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عهق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of activity, speed, and intensity. It also extends to descriptions of dark colors, specific birds, plants, and celestial bodies, as well as the idea of being lost or misled.

Derived headwords

العيهقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Activity, vigorclassical

    Refers to liveliness and energetic activity, particularly associated with youth.

العيهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Speedclassical

    Denotes swiftness or rapidity.

  2. 2.
    Black ravenclassical

    A name for a black raven, sometimes specified as large.

  3. 3.
    Black camelclassical

    A large black camel.

  4. 4.
    Blacknessclassical

    The quality of being black, or the blackest thing.

  5. 5.
    Black bullclassical

    A bull whose color is uniformly dark, tending towards black.

  6. 6.
    Black swallowclassical

    A black mountain swallow.

الغيهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Activity, vigorclassical

    Meaning liveliness and energetic activity, especially in youth.

العوهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Black swallowclassical

    A black mountain swallow.

  2. 2.
    Color of the swallowclassical

    The color of that swallow, described as a shade of black.

  3. 3.
    Lapis lazuliclassical

    A pigment, specifically lapis lazuli.

  4. 4.
    Ash colorclassical

    The color of ash.

  5. 5.
    Naba treeclassical

    A type of tree, specifically the Naba tree, from which bows are made, referring to its best quality wood.

  6. 6.
    Long, tallclassical

    Describing something or someone tall and well-proportioned, applicable to both male and female.

  7. 7.
    Long-necked camelclassical

    A camel with a long neck.

  8. 8.
    Tall ostrichclassical

    A tall ostrich.

  9. 9.
    Prized stallionclassical

    A legendary stallion of ancient Arabs, to which noble camels were attributed.

  10. 10.
    Black ravenclassical

    A black raven.

  11. 11.
    Mountain ravenclassical

    A raven found in the mountains.

  12. 12.
    Roller birdclassical

    A bird, possibly a roller.

العوهقnoun
  1. 1.
    The 'Aqrab starclassical

    Two stars located next to Al-Farqadain, aligned towards the Pole Star.

العواهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain swallowsclassical

    Refers to swallows found in the mountains.

العوهقnoun
  1. 1.
    The 'Aqrab starclassical

    Two stars that precede the daughters of the Bier (Ursa Minor).

العيهابnoun
  1. 1.
    Misguidanceclassical

    The state of being lost or misled.

العيهاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Misguidanceclassical

    The state of being lost or misled.

عوهبهverb
  1. 1.
    To misleadclassical

    To cause someone to go astray or be lost.

عوهقهverb
  1. 1.
    To misleadclassical

    To cause someone to go astray or be lost.

