ملق

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root ملق (malaqa) primarily relates to gentleness, softness, and excessive affection or flattery. It extends to meanings of poverty, expenditure, smoothing, and even striking or licking.

Derived headwords

مَلَقnoun

1.
Intense affection and kindnessboth
Excessive affection and kindness, originating from the idea of softening or making gentle.
2.
Flatteryboth
Excessive friendliness and flattery, often implying insincerity.
3.
Gentlenessboth
Softness and gentleness in disposition, speech, or even in inanimate objects.
4.
Prayer and supplicationclassical
A form of prayer and earnest supplication.
5.
Smoothnessclassical
The quality of being smooth, especially referring to land or rocks.

مَلَقَverb

1.
To be gentleclassical
To be gentle or soft.
2.
To be poorclassical
To be poor or destitute.

تَمَلَّقَverb

1.
To flatterboth
To show excessive affection, to flatter, or to curry favor.

تَمَلُّقٌnoun

1.
Flatteryboth
The act of excessive flattery, friendliness, or supplication.

مَلِقٌadjective

1.
Flatteringboth
One who is flattering, insincere in speech, or gives with the tongue what is not in the heart.
2.
Gentleclassical
Gentle or soft, referring to animals, speech, or rocks.
3.
Unreliable (horse)classical
An unreliable horse whose gait is not trusted.
4.
Weakclassical
Weak or feeble.

مَلَّاقٌadjective

1.
Insincere in affectionclassical
One whose affection is not true or reliable.
2.
Deceitfulclassical
One who makes promises but breaks them, and adorns himself with what he does not possess.

مَلَقَةnoun

1.
Smooth rockclassical
A smooth, soft rock or stone.
2.
Gentle creatureclassical
A gentle or soft creature.
3.
Gentle horseclassical
A gentle or fast horse.

مَلَقَاتnoun

1.
Smooth rocksclassical
Plural of ملقة, referring to smooth, flat rocks or low hills.

إِمْلَاقnoun

1.
Povertyboth
Poverty, destitution, or lack of means.
2.
Excessive spendingboth
Excessive spending and squandering of money, leading to need.
3.
Destructionclassical
The act of destroying or ruining.

أَمْلَقَverb

1.
To become poorboth
To become poor or destitute.
2.
To spend excessivelyboth
To spend money excessively or squander it.
3.
To make smoothclassical
To make something smooth or sleek.
4.
To destroyclassical
To destroy or ruin.

مُمَلِّقٌadjective

1.
Poorboth
One who is poor or destitute.
2.
Extravagantclassical
One who spends excessively and squanders.
3.
Corruptingclassical
One who corrupts or spoils.

مَلَقَverb

1.
To smoothboth
To smooth or polish, especially leather.
2.
To washclassical
To wash something, like a garment or vessel.
3.
To suckleclassical
To suckle or nurse, like a young animal or child.
4.
To have sexual intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse, metaphorically linked to suckling.
5.
To strikeclassical
To strike or hit, especially the eye or with a whip.

مَلْقٌnoun

1.
Sucklingclassical
The act of suckling or nursing.
2.
Strikingclassical
The act of striking or hitting.
3.
Hoof strikingclassical
The striking of the ground by a donkey's hooves.
4.
Smoothnessclassical
Smoothness or evenness of the ground.
5.
Fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement.
6.
Erasureclassical
The act of erasing or wiping away.
7.
Intense heatclassical
Intense heat or burning sensation.
8.
Slight bitternessclassical
A light, slightly bitter taste.

مَلَسَverb

1.
To smoothclassical
To make smooth or sleek.

انْمَلَقَverb

1.
To become smoothclassical
To become smooth or sleek.
2.
To escapeclassical
To slip away or escape.

مَلْقَةnoun

1.
Smooth rockclassical
A smooth, flat rock or stone.
2.
Low hillclassical
A low, spread-out hill.

مَالِقٌnoun

1.
Smoothing toolclassical
A wide wooden plank used with ropes and oxen to smooth the ground.
2.
Handleclassical
The part of a tool that is grasped by the hand.

