معق

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes depth, distance, and remoteness, often applied to physical spaces like wells, ravines, or vast, barren lands. It can also extend metaphorically to describe harshness of character or intense experiences.

Derived headwords

المَعْقnoun

1.
depthboth
Similar to 'depth' (عُمْق), referring to the extent downwards or inwards.
2.
distanceclassical
Remoteness or a great extent, particularly in a physical sense.
3.
barren landclassical
Land that does not produce vegetation.

مَعِقَverb

1.
to be deepboth
To possess depth, similar to the verb عَمُقَ.
2.
to be remoteclassical
To be distant or far away.

مَعَاقَةnoun

1.
depthboth
The state or quality of being deep.
2.
remotenessclassical
The state of being remote or far.

أَمْعَقَverb

1.
to make deepboth
To cause something to be deep.
2.
to make remoteclassical
To cause something to be distant or remote.

أَعْمَقَverb

1.
to make deepboth
To cause something to be deep, synonymous with أَمْعَقَ.

مُعِيْقadjective

1.
deepclassical
Describing a place or thing that is deep, used by the Banu Tamim tribe.
2.
remoteclassical
Distant or far away.
3.
entering deeplyclassical
Describing something that penetrates deeply into the earth.

مُعَوَّقadjective

1.
remoteclassical
Distant or far away.

الأَمْعَاقnoun

1.
far edgesclassical
The distant extremities or borders of a desert or wilderness.

الأَمَاعِقnoun

1.
far edgesclassical
The distant extremities or borders of a desert or wilderness.

الأَمَاعِيْقnoun

1.
far edgesclassical
The distant extremities or borders of a desert or wilderness.

المُعِيْقَةadjective

1.
small of vulvaclassical
Referring to a woman with a small vaginal opening.
2.
narrow of hipsclassical
Referring to a woman with narrow hips.

تَمَعَّقَverb

1.
to have bad mannersclassical
To exhibit unpleasant or bad character or disposition.

المَقْعnoun

1.
intense drinkingclassical
Drinking intensely or heavily.

مُعَقnoun

1.
depthclassical
Depth, used as a variant of عُمْق.
2.
distanceclassical
Distance, used as a variant of بُعْد.

Parallel reading

المعق والمعق: كالعمق

Al-ma'qu and al-ma'qu: like al-'umqu (depth).

بئر معيقة كعميقة

A well that is ma'iqah, like 'amiqah (deep).

وقد معقت معاقة وأمعقتها وأعمقتها

And it became deep, and he made it deep, and he made it deep.

وإنها لبعيدة العمق والمعق

And indeed, it is far in depth and remoteness.

وفج معيق

And a deep ravine.

لغة أهل الحجاز عميق وبنو تميم يقولون معيق

The dialect of the people of Hijaz is 'amiq, and Banu Tamim say ma'iq.

وقد معق معقا ومعاقة

And it became deep, with a depth and a deepness.

من جذبها، شبراق شد ذي معق

From its pulling, a strong stretch of one possessing remoteness.

والمعق: بعد أجواف الأرض على وجه الأرض

And al-ma'qu: the distance of the earth's interiors on the face of the earth.

يقود المعق الأيام

Al-ma'qu leads the days (implies great distance or time).

علونا معوقا من الأرض منكرة وعلونا أرضا معقا

We ascended a remote, unfamiliar part of the land, and we ascended a remote land.

وأما المعيق فالشديد الدخول في جوف الأرض

As for al-ma'iq, it is that which enters intensely into the earth's interior.

يقال: غائط معيق

It is said: a deep latrine.

والمعق: الأرض التي لا نبات فيها

And al-ma'qu: the land in which there is no vegetation.

والأمعاق والأماعق والأماعيق: أطراف المفازة البعيدة

And al-am'aqu, al-ama'iqu, and al-ama'iq: the distant edges of the desert.

والمعيقة: الصغيرة الفرج

And al-mu'aiqah: the small of vulva.

والمعيقة أيضا: الدقيقة الوركين

And al-mu'aiqah also: the narrow of hips.

تمعق علينا: ساء خلقه

Tuma'qa 'alayna: his character became bad.

المقع والمعق الشرب الشديد

Al-maqa' and al-ma'qu: intense drinking.

وإن همى من بعد معق معقا

And if it dripped after a great distance, a great distance.

أي من بعد بعد بعدا

Meaning from a distance, a distance, a distance.