صقع

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root صقع (ṣ-q-ʿ) primarily denotes striking, hitting, or impacting, often with a hard or dry object. It extends to concepts of severe injury, falling, and even abstract notions like ruin, loss, and distant absence. It also relates to frost and ice.

Derived headwords

صَقَعَverb

1.
to strike with open palmclassical
To hit someone with the flat of the hand.
2.
to strike, hitboth
To strike or hit something, often with force or a hard object. This can include striking the head or any part of the body.
3.
to injure severelyclassical
To inflict a severe wound, particularly one that reaches the skull or brain.
4.
to fall, to be ruinedclassical
To fall down, be ruined, or perish.

صقعه يصقعه صقعا: ضربه ببسط كفه — He struck him with the flat of his palm.

وعمرو بن همام صقعنا جبينه بشنعاء — And Amr bin Hammam, we struck his forehead with a terrible blow.

صَقْعًاnoun

1.
a strike, a blowclassical
The act of striking or hitting, particularly with the flat of the hand or a hard object.
2.
severe injuryclassical
A deep wound, especially one that affects the skull.
3.
ruin, destructionclassical
The state of being ruined or destroyed.

صقعه يصقعه صقعا: ضربه ببسط كفه — He struck him with the flat of his palm.

صَقَعَ رأسهverb phrase

1.
to strike someone's headclassical
To hit someone on the head with any object.

وصقع رأسه: علاه بأي شيء كان — He struck his head: he hit it with anything.

اصْقَعُوهُverb

1.
strike themclassical
An imperative form meaning to strike them, used in the context of punishment.

من زنى من امبكر فاصقعوه مائة أي اضربوه — Whoever commits adultery from the early morning, strike him one hundred lashes, meaning hit him.

صَقَعَ آمةverb phrase

1.
to wound deeplyclassical
To inflict a wound that reaches the inner part of the skull, near the brain.

أن منقذا صقع آمة في الجاهلية أي شج شجة بلغت أم رأسه — That Munqidh inflicted a deep wound in the head in the pre-Islamic era, meaning he inflicted a wound that reached the crown of his head.

آمةnoun

1.
crown of the headclassical
The uppermost part of the head, or the area near the brain.

وصقع الرجل آمة: وهي التي تبلغ أم الدماغ — And the man wounded the 'ammah: which is that which reaches the core of the brain.

الصَّقْعnoun

1.
striking dry objectsclassical
The act of striking a dry, solid object with another similar object, like stone against stone.
2.
striking any dry thingclassical
A broader definition of striking any dry object.
3.
loss, ruinclassical
Deviation from the right path, leading to loss or destruction.
4.
distant absenceclassical
A person who is far away and whose whereabouts are unknown.

وقيل: الصقع ضرب الشيء اليابس المصمت بمثله كالحجر بالحجر ونحوه — And it was said: Al-ṣaqʿ is striking a dry, solid thing with its like, like stone against stone and the like.

والصقع: الضلال والهلاك — And al-ṣaqʿ: deviation and destruction.

والصقع: الغائب البعيد الذي لا يدرى أين هو — And al-ṣaqʿ: the distant absentee whose location is unknown.

صَقَعَverb

1.
to be like صعقclassical
To be stunned or struck down, similar to the meaning of صعق (ṣaʿaqa).

وصقع الرجل: كصعق — And the man was struck down: like ṣaʿaqa.

الصَّاقِعَةnoun

1.
calamity, disasterboth
A severe misfortune or disaster, often sudden and devastating.

والصاقعة كالصاعقة — And al-ṣāqiʿah is like al-ṣāʿiqah.

تشقق البرق عن الصواقع — The lightning cracked, revealing the calamities.

صَوَاقِعnoun

1.
calamitiesboth
Plural of الصاقعة, referring to multiple disasters or misfortunes.

أصابهم ... صواقع، لا بل هن فوق الصواقع؟ — They were struck by calamities, nay, they are above calamities?

الصَّقِيعnoun

1.
frostboth
Frozen dew or water vapor that forms on surfaces during cold weather.
2.
ice falling from the skyclassical
A substance resembling snow that falls from the sky at night.

والصقيع: الجليد — And al-ṣaqīʿ: ice.

وأدركه حسام كالصقيع — And a sword like frost overtook him.

والصقيع: الذي يسقط من السماء بالليل شبيه بالثلج — And al-ṣaqīʿ: that which falls from the sky at night, resembling snow.

صُقِعَتْverb

1.
was struck by frostboth
The passive form indicating that the land was affected by frost.

وصقعت الأرض وأصقعت فهي مصقوعة: أصابها الصقيع — And the land was struck by frost and became frosted, and it is frosted: frost afflicted it.

أَصْقَعَتْverb

1.
to be struck by frostboth
To be affected by frost.

وصقعت الأرض وأصقعت فهي مصقوعة: أصابها الصقيع — And the land was struck by frost and became frosted, and it is frosted: frost afflicted it.

وأصقعنا، وقد ضربت الأرض وأضربنا — And we experienced frost, and the land was struck and we were struck.

مَصْقُوعَةadjective

1.
frostedboth
Describing land that has been covered or affected by frost.

