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ترنق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root pertains to residual water and sediment left in water channels or depressions. It describes the stagnant water and the mud that settles within these areas.

Derived headwords

التَّرْنُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterboth

    Water that remains in a watercourse or a depression after the main flow has subsided.

  2. 2.
    sedimentclassical

    The mud or silt that settles at the bottom of water channels.

تَرْنُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterboth

    Water that remains in a watercourse or a depression after the main flow has subsided.

  2. 2.
    sedimentclassical

    The mud or silt that settles at the bottom of water channels.

Parallel reading

الترنوق: الماء الباقي في مسيل الماء.
Al-tarnūq: The water remaining in the watercourse.
الترنوق الطين الذي يرسب في مسايل المياه.
Al-tarnūq is the mud that settles in the watercourses.
ترنوق المسيل، بضم التاء، وهما لغتان.
Tarnūq of the watercourse, with damma on the ta', and these are two linguistic variants.