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عرق

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root عرق (ʿaraqa) primarily relates to edges, borders, and shores, extending to geographical regions and the act of moving along them. It also encompasses physical attributes like the edge of the ear, and metaphorically, the edge of a courtyard or a difficult situation. Additionally, it denotes specific types of terrain and objects associated with water and travel.

Derived headwords

عِرَاقُ الأُذُنِnoun
  1. 1.
    ear's edgeboth

    The edge or rim of the ear.

عِرَاقُ الرَّكِيبِnoun
  1. 1.
    river's edgeclassical

    The edge of a river or stream, from its beginning to its end.

أَعْرِقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    edgesboth

    Plural of عِرَاق (ʿirāq), referring to edges, shores, or courtyards.

عِرَاقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    shoreboth

    The edge of water, specifically the shore of a river or sea.

  2. 2.
    Iraq (region)both

    A geographical region in Persia, named for its location on the Tigris river or its proximity to the sea.

  3. 3.
    courtyardclassical

    The open space in front of a house or dwelling.

  4. 4.
    dried grapesclassical

    Raisins.

عِرَاقَانِname
  1. 1.
    The Two Iraqsclassical

    The two major cities of Kufa and Basra.

أَعْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter Iraqboth

    To enter or arrive in the region of Iraq.

  2. 2.
    to take to the roadclassical

    To set out on a path or journey.

اعْتَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to move throughclassical

    To move through a place, especially a land or area.

  2. 2.
    to seizeclassical

    To seize or take hold of something, like a reins.

مُعْرِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    entering Iraqclassical

    Describing someone who has entered the land of Iraq.

مَعْرَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    roadclassical

    A road or path, specifically one taken by Quraysh to the Levant along the coast.

عِرَاقُ الدَّارِnoun
  1. 1.
    doorway's courtyardboth

    The open space or courtyard in front of a door.

عَرَقًاadverb
  1. 1.
    at full speedclassical

    Referring to a horse running at full speed or in two bursts.

عَرَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    whipclassical

    A whip or a stick used for striking.

عَرْقُوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crossbar of a bucketboth

    A horizontal wooden piece attached to a bucket, often forming a cross shape.

  2. 2.
    low hillboth

    A long, low hill or ridge extending across the land.

عَرْقَاةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crossbar of a bucketboth

    Same as عَرْقُوَةٌ (ʿarqūwah), a wooden crossbar for a bucket.

عَرَّقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to equip with a crossbarboth

    To attach a crossbar (عَرْقُوَةٌ) to a bucket.

عَرَاقِيٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    crossbars of a bucketboth

    Plural of عَرْقُوَةٌ (ʿarqūwah), the wooden pieces of a bucket.

  2. 2.
    connected hillsboth

    A series of connected hills forming a long ridge.

  3. 3.
    collarbonesclassical

    The collarbones (clavicles), specifically in Yemen.

ذَاتُ العَرَاقِيname
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great disaster or difficult situation, metaphorically named after the heavy crossbars of a bucket.

عَرْقُوتَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle partsclassical

    The two wooden pieces of a saddle that connect the front and back parts.

عَرْقُوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    elongated moundboth

    A long, low mound or hill extending across the land.

عَرَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    small hillclassical

    A small, isolated hill.

  2. 2.
    salt marshclassical

    A salty area of land that grows salt-tolerant plants like tamarisk.

عُرُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainsclassical

    Plural of عِرْق (ʿirq), referring to mountains.

عَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to goboth

    To go or move through the land.

  2. 2.
    to eatclassical

    To eat.

  3. 3.
    to be lazyclassical

    To be lazy or inactive.

تَعَرَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk in the shadeclassical

    To walk within the shade of something, like a camel's shadow.

ذَاتُ عِرْقٍname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A known stopping place for pilgrims from Iraq, named after a small mountain or a salt marsh.

عَرِيقَةٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name associated with the Bahila tribe.