Parallel reading

إن لريعان الشباب عيهقا
Indeed, the prime of youth has vigor.
وللشباب شرة وغيهق
And youth has impetuosity and vigor.
والعيهق: السرعة.
And Al-'Ayhaq: speed.
والعيهق: طائر، وليس بثبت.
And Al-'Ayhaq: a bird, but it is not reliably established.
والعيهق: الغراب الأسود، وقيل: الغراب الأسود الجسيم
And Al-'Ayhaq: the black raven, and it is said: the large black raven.
وقيل: هو البعير الأسود الجسيم
And it is said: it is the large black camel.
وقيل: هو الأسود من كل شيء
And it is said: it is the blackest of all things.
وقيل: هو الثور الذي لونه واحد إلى السواد
And it is said: it is the bull whose color is uniformly dark, tending towards black.
وقيل: هو الخطاف الأسود الجبلي
And it is said: it is the black mountain swallow.
وقيل: العوهق لون ذلك الخطاف.
And it is said: Al-'Awhaq is the color of that swallow.
الغققة العواهق، قال: وهي الخطاطيف الجبلية
Al-Ghaqqa are Al-'Awahiq, he said: and they are the mountain swallows.
وقيل: العوهق هو الطائر الذي يسمى الأخيل
And it is said: Al-'Awhaq is the bird called Al-Akhyal.
وقيل: العوهق لون كلون السماء مشرب سوادا
And it is said: Al-'Awhaq is a color like the sky's color, tinged with blackness.
وعوهق اللون: صار كذلك
And the color became Al-'Awhaq: it became so.
وقيل: العوهق اللازورد الذي يصبغ به
And it is said: Al-'Awhaq is the lapis lazuli with which one dyes.
وهي وريقاء كلون العوهق
And she is a greenish-grey bird like the color of Al-'Awhaq.
والعوهق: لون الرماد.
And Al-'Awhaq: the color of ash.
والعوهق: شجر، وقيل: العوهق من شجر النبع الذي تتخذ منه القسي أجوده
And Al-'Awhaq: trees, and it is said: Al-'Awhaq is from the Naba trees from which the best bows are made.
كل صفراء طروح عوهق
Every yellowish-red, discarded, dark-colored one.
العوهق لباب النبع وخياره
Al-'Awhaq is the core and best part of the Naba tree.
يجوز أن يعني بالقوس هاهنا قوس قزح، فيكون العوهق على هذا لون السماء لأن لونها كلون اللازورد
It is possible that 'bow' here means the rainbow, and thus Al-'Awhaq would be the color of the sky because its color is like lapis lazuli.
وأرى أنه مثل لون العوهق لأنه قد تقدم أن العوهق الخطاف الجبلي الأسود
And I think it is like the color of Al-'Awhaq because it has been previously stated that Al-'Awhaq is the black mountain swallow.
يتبعن ورقاء كلون العوهق
They follow a greyish bird like the color of Al-'Awhaq.
والعوهقان: نجمان إلى جنب الفرقدين على نسق، طريقهما مما يلي القطب
And Al-'Awhaqan: two stars next to Al-Farqadain in alignment, their path being towards the Pole Star.
بحيث بارى الفرقدان العوهقا، ... عند مسك القطب حيث استوسقا
Where Al-Farqadain rivaled Al-'Awhaqa, ... near the Pole Star where they became firm.
وقيل: هما كوكبان يتقدمان بنات نعش.
And it is said: they are two stars that precede the daughters of the Bier.
والعوهق: الطويل يستوي فيه الذكر والأنثى
And Al-'Awhaq: the tall one, in whom male and female are equal.
خطباء ورقاء السراة عوهق
A tall, greyish, broad-backed one.
ما العوهق؟ فقال: الطويل من الربد
What is Al-'Awhaq? He said: the tall one among the speckled ones.
كأنني ضمنت هقلا عوهقا ... أقتاد رحلي، أو كدرا محنقا
As if I had secured a tall, strong camel... leading my baggage, or a dark, powerful one.
وناقة عوهق: طويلة العنق.
And a camel 'Awhaq: long-necked.
والعوهق من النعام: الطويل.
And Al-'Awhaq from ostriches: the tall one.
والعوهق: فحل كان في الزمان الأول للعرب تنسب إليه كرام النجائب
And Al-'Awhaq: a stallion that existed in ancient times among the Arabs, to which noble she-camels were attributed.
فيهن حرف من بنات العوهق
Among them is a strain from the offspring of Al-'Awhaq.
أبو عمرو: العيهاق الضلال؛ ولا أدري ما الذي عوهقك أي ما الذي رمى بك في العيهاق.
Abu Amr: Al-'Ayihaq is misguidance; and I do not know what has misled you, meaning what has thrown you into misguidance.
والعوهق: الخطاف.
And Al-'Awhaq: the swallow.
والعوهق: الغراب الجبلي، وقيل: هو الشقراق
And Al-'Awhaq: the mountain raven, and it is said: it is the roller bird.
يتبعن سوداء كلون العوهق
They follow a black one like the color of Al-'Awhaq.
يقال عوهبه وعوهقه أي ضلله، وهو العيهاب والعيهاق.
It is said 'awwabahu and 'awhaqahu meaning he misled him, and it is Al-'Ayyahab and Al-'Ayyahaq.