قيق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes rough, stony, and uneven terrain. It also extends to the sound of chickens, the outer shell of an egg, and a specific type of container for palm spathes.

Derived headwords

القيقاةnoun

1.
Rough, stony groundboth
Refers to land that is rough, uneven, and covered with many stones, making it difficult to traverse.

القيقاءةnoun

1.
Rough, stony groundboth
Similar to القيقاة, denoting rough, uneven terrain with numerous stones.

القواقيnoun

1.
Plural of rough groundclassical
The plural form of القيقاة or القيقاءة, referring to multiple areas of rough, stony land.

قياقnoun

1.
Rough, stony groundclassical
A variant plural or singular form for rough, stony ground.

قيقةnoun

1.
Rough, stony groundclassical
A singular form referring to a piece of rough, stony ground.

قيقnoun

1.
Rough, stony groundclassical
A term for rough, stony ground, possibly a singular or a collective noun.

القيقاةnoun

1.
Container for palm spatheclassical
A type of container specifically for the spathe of a palm tree.

القيقايةnoun

1.
Container for palm spatheclassical
An alternative term for a container holding a palm spathe.

القيقnoun

1.
Sound of a henclassical
The specific sound a hen makes when calling the rooster for mating.

القيقnoun

1.
Mountain surrounding the worldclassical
A mythical or cosmological term for the mountain that encircles the entire world.

القيقيةnoun

1.
Thin shell of an eggclassical
The delicate, thin membrane found just beneath the hard outer shell of an egg.

القويقيهnoun

1.
Eggshellclassical
A metonymic or figurative term for an eggshell.

القئقئnoun

1.
Egg whiteclassical
The albumen or the white part of an egg.

Parallel reading

الأرض الغليظة، وقيل المنقادة والهمزة مبدلة من الياء والياء الأولى مبدلة من الواو

Rough land, or pliable land, and the hamza is substituted for ya', and the first ya' is substituted for waw.

وهو فعلاء ملحق بسرداح

And it is on the pattern 'fa'alaa' annexed to 'sardah'.

وكذلك الزيزاءة لأنه لا يكون في الكلام مثل القلقال إلا مصدرا

And likewise 'zayzaa'ah' because there is nothing in speech like 'qalqal' except as a masdar.

وقد يجمع على اللفظ فيقال قياق

And it may be pluralized according to the form, so it is said 'qiyaaq'.

إذا تمطين على القياقي، ... لاقين منه أذني عناق

When they stretched out on the rough grounds, ... they encountered from it the ears of a young goat.

وقال بعضهم قواق فجعل الياء في قياق بدلا كما أبدلها في قيل

And some said 'qawaaq', making the ya' in 'qiyaaq' a substitute as they substituted it in 'qeel'.

القيقاة جمعها قيقاء من القواقي وهو مكان ظاهر غليظ كثير الحجارة

Al-qayqaah, its plural is qayqaa' from al-qawaaqi, and it is an apparent, rough place with many stones.

وحجارتها الأظرة، وهي مستوية بالأرض وفيها نشوز وارتفاع مع النشوز

And its stones are 'al-athirah', and they are level with the ground and have unevenness and elevation along with the unevenness.

نثرت فيها الحجارة نثرا لا تكاد تستطيع أن تمشي فيها

Stones were scattered in it such that you could hardly walk in it.

وما تحت الحجارة المنثورة حجارة غاص بعضها ببعض لا تقدر أن تحفرها

And beneath the scattered stones are stones, some of which are sunk into others, making it impossible to dig them.

وحجارتها حمر تنبت الشجر والبقل

And its stones are red, growing trees and herbage.

وعلى القيق كأنه جمع قيقة وإنما هي قيقاة فحذف ألفها

And on al-qeeq, as if it were the plural of qayqah, whereas it is actually qayqaah, so its alif was deleted.

وقيل هي قيقة، وجمعها قياق

And it was said to be qayqah, and its plural is qiyaaq.

واستن أعراف السفا على القيق القيق يريد جمع قيقاءة كأنه أخرجه على جمع قيقة

And the crests of the sand dunes rose high on al-qeeq; al-qeeq means the plural of qayqaa'ah, as if he derived it from the plural of qayqah.

القيقاة والقيقاية: وعاء الطلع

Al-qayqaah and al-qayqaayah: the container of the palm spathe.

القيق صوت الدجاجة إذا دعت الديك للسفاد

Al-qeeq is the sound of the hen when she calls the rooster for mating.

القيق الجبل المحيط بالدنيا

Al-qeeq is the mountain that surrounds the world.

القيقية القشرة الرقيقة التي تحت القيض من البيض

Al-qayqiyyah is the thin shell beneath the hard shell of the egg.

وأما الغرقئ فالقشرة الملتزقة ببياض البيض

As for al-gharqaa', it is the membrane stuck to the egg white.

يقال لبياض البيض القئقئ ولصفرتها المخ

The white of the egg is called al-qaq'aq and its yolk is called al-mukh.

والجلد منها غرقئ القويقيه

And the skin from it is the egg white of the eggshell.