عوق

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of hindering, stopping, or holding back. It extends to meanings of cowardice, lack of good, and things that occupy or distract. It also includes specific astronomical and onomatopoeic terms.

Derived headwords

عَوِقَverb

1.
to hinder, to stopboth
To prevent someone or something from proceeding or acting; to hold back or detain.

عَوَّقَverb

1.
to hinder, to impedeboth
To cause hindrance or obstruction; to delay or prevent progress.

تَعَوَّقَverb

1.
to be hindered, to be delayedboth
To be held back, delayed, or prevented from acting.

اعْتَاقَverb

1.
to hinder, to detainboth
To stop or hold back; to prevent from doing something.

عَوْقnoun

1.
hindrance, stoppingboth
The act of hindering, stopping, or detaining someone or something.
2.
cowardiceclassical
A state of being cowardly or lacking courage.
3.
lack of goodclassical
A person characterized by having no good qualities or benefits.

عَائِقnoun

1.
hindrance, obstacleboth
Something that obstructs, prevents, or impedes progress.
2.
hindering thingboth
A thing that causes hindrance or delay.

عَوَائِقnoun

1.
hindrances, obstaclesboth
Plural of عائق, referring to multiple things that obstruct or impede.
2.
calamities of fateclassical
The unforeseen troubles and adversities that occur during life.

تَعْوِيقnoun

1.
hindering, delayingboth
The act of causing hindrance, delay, or obstruction.
2.
discouragementclassical
The act of dissuading people from doing good or pursuing their goals.
3.
hesitation, slothclassical
A state of being slow, hesitant, or sluggish.

مُعَوِّقnoun

1.
one who hindersboth
A person who actively prevents or obstructs others.
2.
discouragerclassical
Someone who dissuades others from a course of action, especially from doing good.

رجل عَوْقadjective

1.
a man of no goodclassical
Describes a man who possesses no good qualities or is of no benefit.

رجل عَوْقadjective

1.
a cowardly manclassical
Describes a man who is timid and lacks courage.

عَوْقَةnoun

1.
hindrance, impedimentclassical
Something that causes delay or obstruction.

عَيُوقname

1.
a bright red starclassical
A specific bright red star located in the northern sky, preceding Gemini, named for its perceived role in hindering the Pleiades.

عِيقnoun

1.
following, adherenceclassical
Used as an emphatic or imitative word following 'ضيق' (narrowness).

عَوَاقnoun

1.
sound of a horse's maneclassical
The sound made by the mane of a horse, or more generally, any sound.

عَوِيقnoun

1.
sound of a horse's maneclassical
The sound made by the mane of a horse, or more generally, any sound.

يَعُوقname

1.
name of an idolclassical
The name of an idol worshipped by the tribe of Kinana, or possibly by Noah's people.

عَوْقname

1.
name of a personclassical
The name of a person, possibly an ancestor.

عَوْقname

1.
name of a placeclassical
The name of a location in the Hijaz region.

العَوْقَةnoun

1.
a tribeclassical
The name of a tribe from Yemen.

Parallel reading

رجل عوق: لا خير عنده

A man of 'awq: he has no good in him.

وعاقه عن الشيء يعوقه عوقا: صرفه وحبسه

And he hindered him from the thing, hindering him a hindrance: he turned him away and detained him.

ومننه التعويق والاعتياق

And from it are 'ta'wiq' and 'i'tiyaq'.

عاقني عن الوجه الذي أردت عائق

An obstacle hindered me from the path I intended.

وعاقتني العوائق، الواحدة عائقة

And obstacles hindered me, the singular being 'a'iqah'.

ويجوز عاقني وعقاني بمعنى واحد

And 'aqani' is permissible, meaning the same as 'aqani'.

التعويق: تربيث الناس عن الخير

Al-ta'wiq: dissuading people from good.

ورجل عوقة وعوق وعوق «2». أي ذو تعويق

And a man 'awqah', 'awq', and 'awq': meaning one who causes hindrance.

لا كز ولا عوق

Neither stubborn nor lacking good.

كذلك عيق، وقيل: عيق إتباع لضيق

Likewise 'ayq', and it is said: 'ayq' is an echo of 'dayq'.

يقال: عوق لوق وضيق ليق عيق

It is said: 'awq' is 'lawq' and 'dayq' is 'layq' 'ayq'.

ورجل عوق: تعتاقه الأمور عن حاجته

And a man 'awq': matters hinder him from his need.

والعوق: الرجل الذي لا خير عنده

And 'al-'awq': the man who has no good in him.

والعوق: الأمر الشاغل

And 'al-'awq': the preoccupying matter.

وعوائق الدهر: الشواغل من أحداثه

And the 'awa'iq of fate: the preoccupations from its events.

والتعوق: التثبط

And 'al-ta'awwuq': hesitation.

والتعويق: التثبيط

And 'al-ta'wiq': discouragement.

قد يعلم الله المعوقين منكم

Allah knows those among you who hinder.

وإنما أراد عائق فقلب

He only intended 'a'iq' and it was inverted.

والعيوق: كوكب أحمر مضيء بحيال الثريا في ناحية الشمال

And 'al-'uyūq': a bright red star opposite the Pleiades in the northern direction.

سمي بذلك لأنه يعوق الدبران عن لقاء الثريا

It was named so because it hinders Aldebaran from meeting the Pleiades.

ما عاقت المرأة عند زوجها ولا لاقت أي ما حظيت عنده

The woman did not 'a'iq' with her husband nor 'laqat', meaning she was not favored by him.

ما في سقائه عيقة من الرب

There is no 'ayqah' in his waterskin from the Lord.

والعواق والعويق: صوت قنب الفرس

And 'al-'awāq' and 'al-'uwaiq': the sound of a horse's mane.

سمعت لها، إذا هدرت، عواقا

I heard from it, when it roared, an 'awāq'.

العوق أبو عوج بن عوق

Al-'Awaq is the father of 'Awaj ibn 'Awaq.

فعوق فرماح فاللوى من أهله قفر

So 'Awaq, then Rimah, then al-Lawah, are desolate from its people.

إني امرؤ حنظلي في أرومتها، لا من عتيك، ولا أخوالي العوقه

Indeed, I am a Hanzali in its lineage, not from 'Atik, nor are my maternal uncles from al-'Awqah'.

ويعوق: اسم صنم كان لكنانة

And Ya'uq: the name of an idol that belonged to Kinana.

وقد ذكره الله في كتابه العزيز، وكذلك يغوث

And Allah has mentioned him in His Noble Book, and likewise Ya'uth.