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زمق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant or related to the root زبق (zbq), primarily concerning the act of applying or handling something, possibly like mercury or a similar substance. It also extends to describing a person of bad character.

Derived headwords

الزمقnoun
  1. 1.
    variant of az-zubaqclassical

    This is a linguistic variant of the word 'az-zubaq', which refers to mercury.

زمقverb
  1. 1.
    to apply az-zubaqclassical

    To apply or smear something, specifically referring to the action of applying 'az-zubaq' (mercury) to something.

زمقverb
  1. 1.
    to smear beardclassical

    To smear one's beard, likened to the action of smearing with 'az-zubaq'.

زمعلقadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredmodern

    Describing a man who is ill-mannered, of bad character, or ill-tempered.

Parallel reading

الزمق: لغة في الزبق
Az-zamaq: a linguistic variant of az-zubaq.
زمق لحيته كزبقها
He smeared his beard as if he were smearing it with az-zubaq.
رجل زمعلق: سيء الخلق
A man zam'alaq: ill-mannered.