مُمَلِّقَةnoun

1.
Smoothing toolclassical
A wide wooden board dragged by oxen to smooth the earth.

مَلِيقٌadjective

1.
Hairless (newborn)classical
A newborn animal, like a lamb, born without hair.

مَلَسَةnoun

1.
Smoothnessclassical
The quality of being smooth.

مِيلَقٌadjective

1.
Fastclassical
Swift or quick.

اسْتِمْلَاقnoun

1.
Sucklingclassical
The act of suckling, used metaphorically for sexual intercourse.

Parallel reading

الملق: الود واللطف الشديد، وأصله التليين

Al-malaq: intense affection and kindness, and its origin is softening.

وقيل: الملق شدة لطف الود

And it was said: Al-malaq is the intensity of gentle affection.

وملق ملقا وتملق وتملقه وتملق له تملقا وتملاقا أي تودد إليه وتلطف له

And he said malaqa, and tamallaqa, and tamallaqahu, and tamallaqa lahu tamallaqan wa tamlaqan, meaning he showed affection and gentleness towards him.

وحب تملاق، وحب هو القتل

And a love of flattery, and a love that is killing.

ليس من خلق المؤمن الملق

Flattery is not among the character of a believer.

هو بالتحريك الزيادة في التودد والدعاء والتضرع فوق ما ينبغي

It is, with vowelization, an excess in showing affection, prayer, and supplication beyond what is proper.

ورجل ملق: يعطي بلسانه ما ليس في قلبه

And a man is maliq: he gives with his tongue what is not in his heart.

ولا ينصبك عهد الملق الحول

And the covenant of a flattering, cunning person will not trouble you.

ورجل ملق وملاق

And a man is maliq and mallaq.

وقيل: الملاق الذي لا يصدق وده

And it was said: Al-mallaq is one whose affection is not true.

والملق أيضا: الذي يعدك ويخلفك فلا يفي ويتزين بما ليس عنده

And al-malaq is also: one who promises you and breaks his promise, and adorns himself with what he does not possess.

أبو عمرو: الملق اللين من الحيوان والكلام والصخور

Abu Amr: Al-malaq is the gentleness of animals, speech, and rocks.

والملق: الدعاء والتضرع

And al-malaq: prayer and supplication.

إياك أدعو، فتقبل ملقي

It is You I call upon, so accept my supplication.

ويقال: إنه لملاق متملق ذو ملق

And it is said: He is indeed a flatterer, a fawning one, possessing flattery.

ويقال للصفاة الملساء اللينة ملقة، وجمعها ملقات

And the smooth, soft rock is called malqa, and its plural is malqat.

وحوقل ساعده قد املق أي لان

And the strength of his forearm became smooth, meaning it softened.

وانملق الشيء واملق، بالإدغام، أي صار أملس

And a thing became inmalaqa and amlaqa, with assimilation, meaning it became smooth.

يقول: قطبا ونعما، إن سلق قوله انملق يعني انسحج من حمل الأثقال

He says: 'Qutban and na'man, if salqa.' His saying 'inmalaqa' means it was worn down from carrying burdens.

وانملق مني أي أفلت

And it slipped away from me, meaning it escaped.

والملق: الصفوح اللينة الملتزقة من الجبل، واحدتها ملقة

And al-malaq: the soft, clinging plains of the mountain, its singular is malqa.

إذا سامت على الملقات ساما

When they grazed upon the smooth, flat rocks.

ولا تقتلوا أولادكم من إملاق

And do not kill your children for fear of poverty.

أما معاوية فرجل أملق من المال أي فقير منه قد نفد ماله

As for Mu'awiyah, he is a man amlaq from wealth, meaning poor from it, his wealth having run out.

يقال: أملق الرجل، فهو مملق، وأصل الإملاق الإنفاق

It is said: The man became amlaqa, so he is mumelliq, and the origin of imlaq is spending.

وملقه ملقا إذا أخرجه من يده ولم يحبسه

And he malaqahu malaqan if he took it out of his hand and did not keep it.

