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دغرق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of covering, obscuring, and pouring, often with a sense of intensity or abundance. It extends to descriptions of murky water, abundant living, and the act of pouring or infusing something.

Derived headwords

الدَّغْرَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nightfallclassical

    The covering of everything with the darkness of night.

  2. 2.
    coveringclassical

    The act of spreading a veil or covering over something.

  3. 3.
    murkinessboth

    A turbidity or cloudiness in water.

  4. 4.
    scooping sedimentclassical

    Scooping up mud and sediment with a bucket or container, often for camels.

دَغْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pour heavilyboth

    To pour water with great intensity or abundance.

  2. 2.
    to pour outboth

    To pour something out, implying expenditure or loss, like spending money.

  3. 3.
    to stir up mudboth

    To stir up mud or sediment, often by wading or churning.

الدَّغْرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    murky waterboth

    Water that is turbid, cloudy, or full of sediment.

دَغْرَقَهُ القَدَمُ والتَّخْوِيضُother
  1. 1.
    churning up mudclassical

    The act of feet or wading stirring up mud and sediment in water.

دَغْرَقَ عَلَيْهِ المَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    water poured on himboth

    Water was poured heavily upon someone.

دَغْرَقَ المَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    water pouredboth

    Water poured out intensely or copiously.

دَغْرَقَ مَالَهُverb
  1. 1.
    spent his wealthboth

    He spent his wealth as if pouring it out, implying lavish or rapid expenditure.

عَيْشٌ دَغْرَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant lifeclassical

    A life that is wide, abundant, and prosperous.

دَغْفَقَ المَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    water poured copiouslyclassical

    Water poured out copiously, similar to 'dagarqa'.

Parallel reading

إلباس الليل كل شيء
The covering of everything with night.
إسبال الستر على الشيء
The spreading of a covering over something.
كدورة في الماء
A turbidity in the water.
وقد دغرق الماء
And the water became turbid.
غرف الحمأة والكدر بالدلي على رؤوس الإبل
Scooping up mud and sediment with a bucket for the camels.
يا أخوي من سلامان ادفقا، ... قد طال ما صفيتما فدغرقا
O my two brothers from Salamān, pour forth! ... You have long been pure, so become turbid.
الماء الكدر
The turbid water.
ودغرقه القدم والتخويض
And the churning of mud by feet and wading.
ودغرق عليه الماء
And water was poured heavily upon him.
ودغرق الماء: صبه صبا شديدا
And the water poured: it was poured with a strong pouring.
ودغرق ماله: كأنه صبه فأنفقه
And he spent his wealth: as if he poured it out and spent it.
وعيش دغرق: واسع
And a 'daghriq' life: abundant.
ودغفق الماء: صبه كدغرقه
And the water poured: it was poured like 'dagarqa'.