الأمور والأخبار — And a naqqar man: one who searches for matters and news.

نَقَرَاتnoun

1.
pecking soundboth
The sound made by pecking, or by snapping the fingers.

والنقر: ضمك الإبهام إلى طرف الوسطى ثم تنقر فيسمع صاحبك صوت ذلك — And the naqr: bringing the thumb to the tip of the middle finger then snapping it so your companion hears that sound.

انْتَقَرَverb

1.
to search for, investigateboth
To search for something, to investigate a matter thoroughly.
2.
to select, chooseboth
To select or choose individuals from a group.
3.
to name, single outboth
To name someone specifically from a group, to single them out.

وانتقر الشيء وتنقره ونقره ونقر عنه، كل ذلك: بحث عنه — And intaqara the thing, and intanaqarahu, and naqarahu, and naqara 'anhu, all of that: to search for it.

انتقرها عكرمة أي استنبطها من القرآن — 'Irtakama extracted it, meaning he deduced it from the Quran.

تَنْقِيرnoun

1.
searching, investigationboth
The act of searching for or investigating something.
2.
selecting, singling outboth
The act of selecting or singling out individuals.

والتنقير عن الأمر: البحث عنه — And the tanqir about the matter: searching for it.

والتنقير: التفتيش — And the tanqir: the searching.

المُنَاقَرَةnoun

1.
dispute, argumentboth
A dispute, quarrel, or argument between people.
2.
back-and-forth conversationboth
A reciprocal exchange of words or conversation.

والمناقرة: المنازعة — And the munaqara: the dispute.

والمناقرة: مراجعة الكلام — And the munaqara: the exchange of speech.

نَاقَرَverb

1.
to dispute, quarrelboth
To engage in a dispute or quarrel with someone.
2.
to converse back and forthboth
To engage in a reciprocal conversation or exchange of words.

وقد ناقره أي نازعه — And he disputed with him, meaning he quarreled with him.

وبيني وبينه مناقرة ونقار وناقرة ونقرة أي كلام — And between me and him is munaqara, and niqar, and naqira, and naqra, meaning talk.

نَاقِرَةnoun

1.
calamity, disasterclassical
A severe misfortune or calamity.
2.
accurate arrowclassical
An arrow that hits the target accurately without passing through it.
3.
criticism, fault-findingclassical
Words that criticize or find fault.

والناقرة: الداهية — And the naqira: the calamity.

ورمى الرامي الغرض فنقره أي أصابه ولم ينفذه، وهي سهام نواقر — And the archer shot at the target and it naqarahu, meaning he hit it without piercing it, and they are naqira arrows.

ورماه بنواقر أي بكلم صوائب — And he shot at him with naqira, meaning with accurate words.

نَوَاقِرnoun

1.
accurate arrowsclassical
Arrows that strike the target accurately.
2.
calamitiesclassical
Plural of naqira, referring to disasters or severe misfortunes.

وأهتضم الخال العزيز وأنتحي ... عليه، إذا ضل الطريق نواقره — And I consume the dear uncle and I intend ... upon him, if his naqira stray from the path.

ونعوذ بالله من العواقر والنواقر — And we seek refuge in Allah from the 'awaqir and the nawaqir.

النَّاقُورnoun

1.
trumpet (of judgment day)classical
The trumpet blown on the Day of Judgment.
2.
heartclassical
Metaphorically, the heart.

فإذا نقر في الناقور — So when the naqur is blown.

قال: الناقور القلب — He said: The naqur is the heart.

نَقْرَىnoun

1.
women who criticizeclassical
Women who find fault or criticize others.

ولا تمر بي على بنات نقرى — And do not pass me by the daughters of naqra (women who criticize).

حَقِير نَقِيرphrase

1.
insignificant, worthlessclassical
A phrase indicating extreme insignificance or worthlessness.

يقال: به نقير أي قروح وبثر، ونقر أي صار نقيرا — It is said: He has naqir, meaning sores and pustules, and naqara, meaning he became naqir.

نَقَرnoun

1.
criticism, faultclassical
The act of finding fault or criticizing.

وما له نقر أي ماء — And he has no naqr, meaning water.

Parallel reading

النقر: ضرب الرحى والحجر وغيره بالمنقار.

Naqr: striking the millstone, stone, and other things with a pick.

ونقره ينقره نقرا: ضربه.

And he struck it, striking it, a striking.

والمنقار: حديدة كالفأس ينقر بها، وفي غيره: حديدة كالفأس مشككة مستديرة لها خلف يقطع به الحجارة والأرض الصلبة.

And the minqar: an iron tool like an axe with which one strikes, and in other contexts: an iron tool like an axe, serrated and round, with a back by which stones and hard ground are cut.

ونقرت الشيء: ثقبته بالمنقار.

And I pierced the thing: I pierced it with the pick.

وكأنها أرحاء رقد زلمتها المناقر

As if they were millstones asleep, whose edges were smoothed by the pickaxes.