ويريش مملقها أي يغني فقيرها

And He provides for its poor, meaning He enriches its poor.

أنفق من مالي ما شئت؟ قال: نعم أملقي من مالك ما شئت

Spend from my wealth whatever you wish? He said: Yes, amliqi from your wealth whatever you wish.

خشية إملاق ، معناه خشية الفقر والحاجة

Fear of imlaq, meaning fear of poverty and need.

إنه لمملق أي مفسد

He is indeed mumelliq, meaning corrupting.

وأملق ما بيده خطوب تنبل

And calamities depleted what was in his hand.

أملق مالي خطوب الدهر أي أذهبه

The calamities of time depleted my wealth, meaning they took it away.

ملق الأديم يملقه ملقا إذا دلكه حتى يلين

He smoothed the leather, malaqahu malaqan, if he rubbed it until it softened.

رأت غلاما جلده لم يملق بماء حمام، ولم يخلق

She saw a boy whose skin had not been smoothed by bathwater, nor had it been created (made smooth).

ملق الثوب والإناء يملقه ملقا: غسله

He washed the garment and the vessel, yamluquhu malaqan: he washed it.

والملق: الرضع

And al-malaq: suckling.

وملق الجدي أمه يملقها ملقا: رضعها

And the kid suckled its mother, yamluquha malaqan: it suckled her.

والاستملاق الرضع، وهو استفعال منه، وكنى به عن الجماع لأن المرأة ترتضع ماء الرجل

And al-istimlaq is suckling, and it is a derived form from it, and it is used metaphorically for sexual intercourse because the woman 'suckles' the man's fluid.

وملق عينه يملقها ملقا: ضربها

And he struck his eye, yamluquha malaqan: he hit it.

وملقه بالسوط والعصا يملقه ملقا: ضربه

And he struck him with a whip and a stick, yamluquhu malaqan: he hit him.

والملق: ضرب الحمار بحوافره الأرض

And al-malaq: the striking of the ground by a donkey with its hooves.

معتزم التجليح ملاخ الملق، يرمي الجلاميد بجلمود مدق

Intending to gallop, striking the ground lightly, throwing boulders with a crushed stone.

والملق: ما استوى من الأرض

And al-malaq: what is level of the ground.

والملق: مثل الملخ وهو السير الشديد

And al-malaq: like al-malakh, which is intense travel.

ناج ملح في الخبار ميلق، كأنه سوذانق أو نقنق

A swift camel in the desert, a swift one, as if it were a swift bird or a swift creature.

والملق: المحو مثل اللمق

And al-malaq: erasure, like al-lamaq.

وملق الأديم: غسله

And malaqa the leather: washing it.

والملق: الحضر الشديد

And al-malaq: intense haste.

والملق: المر الخفيف

And al-malaq: a light bitterness.

يقال: مر يملق الأرض ملقا

It is said: He passed by, yimlaqu the land malaqan.

ورجل ملق: ضعيف

And a man is maliq: weak.

فيقوم عليها الرجل ويجرها الثوران فيعفي آثار اللؤمة والسن

So the man stands on it and the oxen drag it, smoothing the tracks of the plow and the year.

وقد ملقوا أرضهم يملقونها تمليقا إذا فعلوا ذلك بها

And they smoothed their land, yamlaqunaha tamliqan, if they did that to it.

فيكأنّه جعل المالق عربيا؛ وقيل: المالق الذي يقبض عليه الحارث

As if he made al-maliq Arabic; and it was said: Al-maliq is what the farmer grasps.

المملقة خشبة عريضة يجرها الثيران

Al-mamlaga is a wide wooden board dragged by oxen.

يقال لمالج الطيان مالق ومملق

The one who plows the soil is called maliq and mumelliq.

ولدت الناقة فخرج الجنين مليقا من بطنها أي لا شعر عليه

The she-camel gave birth, and the fetus emerged maliq from its womb, meaning without hair on it.

والملق: الملوسة

And al-malaq: smoothness.

الجنين مليط، بالطاء، بهذا المعنى

The fetus is maliṭ, with a ṭāʾ, in this meaning.