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ميع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing, melting, or dissolving, especially of liquids like water, blood, or melted substances. It also extends to the beginning or prime of something, and specific types of perfumes or resins.

Derived headwords

ماعَverb
  1. 1.
    to flowboth

    To flow on the surface of the earth with a smooth, expansive movement, often with ease.

  2. 2.
    to meltboth

    To melt or dissolve, especially referring to substances like fat or metal.

يَميعُverb
  1. 1.
    it flowsboth

    Present tense of 'to flow', describing the movement of liquids or substances.

  2. 2.
    it meltsboth

    Present tense of 'to melt', indicating dissolution.

مَيْعاًnoun
  1. 1.
    flowingboth

    The act or process of flowing, a smooth and expansive movement on the surface.

  2. 2.
    meltingboth

    The act or process of melting or dissolving.

أَماعهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to flowclassical

    To make something flow or melt.

إِماعةًnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to flowclassical

    The act of causing something to flow or melt.

إِماعاًnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to flowclassical

    The act of causing something to flow or melt.

مائِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    liquidboth

    Describing something that is liquid, melted, or flowing.

مائِعاًadjective
  1. 1.
    liquidboth

    Describing something that is liquid, melted, or flowing.

الميعةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfumeclassical

    A type of perfume or fragrance.

  2. 2.
    resinclassical

    A type of resin that flows from trees, processed into liquid or solid forms.

  3. 3.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing or trickling, especially of a liquid.

المائعةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfumeclassical

    A type of perfume or fragrance.

انْماعَverb
  1. 1.
    to meltboth

    To melt or dissolve, often used metaphorically.

  2. 2.
    to dissolveboth

    To become dissolved or dispersed, like salt in water.

يَنْماعُverb
  1. 1.
    it meltsboth

    Present tense of 'to melt' or 'to dissolve'.

مائِعةadjective
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    Describing something that is flowing or trickling, especially a horse's forelock.

مَريعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fertileclassical

    Describing land that is fertile or abundant, often implying lush growth.

تَمَيَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to meltboth

    To melt or dissolve.

  2. 2.
    to flowboth

    To flow or become liquid.

ميعةnoun
  1. 1.
    beginningclassical

    The beginning, start, or prime of something, such as youth, intoxication, or the day.

  2. 2.
    primeclassical

    The most vigorous or active part of something, like a horse's gallop.

  3. 3.
    greatest partclassical

    The largest or most significant portion of something.

مائِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing or trickling.

Parallel reading

ماع الماء والدم والسراب ونحوه يميع ميعا: جرى على وجه الأرض جريا منبسطا في هينة
Water, blood, mirages, and the like flow, moving with an expansive, smooth gait on the earth's surface with ease.
وأنشد الليث: كأنه ذو لبد دلهمس، ... بساعديه جسد مورس، من الدماء، مائع ويبس
And Al-Layth recited: As if it were a dense, dark creature, ... with its forelegs a strong body, of blood, liquid and solid.
ماع السمن يميع أي ذاب
Fat melts, meaning it dissolves.
إن كان مائعا فأرقه، وإن كان جامسا فألق ما حوله
If it is liquid, pour it out, and if it is solid, discard what is around it.
إن كان مائعا أي ذائبا
If it is liquid, meaning dissolved.
الويل واد في جهنم لو سيرت فيه الإبل لماعت من حره فيه أي ذابت وسالت
Al-Wail is a valley in Hell; if camels were driven in it, they would melt from its heat, meaning they would dissolve and flow.
فجعلت تميع وتلون
And it began to melt and change color.
هذا من أشبه ما أنتم راؤون بالمهل
This is one of the closest things you see to molten metal.
لا يريدها أحد بكيد إلا انماع كما ينماع الملح في الماء
No one intends to harm it except that they dissolve as salt dissolves in water.
كما ينماع الملح في الماء أي يذوب ويجري
As salt dissolves in water, meaning it melts and flows.
ماؤنا يميع وجنابنا مريع
Our water flows and our land is fertile.
ماع الشيء والصفر والفضة يميع وتميع: ذاب وسال
A thing, brass, and silver melt and flow: they dissolve and run.
ميعة الحضر والشباب والسكر والنهار وجري الفرس: أوله وأنشطه
The prime of intoxication, youth, drunkenness, and the day, and a horse's gallop: its beginning and its vigor.
ميعة كل شيء معظمه
The prime of everything is its greatest part.
الميعة: سيلان الشيء المصبوب
Al-Mee'ah: the flowing of a poured substance.
الميعة والمائعة: ضرب من العطر
Al-Mee'ah and Al-Maa'i'ah: a type of perfume.
الميعة: صمغ يسيل من شجر ببلاد الروم يؤخذ فيطبخ، فما صفا منه فهو الميعة السائلة، وما بقي منه شبه الثجير فهو الميعة اليابسة
Al-Mee'ah: a resin that flows from trees in the land of Rome, which is taken and cooked; what is purified from it is the liquid Al-Mee'ah, and what remains of it resembling dregs is the solid Al-Mee'ah.
والقيظ يغشيها لعابا مائعا
And the heat covers it with a flowing saliva.
يهزهز غصنا ذا ذوائب مائعا
Shaking a branch with flowing locks.
أراد بالغصن الناصية
He intended the forelock by the branch.