ونقر الطائر الشيء ينقره نقرا: كذلك.

And the bird pecked the thing, pecking it, a pecking.

ومنقار الطائر: منسره لأنه ينقر به.

And the bird's beak: its bill because it pecks with it.

ونقر الطائر الحبة ينقرها نقرا: التقطها.

And the bird picked up the grain, picking it up, a picking.

وما أغنى عني نقرة يعني نقرة الديك لأنه إذا نقر أصاب.

And what good is a naqra to me, meaning the pecking of a rooster, because when it pecks, it hits.

وفي الحديث: أنه نهى عن نقرة الغراب ، يريد تخفيف السجود، وأنه لا يمكث فيه إلا قدر وضع الغراب منقاره فيما يريد أكله.

And in the Hadith: that he forbade the naqra of the crow, meaning shortening the prostration, and that one does not remain in it except for the time it takes a crow to dip its beak into what it wants to eat.

ومن نقر الطائر في الموضع: سهله ليبيض فيه؛

And the bird's pecking in a place: making it easy for it to lay eggs in it;

والنقرة: مبيضه؛

And the naqra: its nesting place;

ونقر البيضة عن الفرخ: نقبها.

And pecking the egg from the chick: piercing it.

والنقر: ضمك الإبهام إلى طرف الوسطى ثم تنقر فيسمع صاحبك صوت ذلك.

And the naqr: bringing the thumb to the tip of the middle finger then snapping it so your companion hears that sound.

وفي حديث ابن عباس في قوله تعالى: ولا يظلمون نقيرا ؛ وضع طرف إبهامه على باطن سبابته ثم نقرها وقال هذا التفسير.

And in the Hadith of Ibn Abbas regarding the verse: 'And they will not be wronged a naqir'; he placed the tip of his thumb on the palm of his index finger then snapped it and said, 'This is the interpretation.'

والمنقر والمنقر، بضم الميم والقاف: بئر صغيرة،

And the manqar and the manqar, with damma on the mim and qaf: a small well,

وأصل النقرة: حفرة يستنقع فيها الماء.

And the origin of the naqra: a pit in which water collects.

ونقر الرجل ينقره نقرا: عابه ووقع فيه، والاسم النقرى.

And a man criticized him, criticizing him, a criticism: he found fault with him and fell upon him, and the noun is an-naqra.

قالت امرأة من العرب لبعلها: مر بي على بني نظرى ولا تمر بي على بنات نقرى

An Arab woman said to her husband: Pass me by the sons of Nazra (those who look) and do not pass me by the daughters of Naqra (those who criticize).

والمناقرة: المنازعة.

And al-munaqara: the dispute.

وقد ناقره أي نازعه.

And he disputed with him, meaning he quarreled with him.

وبيني وبينه مناقرة ونقار وناقرة ونقرة أي كلام؛

And between me and him is munaqara, and niqar, and naqira, and naqra, meaning talk;

ورمى الرامي الغرض فنقره أي أصابه ولم ينفذه، وهي سهام نواقر.

And the archer shot at the target and it naqarahu, meaning he hit it without piercing it, and they are naqira arrows.

ويقال للرجل إذا لم يستقم على الصواب: أخطأت نواقره؛

And it is said to a man if he does not remain on the right path: his nawaqir have erred;

وانتقر الشيء وتنقره ونقره ونقر عنه، كل ذلك: بحث عنه.

And intaqara the thing, and intanaqarahu, and naqarahu, and naqara 'anhu, all of that: to search for it.

وفي حديث ابن المسيب: بلغه قول عكرمة في الحين أنه ستة أشهر فقال: انتقرها عكرمة أي استنبطها من القرآن؛

And in the Hadith of Ibn al-Musayyab: the saying of Ikrimah reached him that the period is six months, so he said: 'Ikrimah intaqaraha, meaning he deduced it from the Quran;

ودعاهم النقرى إذا دعا بعضا دون بعض ينقر باسم الواحد بعد الواحد.

And he called them an-naqra if he called some without others, singling out one by one.

ونقر باسمه: سماه من بينهم.

And he naqara with his name: he named him from among them.

والنقر: أن يضع لسانه فوق ثناياه مما يلي الحنك ثم ينقر.

And the naqr: to place his tongue above his front teeth near the palate then to make a sound.

وفي الصحاح: نقر بالفرس؛

And in as-Sihaah: he urged the horse with a sound;

وما له نقرة أي شيئا، لا يستعمل إلا في النفي؛

And he has no naqra, meaning anything, it is only used in negation;

وقوله تعالى: فإذا نقر في الناقور ؛ قيل: الناقور الصور الذي ينفخ فيه للحشر، أي نفخ في الصور،

And His saying, the Almighty: 'So when the naqur is blown'; it was said: the naqur is the trumpet that is blown for the resurrection, meaning blown in the trumpet,