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صوق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant or dialectal form related to the leg or shank, and also to a type of food. The primary focus is on phonetic variations of other words.

Derived headwords

الصاقnoun
  1. 1.
    leg, shankclassical

    A dialectal or variant pronunciation of the word ' ساق ' ( leg or shank ).

  2. 2.
    ambergrisclassical

    Mentioned as a possible meaning, though its connection to the root is unclear and possibly a misinterpretation or rare usage.

الصويقnoun
  1. 1.
    sawiqclassical

    A variant pronunciation of ' سويق ' ( sawiq ), a type of roasted grain flour or porridge.

Parallel reading

الصاق: لغة في الساق، عنبرية.
Al-ṣāq: a dialectal form of al-sāq (leg), ambergris.
قال ابن سيده: وأراه ضربا من المضارعة لمكان القاف.
Ibn Sīdah said: And I think it is a kind of phonetic resemblance due to the presence of the letter qāf.
والصويق: لغة في السويق المعروف لمكان المضارعة.
And al-ṣuwayq: a dialectal form of the known al-sawīq due to phonetic resemblance.