غفق

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns striking, hitting, and forceful actions, often with a tool like a whip or stick. It also extends to concepts of sudden arrival, excessive drinking, and a specific type of sleep.

Derived headwords

غَفَقَverb

1.
to strikeboth
To strike someone or something with a whip, stick, or similar instrument.
2.
to attackclassical
To attack or fall upon something suddenly.
3.
to drink excessivelyclassical
To drink a large amount of liquid.
4.
to drink repeatedlyclassical
To drink liquid repeatedly or over a long period.

غَفْقًاnoun

1.
strikingboth
The act of striking, as a masdar of غفق.
2.
excessive drinkingclassical
The act of drinking excessively or repeatedly.

غَفْقَةnoun

1.
a strikeboth
A single instance or occurrence of striking.

عَفَقَهُverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike, used as a variant of غفقه, with the letter ع instead of غ.

أَمَطْتُverb

1.
to move asideclassical
To move aside or withdraw from something.

المَغْفِقnoun

1.
return pointclassical
The place or point of return.

تَغَفَّقَverb

1.
to drink all dayclassical
To drink liquid throughout the entire day.
2.
to drink repeatedlyclassical
To drink liquid hour after hour.

تَغَفُّقًاnoun

1.
drinking repeatedlyclassical
The act of drinking liquid repeatedly or throughout the day.

الغَفْقnoun

1.
sudden arrivalclassical
A sudden arrival or emergence, especially from absence.
2.
excessive drinkingclassical
The act of drinking a large quantity of liquid.
3.
frequent wateringclassical
The act of watering animals frequently, or the characteristic of frequent watering.

الغَفِقadjective

1.
frequently wateringclassical
Describing a watering place or a source that provides water frequently.

يَغْفِقُverb

1.
to drink repeatedlyclassical
To drink liquid repeatedly or in large quantities.

التَّغْفِيقnoun

1.
sleep while hearingclassical
Sleeping while being aware of or hearing the conversation of others.
2.
treating the sickclassical
The act of treating or tending to a sick person or animal, often involving keeping them awake.

المُغَفَّقadjective

1.
treated for sicknessclassical
Describing someone or something that has been treated for illness, often implying being kept awake.

غَيْفَقَةnoun

1.
spillingclassical
The act of spilling liquid.

غَفَقَverb

1.
to pass windclassical
To emit wind or gas.

عَفَقَverb

1.
to pass windclassical
To emit wind or gas, used as a variant of غفق.

المُنْغَفِقnoun

1.
one who turns backclassical
One who turns back or retreats.
2.
one who bendsclassical
One who bends or turns.

غَافِقname

1.
Ghafiqclassical
The name of a tribe.

Parallel reading

الغفق: الضرب بالسوط والعصا والدرة

Al-ghafq: striking with a whip, stick, and a riding crop.

غفقه يغفقه غفقا: ضربه

Ghafaka-hu yaghfiqu-hu ghafqa: to strike him.

والغفقة: المرة منه

And al-ghafqah: the single instance of it (striking).

وقد جاء: عفقه، بالعين المهملة

And it has come: 'afaqahu, with the unpointed letter 'ayn.

فقال: هكذا يا سلمة، عن الطريق فغفقني بها غفقة فما أصاب إلا طرفها ثوبي

And he said: 'Like this, O Salama, off the road!' So he struck me with it a strike, and it only grazed the edge of my garment.

قال فأمطت عن الطريق فسكت عني

He said: 'So I moved off the road, and he fell silent towards me.'

وأعلم أنها من الغفقة التي غفقتك بها عام أول

And know that it is from the strike with which I struck you last year.

غفقته بالسوط أغفقه ومتنته بالسوط أمتنه وهو أشد من الغفق

I struck him with the whip, I struck him; and I strengthened him with the whip, I strengthened him, and it is more severe than al-ghafq.

والغفق: الهجوم على الشيء والأوب من الغيبة فجأة

And al-ghafq: attacking something and returning from absence suddenly.

والمغفق: المرجع

And al-maghfiqu: the return point.

والغفق: كثرة الشرب، غفق يغفق غفقا

And al-ghafq: excessive drinking; ghafqa yaghfiqu ghafqa.

وتغفق الشراب: شربه ساعة بعد أخرى

And taghaffaqa the drink: to drink it hour after hour.

وظل يتغفق الشراب إذا شربه يومه أجمع

And he kept drinking the drink all day if he drank it the whole day.

والغفق من صفة الورد؛ قال رؤبة: صاحب غارات من الورد الغفق

And al-ghafq is a description of watering; Ru'ba said: A possessor of raids from the frequent watering.

وقيل: الغفق أن ترد الإبل كل ساعة

And it was said: Al-ghafq is for the camels to drink every hour.

والتغفيق: النوم وأنت تسمع حديث القوم

And al-taghfiqu: sleeping while you hear the people's talk.

ويقال: غفقوا السليم تغفيقا إذا عالجوه وسهدوه

And it is said: They treated the snake (suleem) with taghfiqun when they treated it and kept it awake.

وجملة التغفيق نوم في أرق

And the essence of al-taghfiqu is sleep amidst restlessness.

أبو عمرو: الغيفقة الإهراق، وكذلك الدغرقة

Abu Amr: Al-ghayfaqah is spilling, and so is al-dagharqah.

أبو عمرو: غفق وعفق إذا خرجت منه ريح

Abu Amr: Ghafqa and 'afaqah if wind comes out of it.

والمنغفق: المنصرف، وقال الأصعمي: المنعطف

And al-munghafiqu: the departing one, and Al-Asma'i said: the turning one.