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بنق

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root بنق primarily relates to the concept of joining, gathering, and mending, often applied to clothing and textiles. It extends to meanings of beautifying, embellishing, and making something complete or well-formed. Figuratively, it can refer to fabricating or embellishing speech or lies.

Derived headwords

بَنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to join, gatherclassical

    To bring together and arrange something, such as the parts of a garment.

  2. 2.
    to mend, patchclassical

    To repair a garment by adding a patch or reinforcing it.

  3. 3.
    to embellish, beautifyclassical

    To make something appear beautiful or well-adorned, often by adding decorative elements.

  4. 4.
    to fabricate, concoctclassical

    To invent or make up a story or a lie.

بَنَقَ الكتابverb
  1. 1.
    to improve a bookclassical

    To make a book excellent, well-compiled, and well-organized.

بَنَقَ كلامهverb
  1. 1.
    to arrange his speechclassical

    To organize and put his speech in order.

بَنَقَ كتابهverb
  1. 1.
    to perfect his bookclassical

    To make his book excellent and well-compiled.

بَنَقَ فلان كذبةverb
  1. 1.
    he fabricated a lieclassical

    He made up and embellished a falsehood.

بَنَقَته بالسوطverb
  1. 1.
    he cut it with a whipclassical

    To cut or strike something with a whip.

بَنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be whiteclassical

    Describing something as white, like the morning light.

بِنَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    patch, gussetclassical

    A piece of cloth added to a garment to widen it or repair it, like a patch or gusset.

  2. 2.
    collar of a shirtclassical

    The part of a shirt around the neck where buttons are attached; the collar.

  3. 3.
    embellishmentclassical

    Something added for adornment or improvement.

بَنَائِقnoun
  1. 1.
    collars of a shirtclassical

    Plural of بناقة, referring to the collars or button areas of a shirt.

  2. 2.
    loops for buttonsclassical

    The loops or eyelets into which shirt buttons are fastened.

  3. 3.
    patchesclassical

    Plural of بناقة, referring to patches on clothing or other items.

بُنْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    patch, gussetclassical

    A piece of cloth added to a garment for widening or repair, similar to a لبنة (brick).

بُنَيْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    collar of a shirtclassical

    The collar of a shirt, where buttons are fastened.

  2. 2.
    patch, gussetclassical

    A piece of cloth added to a garment for widening or repair.

  3. 3.
    a patch of whiteclassical

    A patch of whiteness, used metaphorically for the white parts of a garment or the morning light.

بُنَيْقَة القميصnoun
  1. 1.
    collar of the shirtclassical

    The collar of a shirt, specifically the part containing the buttons and buttonholes.

جِرْبَان البُنَيْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    collar of the shirtclassical

    The collar of the shirt, emphasizing its function of holding buttons.

الدَّخْرَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    patch, gussetclassical

    A patch or gusset added to widen or repair a garment, longer than a لبنة.

مُبَنَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    adorned, embellishedclassical

    Made beautiful or adorned, often with patches or decorative elements.

  2. 2.
    whiteclassical

    Describing something as white, like the morning light.

أَرْضٌ مَبْنُوقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    connected landclassical

    Land that is joined or connected to another piece of land.

زَمْعَةٌ مِنَ العِنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    large bunch of grapesclassical

    A large cluster or bunch of grapes.

سَطْرٌ مِنَ النَّخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    row of palm treesclassical

    A line or row of palm trees.

نَخْلٌ مُبَنَّقٌ ومُنْبَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    planted with single shootsclassical

    Palm trees planted from single shoots or cuttings.

بُنَيْقَةُ الفَرَسnoun
  1. 1.
    hair on a horse's elbowclassical

    The hair that grows in the middle of a horse's elbow, near the shoulder.

البُنَيْقَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    circles on a horse's chestclassical

    Two circles of hair on the chest of a horse.

  2. 2.
    rods on a bridleclassical

    Two rods at the ends of a bridle.

