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عدق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the action of reaching into or probing something, often with a tool or by hand, to grasp or extract. It also extends to the idea of gathering or collecting, and metaphorically to making a guess or conjecture.

Derived headwords

عَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to probeboth

    To insert one's hand into the sides of a well or basin as if searching for something.

يَعْدِقُverb
  1. 1.
    to probeboth

    To insert one's hand into the sides of a well or basin as if searching for something.

أَعْدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to probeboth

    To insert one's hand into the sides of a well or basin as if searching for something.

عَوَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to probeboth

    To insert one's hand into the sides of a well or basin as if searching for something.

عَدْقnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering or collecting something.

  2. 2.
    probingclassical

    The act of inserting one's hand into the sides of a well or basin as if searching for something.

عَوْدَقnoun
  1. 1.
    hookclassical

    An iron tool with three prongs used to extract a bucket from a well.

عَوْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hookclassical

    An iron tool with three prongs used to extract a bucket from a well.

عَدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hookclassical

    A hook used to extract buckets from a well.

عَدْقnoun
  1. 1.
    hooksclassical

    The hooks used to extract buckets from wells.

لَبْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    trapclassical

    An iron device with five claws set for a wolf, baited with meat, which catches the wolf by the throat when it pulls.

عَوْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    trapclassical

    An iron device with five claws set for a wolf, baited with meat, which catches the wolf by the throat when it pulls.

عَادِق الرَّأْيadjective
  1. 1.
    unsettled in opinionclassical

    A person whose opinion is not settled or who has no firm direction to pursue.

عَدَقَ بِظَنِّهِverb
  1. 1.
    to conjectureclassical

    To make a guess or conjecture, directing one's opinion towards something uncertain.

Parallel reading

أدخل يده في نواحي البئر والحوض كأنه يطلب شيئا.
He inserted his hand into the sides of the well and the basin as if seeking something.
وعدق الشيء يعدقه عدقا: جمعه.
And 'adaqa' the thing meant he gathered it.
العودق والعودقة: حديدة ذات ثلاث شعب يستخرج بها الدلو من البئر.
The 'awdaq' and 'awdaqa' is an iron tool with three prongs used to extract the bucket from the well.
العدقة الخطاطيف التي تخرج الدلاء بها، واحدتها عدقة.
The 'adaq' are the hooks by which buckets are extracted, and the singular is 'adaqa'.
وربما سميت اللبجة عودقة.
And sometimes the 'labja' is called an 'awdaqa'.
واللبجة حديدة لها خمسة مخالب تنصب للذئب يجعل فيها اللحم، فإذا اجتذبه نشب في حلقه.
And the 'labja' is an iron device with five claws set for a wolf, with meat placed in it, so when the wolf pulls it, it gets stuck in its throat.
ورجل عادق الرأي: ليس له صيور يصير إليه.
And a man of 'adiq al-ra'y' is one who has no firm direction to turn to.
يقال: عدق بظنه عدقا إذا رجم بظنه ووجه الرأي إلى ما لا يستيقنه.
It is said: 'adaqa bi-dhannihi' means he conjectured with his guess and directed his opinion towards what he was not certain of.