فهي مصقوعة: أصابها الصقيع — And it is frosted: frost afflicted it.

وأرض صقعة ومصقوعة — And a land that is frosted and covered in frost.

أَصْقَعَ الصقيع الشجرverb phrase

1.
frost affected the treesboth
When frost has impacted or covered the trees.

ويقال: أصقع الصقيع الشجر — And it is said: frost affected the trees.

صَقْعnoun

1.
frost-coveredboth
Describing trees or plants that have been affected by frost.

والشجر صقع ومصقع — And the trees are frosted and covered in frost.

مُصَقَّعadjective

1.
frostedboth
Covered or affected by frost.

والشجر صقع ومصقع — And the trees are frosted and covered in frost.

صَقْعَةnoun

1.
frosted landboth
Land that has been affected by frost.

وأصبحت الأرض صقعة وضربة — And the land became frosted and struck.

صَقْعnoun

1.
distant absenteeclassical
Someone who is far away and whose location is unknown.

صقع من الأعداء في شوال؟ — An absentee from the enemies in Shawwal?

Parallel reading

صقعه يصقعه صقعا: ضربه ببسط كفه.

He struck him with the flat of his palm.

وصقع رأسه: علاه بأي شيء كان؛

And he struck his head: he hit it with anything;

وعمرو بن همام صقعنا جبينه ... بشنعاء، تنهى نخوة المتظلم

And Amr bin Hammam, we struck his forehead with a terrible blow, which deters the arrogance of the oppressor.

من زنى من امبكر فاصقعوه مائة أي اضربوه

Whoever commits adultery from the early morning, strike him one hundred lashes, meaning hit him.

أن منقذا صقع آمة في الجاهلية أي شج شجة بلغت أم رأسه.

That Munqidh inflicted a deep wound in the head in the pre-Islamic era, meaning he inflicted a wound that reached the crown of his head.

وصقع الرجل آمة: وهي التي تبلغ أم الدماغ، وقد يستعار ذلك للظهر؛

And the man wounded the 'ammah: which is that which reaches the core of the brain, and this may be metaphorically used for the back;

فقأن بالصقع يرابيع الصاد أراد الصيد.

They killed with the strike the young of the wild ass, meaning hunting.

وقيل: الصقع ضرب الشيء اليابس المصمت بمثله كالحجر بالحجر ونحوه،

And it was said: Al-ṣaqʿ is striking a dry, solid thing with its like, like stone against stone and the like,

وقيل: الصقع الضرب على كل شيء يابس؛

And it was said: Al-ṣaqʿ is striking any dry thing;

صقعا إذا صاب اليآفيخ احتقر

A strike when it hit the temples, it was considered insignificant.

وصقع الرجل: كصعق،

And the man was struck down: like ṣaʿaqa,

والصاقعة كالصاعقة؛

And al-ṣāqiʿah is like al-ṣāʿiqah;

تشقق البرق عن الصواقع

The lightning cracked, revealing the calamities.

ويقال: صقعته الصاقعة.

And it is said: the calamity struck him.

تميم تقول صاقعة في صاعقة؛

Tamim says ṣāqiʿah for ṣāʿiqah;

أصابهم ... صواقع، لا بل هن فوق الصواقع؟

They were struck by calamities, nay, they are above calamities?

والصقيع: الجليد؛

And al-ṣaqīʿ: ice;

وأدركه حسام كالصقيع

And a sword like frost overtook him.

ترى الشيب، في رأس الفرزدق، قد علا ... لهازم قرد رنحته الصواقع

You see the gray hair, on Farazdaq's head, has risen... on the jaws of a monkey, shaken by calamities.

كأنما كانوا غرابا واقعا، ... فطار لما أبصر الصواقعا

As if they were a raven that had fallen, ... and flew away when it saw the calamities.

والصقيع: الذي يسقط من السماء بالليل شبيه بالثلج.

And al-ṣaqīʿ: that which falls from the sky at night, resembling snow.

وصقعت الأرض وأصقعت فهي مصقوعة: أصابها الصقيع.

And the land was struck by frost and became frosted, and it is frosted: frost afflicted it.

وأرض صقعة ومصقوعة، وكذلك ضربت الأرض وأضربنا وجلدت وأجلد الناس، وقد ضرب البقل وجلد وصقع،

And a land that is frosted and covered in frost, and likewise the land was struck and we were struck, and the people were beaten and we beat the people, and the vegetation was struck and beaten and frosted,

ويقال: أصقع الصقيع الشجر، والشجر صقع ومصقع.

And it is said: frost affected the trees, and the trees are frosted and covered in frost.

وأصبحت الأرض صقعة وضربة.

And the land became frosted and struck.

والصقع: الضلال والهلاك.

And al-ṣaqʿ: deviation and destruction.

والصقع: الغائب البعيد الذي لا يدرى أين هو، وقيل: الذي قد ذهب فنزل وحده؛

And al-ṣaqʿ: the distant absentee whose location is unknown, and it was said: one who has gone and settled alone;

أأبا دليجة، من لحي مفرد، ... صقع من الأعداء في شوال؟

O Abu Dalijah, from a solitary lineage, ... an absentee from the enemies in Shawwal?