Parallel reading

بنق الكتاب: لغة في نبقه.
Binqa al-kitab: a variant pronunciation of nabqa al-kitab.
وبنق كلامه: جمعه وسواه
And his speech was binqa: he gathered it and made it right.
ومنه بنائق القميص أي جمع شيء
And from this are the bana'iq of the shirt, meaning a collection of something.
وقد بنق كتابه إذا جوده وجمعه.
And he binqa his book when he perfected it and compiled it.
والبنقة والبنيقة: رقعة تكون في الثوب كاللبنة ونحوها
And al-bunqa and al-bunayqa: a patch that is on a garment like a brick or similar.
وقيل: البنيقة لبنة القميص، والجمع بنائق وبنيق
And it was said: al-bunayqa is the buttonhole of the shirt, and the plural is bana'iq and bunayq.
كما ضم أزرار القميص البنائق
As the buttons of the shirt join the bana'iq.
والبنائق هنا بالعرى التي تدخل فيها الأزرار
And al-bana'iq here refers to the loops into which the buttons are inserted.
والبنيقة اللبنة.
And al-bunayqa is the labna (patch).
وكل رقعة تزاد في ثوب أو دلو ليتسع، فهي بنيقة
And every patch added to a garment or bucket to widen it, it is a bunayqa.
وإذا ثبت أن بنيقة القميص هي جربانه فهم معناه
And if it is established that the bunayqa of the shirt is its jirban (collar), then its meaning is understood.
فإذا أريد ضمه أدخلت أزراره في العرى فضم الصدر إلى النحر
And when it is intended to close it, its buttons are inserted into the loops, thus joining the chest to the neck.
وإنما أضاف الجربان إلى البنيقة وإن كان إياها في المعنى ليعلم أنهما بمعنى واحد
He added al-jirban to al-bunayqa, even though they mean the same thing, to indicate that they have one meaning.
والبنادك: البنائق
And al-banadik: al-bana'iq.
والبنيقة الدخرصة
And al-bunayqa is al-dakharsa.
فسر بيت ذي الرمة يهجو رهط إمرئ القيس بن زيد مناة: على كل كهل أزعكي ويافع، ... من اللؤم، سربال جديد البنائق
He interpreted the verse of Dhu al-Rummah, satirizing the kin of Imru' al-Qays ibn Zayd Manat: Upon every mature and young man, ... from baseness, wearing new bana'iq (patches/adornments).
والصبح ذو بنيق
And the morning is dhu biniq (white).
شبه بياض الصبح ببياض البنيقة
He likened the whiteness of the morning to the whiteness of the bunayqa.
بيض بنائقه
Its white bana'iq (adornments).
مُبَنَّق بآله مُقَنَّع
Mubannaq with its surroundings, covered.
يقول السراب في نواحيه مقنع قد غطى كل شيء منه.
He means the mirage in its surroundings is covered, obscuring everything from it.
أرض مبنوقة موصولة بأخرى كما توصل بنيقة القميص
An mabnuqa land connected to another, just as the bunayqa of a shirt is joined.
دياميمها مبنوقة بالصفاصف
Its long-lasting rains are connected to the plains.
والبنيقة: الزمعة من العنب إذا عظمت.
And al-bunayqa: a bunch of grapes when it is large.
والبنيقة: السطر من النخل.
And al-bunayqa: a row of palm trees.
أبنق وبنق ونبق وأنبق كله إذا غرس شراكا واحدا من الودي فيقال نخل مبنق ومنبق.
Abnaqa, banqa, nabqa, and anbaqa all mean to plant a single shoot of a vine, so it is said: nabl mubannaq and munbaq.
بنق فلان كذبة حرشاء وبوقها وبلقها إذا صنعها وزوقها.
So-and-so binqa a rough lie, its embellishment and adornment, when he made it up and decorated it.
وبنقته بالسوط وبلقته وقوبته وجوبته وفتقته وفلقته إذا قطعته.
And he binqa it with a whip, and balqatahu, qubatuhu, jawbatuhu, fataqatahu, and falaqtahu, meaning he cut it.
وبنيقة الفرس: الشعر المختلف في وسط مرفقه، وقيل: في وسط مرفقه مما يلي الشاكلة.
And the bunayqa of a horse: the scattered hair in the middle of its elbow, or it is said: in the middle of its elbow near the shoulder.
والبنيقتان: دائرتان في نحر الفرس.
And al-bunayqatan: two circles on the chest of a horse.
والبنيقتان: عودان في طرفي المضمدة.
And al-bunayqatan: two rods at the ends of the bridle.