عَارِقٌname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    The name of a poet from the Tayy tribe.

ابْنُ عِرْقَانَname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    The name of a man from the Arab tribes.

Parallel reading

وعراق الأذن: كفافها
And the edge of the ear: its rim.
والعراق: شاطئ الماء، وخص بعضهم به شاطئ البحر
And the shore: the edge of the water, and some specified it as the seashore.
والعراق: من بلاد فارس، مذكر، سمي بذلك لأنه على شاطئ دجلة
And Iraq: is from the lands of Persia, masculine, named so because it is on the bank of the Tigris.
وأهل الحجاز يسمون ما كان قريبا من البحر عراقا
And the people of Hejaz call what is near the sea 'iraq.
وقد جاء العراق اسما لفناء الدار
And Iraq has come as a name for the courtyard of the house.
والعراقان: الكوفة والبصرة
And the Two Iraqs: Kufa and Basra.
وأعرقنا: أخذنا في العراق.
And we entered Iraq: we took to the region of Iraq.
وأعرق القوم: أتوا العراق
And the people arrived: they came to Iraq.
وجرى الفرس عرقا أو عرقين أي طلقا أو طلقين.
And the horse ran 'araqan or 'irqayn, meaning at full speed or in two bursts.
والعرق: الزبيب، نادر.
And 'araq: dried grapes, rare.
والعرقة الدرة التي يضرب بها.
And 'araqah: the whip with which one strikes.
والعرقوة: خشبة معروضة على الدلو، والجمع عرق
And 'arqūwah: a wooden piece laid across the bucket, and its plural is 'uruq.
والعرقاة: العرقوة
And 'arqāh: the 'arqūwah.
وهي العراقي، وإذا شددتهما على الدلو قلت: قد عرقيت الدلو عرقاة.
And they are the 'arāqī, and when you fasten them to the bucket, you say: 'I have equipped the bucket with a crossbar.'
وفي الحديث: رأيت كأن دلوا دليت من السماء فأخذ أبو بكر بعراقيها فشرب
And in the hadith: I saw as if a bucket was lowered from the sky, and Abu Bakr took hold of its crossbars and drank.
ذات العراقي: الداهية، سميت بذلك لأن ذات العراقي هي الدلو والدلو من أسماء الداهية.
Dhāt al-'arāqī: the calamity, so named because Dhāt al-'arāqī is the bucket, and the bucket is among the names of a calamity.
والعرقوة: كل أكمة منقادة في الأرض كأنها جثوة قبر مستطيلة.
And 'arqūwah: every elongated mound in the land, as if it were a rectangular grave mound.
وهي العرق أيضا؛ قال الأزهري: وبه سميت الداهية ذات العراقي
And it is also 'araq; Al-Azhari said: And by it, the calamity Dhāt al-'arāqī was named.
والعراقي عند أهل اليمن: التراقي.
And al-'arāqī among the people of Yemen: the collarbones.
عرق في الأرض يعرق عرقا وعروقا: ذهب فيها.
He went through the land 'araqa 'araqan and 'urūqan: he went through it.
فأعترقها حتى أخذ بخطامها
So he moved through it until he took hold of its reins.
وصارعه فتعرقه: وهو أن تأخذ رأسه فتجعله تحت إبطك تصرعه بعد.
And he wrestled him and 'attaraqahu: which is to take his head and place it under your armpit to then throw him down.
وفي الحديث: أنه وقت لأهل العراق ذات عرق
And in the hadith: He set the miqat for the people of Iraq at Dhāt 'irq.
قال ابن السكيت: ما دون الرمل إلى الريف من العراق يقال له عراق
Ibn al-Sikkit said: What is below the sand dunes to the cultivated land of Iraq is called 'iraq.
وعريقه بلاد باهلة بيذبل والقعاقع
And 'arīqah: the lands of Bahila, Baydhabil, and al-Qa'āqi'.