برق

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to lightning and flashes of light. It extends to describe a type of plant, specific locations, tribal names, and a type of coarse silk fabric.

Derived headwords

برقnoun

1.
lightningboth
The flash of light produced by an electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
2.
flashboth
A sudden brief burst of light or energy.

بروقnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of weak, green plant that grows early, with thin stalks and small black seeds, not typically eaten.
2.
greeneryclassical
The green covering on the earth from the first growth of plants.

بروقةnoun

1.
plantclassical
A single unit of the weak plant known as 'burūq', characterized by its thin stalks and black seeds.
2.
weaknessclassical
A state of being weak, often used metaphorically.

برقverb

1.
to have stomach acheclassical
Used to describe camels and sheep when their stomachs are upset from eating the plant 'burūq'.

تبرقverb

1.
to have stomach acheclassical
The imperfect form of the verb 'baraqa', indicating camels and sheep suffering from stomach issues due to eating 'burūq'.

بارقname

1.
tribe nameboth
A name of a tribe, particularly from Yemen, known for its poets.
2.
place nameboth
A place name, including a location near Kufa and another in the Levant.

أبارقname

1.
tribe nameboth
A name for a tribe, derived from 'Bariq'.

براقةname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly referring to a place or a specific entity.

بريقname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, likely referring to a place or a specific entity.

برقانname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, likely referring to a place or a specific entity.

بريرقname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, likely referring to a place or a specific entity.

تبارقname

1.
place nameclassical
The name of a place.

برقةname

1.
place nameboth
A place name, specifically mentioned as being in Medina and associated with the Prophet's charities.

إستبرقnoun

1.
brocadeclassical
A type of thick silk fabric, considered a loanword from Persian.

أبيرقnoun

1.
small brocadeclassical
The diminutive form of 'istabraq', referring to a small piece or type of brocade.

Parallel reading

ويشبهون الإبريق أيضا بالظبي

And they liken the pitcher also to a gazelle.

كأن إبريقهم ظبي على شرف، ... مفدم بسبا الكتان ملثوم

As if their pitcher were a gazelle on a height, ... perfumed with flaxen threads, kissed.

كأن أباريق المدام لديهم ... ظباء، بأعلى الرقمتين، قيام

As if the wine-pitchers they have ... were gazelles, standing high up at al-Raqmatayn.

وصبي في أبيرق مليح، ... كأن الأذن منه رجع حطي

And a young man in a fine pitcher, ... as if its handle were like the ear of a water-skin.

والبروق: ما يكسو الأرض من أول خضرة النبات

And al-burūq: what covers the earth of the first greenness of the plants.

البروق شجر ضعيف له ثمر حب أسود صغار

Al-burūq is a weak tree with small black seed-like fruit.

البروق نبت ضعيف ريان له خطرة دقاق، في رؤوسها قماعيل صغار مثل الحمص، فيها حب أسود ولا يرعاها شيء ولا تؤكل وحدها لأنها تورث التهبج

Al-burūq is a weak, moist plant with fine, scattered leaves, having small pods at their heads like chickpeas, containing black seeds; nothing grazes on it, nor is it eaten alone because it causes bloating.

هي بقلة سوء تنبت في أول البقل لها قصبة مثل السياط وثمرة سوداء، واحدته بروقة

It is a bad herb that grows at the beginning of the season, having a stalk like whips and a black fruit; its singular is burūqah.

هو أشكر من بروق

He is more grateful than burūq.

وبرقت الإبل والغنم، بالكسر، تبرق برقا إذا اشتكت بطونها من أكل البروق

And camels and sheep become sick, with kasra, they suffer from stomach ache (tabraqu barqan) if their bellies ache from eating al-burūq.

كأن سيوف التيم عيدان بروق، ... إذا نضيت عنها لحرب جفونها

As if the swords of al-Taym were branches of burūq, ... when their sheaths are removed for war.

وبنو أبارق: قبيلة

And Banu Abāriq: a tribe.

وإليه تنسب الصحاف البارقية

And the Bāriqī dishes are attributed to it.

فأحمى رأسه بصعيد عك، ... وسائر خلقه بجبا براق

So he heated his head in the plains of 'Akk, ... and the rest of his creation in the waters of Barrāq.

ومنهم معقر بن حمار البارقي الشاعر

And among them is Mu'aqqar ibn Himār al-Bāriqī the poet.

أرض الخورنق والسدير وبارق، ... والقصر ذي الشرفات من سنداد

The land of al-Khawarnaq, al-Sudayr, and Bāriq, ... and the palace with its balconies from Sindād.

وأقفر منها تستر وتبارق

And Tastar and Tabāruq became desolate from it.

وهو بضم الباء وسكون الراء، موضع بالمدينة به مال كانت صدقات سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، منها

And it is with a damma on the ba and sukun on the ra, a place in Medina where there was property that was among the charities of our master the Messenger of God, peace be upon him.

الإستبرق الديباج الغليظ، فارسي معرب

Al-istabraq is thick brocade, a Persian loanword.

وتصغيره أبيرق

And its diminutive is abayriq.