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مقق

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

The root مقق primarily relates to the concept of length, especially excessive length, and also encompasses meanings of drinking deeply, opening, and making a sound.

Derived headwords

المَقَقnoun
  1. 1.
    lengthclassical

    General length, or specifically excessive length combined with thinness.

أمَقadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing a man or woman as tall.

  2. 2.
    longclassical

    Describing a face as long, like that of a locust.

  3. 3.
    wideclassical

    Describing a fortress as wide or spacious.

مَقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and thinclassical

    Describing a woman as tall with thin, loose hips and a narrow pelvis.

  2. 2.
    wide-hippedclassical

    Describing a horse as having wide hips.

  3. 3.
    longclassical

    Describing a horse as having a long distance between its hindquarters.

  4. 4.
    spaciousclassical

    Describing a desert as vast, with a great distance between its extremities.

مَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to drink upclassical

    To drink all of something, completely emptying it.

  2. 2.
    to openclassical

    To open something, such as a crack or a date palm spathe.

  3. 3.
    to splitclassical

    To split something, like a date palm spathe for pollination.

مَقًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking upclassical

    The act of drinking everything from a source, like a mother's udder or breast.

  2. 2.
    openingclassical

    The act of opening something.

امْتَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to drink upclassical

    To drink all of what is in a container or source, like a young animal drinking from its mother's udder.

امْتَكَّverb
  1. 1.
    to drink upclassical

    To drink all of what is in a container or source, like a young animal drinking from its mother's udder.

تَمَقَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink upclassical

    To drink all of what is in a container or source, like a young animal drinking from its mother's udder.

تَمَزْزَverb
  1. 1.
    to sipclassical

    To drink something little by little, in small amounts.

المَقَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wineclassical

    A small amount of wine, drunk gradually.

  2. 2.
    sucklingclassical

    A young suckling animal.

  3. 3.
    ignoranceclassical

    Ignorant people.

مَقَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to starveclassical

    To make one's dependents suffer from poverty or stinginess.

أَوْقَverb
  1. 1.
    to starveclassical

    To make one's dependents suffer from poverty or stinginess.

وَقْوَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to starveclassical

    To make one's dependents suffer from poverty or stinginess.

مَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to feedclassical

    To feed a young bird by regurgitating food.

غَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to feedclassical

    To feed a young bird by regurgitating food.

مَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to feedclassical

    To feed a young bird by regurgitating food.

المَقَامِقnoun
  1. 1.
    speakerclassical

    One who speaks from the back of their throat.

مَقْمَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    A sound made from the back of the throat, or a type of speech.

مَقْمَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to suckclassical

    To suck something intensely, like a young animal sucking its mother.

المَقّnoun
  1. 1.
    splitclassical

    A split or a crack.

مَقَقnoun
  1. 1.
    distanceclassical

    A great distance between two things.

مُقّnoun
  1. 1.
    tall peopleclassical

    Referring to tall people, especially women, when discussing pride in offspring.

خَرَقٌ أمَقadjective
  1. 1.
    vastclassical

    Describing a tract of land as vast or extensive.

مَفَازَةٌ مَقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    vastclassical

    Describing a desert as vast, with a great distance between its extremities.

فَخِذٌ مَقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a thigh as lean, devoid of flesh, and long.

وَجْهٌ أمَقadjective
  1. 1.
    longclassical

    Describing a face as long, like that of a locust.

فَرَسٌ أمَقadjective
  1. 1.
    long-limbedclassical

    Describing a horse as having a long distance between its hindquarters.

حِصْنٌ أمَقadjective
  1. 1.
    spaciousclassical

    Describing a fortress as wide or spacious.

تمققهverb
  1. 1.
    to drink upclassical

    To drink all of what is in a container or source, like a young animal drinking from its mother's udder.

امتكاقاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking upclassical

    The act of drinking everything from a source, like a mother's udder or breast.

امتقاقاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking upclassical

    The act of drinking everything from a source, like a mother's udder or breast.

تمققتverb
  1. 1.
    to sipclassical

    To drink something little by little, in small amounts.

Parallel reading

لواحق الأقراب فيها كالمقق
The hindquarters were like excessive length in them.
رجل أمق وامرأة مقاء
A tall man and a tall woman.
فقالت: كان أبي على شقاء مقاء طويلة الأنقاء، تمطق أنثياها بالعرق تمطق الشيخ بالمرق
She said: My father was on a long, wide, and extensive path, his testicles dangling with sweat like an old man dangling with broth.
والمقاء: الواسعة الأرفاغ
And al-maqa' is the one with wide hips.
مقاء منفتق الإبطين ماهرة ... بالسوم، ناط يديها حارك سند
Wide-hipped, with open armpits, skilled... in grazing, its forelegs reaching the hump of a camel.
فخذ مقاء وهي المعروقة العارية من اللحم الطويلة
A lean thigh, meaning emaciated, devoid of flesh, and long.
ووجه أمق: طويل كوجه الجرادة
And a long face: like the face of a locust.
وفرس أمق: بعيد ما بين الفروج طويل بين المقق
And a long-limbed horse: with a great distance between its hindquarters.
من أراد المفاخرة بالأولاد فعليه بالمق من النساء أي الطوال
Whoever desires to boast about offspring should seek tall women, meaning the tall ones.
وخرق أمق: بعيد الأرجاء
And a vast tract of land: far-reaching.
ومفازة مقاء: بعيدة ما بين الطرفين
And a vast desert: far between its extremities.
وكل تباعد بين شيئين مقق
And every great distance between two things is miqaq.
ولي مسمعان وزمارة، ... وظل مديد وحصن أمق
I have two fetters and a pipe, ... and a long shade and a spacious fortress.
وامتق الفصيل ما في ضرع أمه وامتكه وتمققه: شرب كل ما فيه امتقاقا وامتكاكا
And the young camel drank all that was in its mother's udder, and drank it up, and emptied it, drinking it completely and thoroughly.
وتمققت الشراب وتمززته: شربته قليلا قليلا شيئا بعد شيء
And tamazaqtuhu the drink and tamazaztuhu: I drank it little by little, bit by bit.
المققة شراب النبيذ قليلا قليلا
Al-maqaqah is wine, drunk little by little.
وأصابه جرح فما تمققه أي لم يضره ولم يباله
A wound afflicted him, but he did not care for it, meaning it did not harm him and he paid no attention to it.
المق الشق
Al-maqq is the split.
ومققت الشيء أمقه مقا: فتحته
And I opened the thing, I open it, maqqan: I opened it.
ومققت الطلعة: شققتها للإبار
And I split the spathe: I split it for pollination.
مقّق الرجل على عياله إذا ضيق عليهم فقرا أو بخلا
A man makes his dependents suffer from poverty or stinginess if he restricts them.
زق الطائر فرخه ومققه وغره ومجه
The bird fed its young by regurgitating, and feeding it, and filling its crop, and spitting.
والمقامق: المتكلم بأقصى حلقه
And al-maqamiq: the one who speaks from the back of his throat.
وفيه مقمقة ولقاعات
And in him is a sound from the throat and utterances.
ومقمق الحوار خلف أمه: مصه مصا شديدا
And the young camel sucked its mother intensely: it sucked it with a strong suck.