نطق

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root نطق (n-t-q) primarily relates to speaking, utterance, and the faculty of speech. It extends to encompass the content of speech, the act of speaking, and by extension, any form of communication or expression. Metaphorically, it can refer to anything that 'speaks' or indicates something, and also to things that encircle or bind.

Derived headwords

نَطَقَverb

1.
to speakboth
To utter words; to articulate sounds with meaning.

النَّاطِقُnoun

1.
speakerboth
One who speaks; a sentient being capable of speech.
2.
speaking thingclassical
Figuratively, anything that expresses or indicates something, like a clear sign or evidence.

والناطق الحيوان والصامت ما سواه — The speaking one is the animal, and the silent one is everything else.

يَنْطِقُverb

1.
he speaksboth
Present tense of the verb 'to speak'.

نُطْقًاnoun

1.
speakingboth
The act or process of speaking; utterance.

المَنْطِقُnoun

1.
speechboth
The words spoken; discourse.
2.
logicclassical
The faculty of reasoning or speech; discourse.
3.
soundclassical
The sound produced by anything; its utterance.

علمنا منطق الطير — He taught us the speech of birds.

المِنْطِيقُadjective

1.
eloquentclassical
Eloquent; skilled in speech.

والمنطيق وقد أنطقه الله — and the eloquent one, whom God has made to speak.

أَنْطَقَهُverb

1.
to make speakboth
To cause someone or something to speak; to enable speech.

وقد أنطقه الله — and God made him speak.

اسْتَنْطَقَهُverb

1.
to questionboth
To ask someone to speak; to interrogate or elicit a statement.

واستنطقه أي كلمه — and to question him, meaning to make him speak.

نَاطَقَهُverb

1.
to converse withboth
To speak with someone; to engage in dialogue.

ناطقه كل واحد منهما صاحبه — each of them spoke with his companion.

مُنْطِقًاnoun

1.
beltclassical
A belt or sash worn around the waist.

فقطعت أسماء بنت أبي بكر، رضي الله عنهما، من نطاقها وأوكت به الجراب — So Asma bint Abi Bakr, may God be pleased with them both, cut from her belt and tied the waterskin with it.

المِنْطَقَةُnoun

1.
beltboth
A belt or sash, specifically one worn around the waist.
2.
areamodern
An area or region, often defined by boundaries or extent.

وهو النطاق وجمعه مناطق — It is the 'nitaq' and its plural is 'manatiq'.

النِّطَاقُnoun

1.
beltboth
A belt or sash worn around the waist, often used by women to secure their garments.
2.
scopemodern
The extent or range of something; the sphere of influence or operation.
3.
circumferenceclassical
The part that encircles or binds the waist.

اتسع نطاق الإسلام — the scope of Islam expanded.

تَنَاطَقَverb

1.
to converseclassical
Two people conversing with each other; engaging in dialogue.

تناطق الرجلان: تقاولا — The two men conversed: they spoke to each other.

مُنْتَطِقًاadjective

1.
girdedclassical
Wearing a belt or sash.
2.
holding the reinsclassical
Figuratively, holding the reins of a horse, implying readiness or control.

وأبرح ما أدام الله قومي، ... على الأعداء، منتطقا مجيدا — And may God perpetuate my people, ... against the enemies, gloriously girded.

انْتَطَقَverb

1.
to wear a beltboth
To put on or wear a belt or sash.

وقد انتطقت وتنطقت إذا شدت نطاقها على وسطها — And she has put on her 'nitaq' and 'tanattaqat' if she tied her 'nitaq' around her waist.

تَنَطَّقَverb

1.
to wear a beltclassical
To wear a belt or sash around the waist.

وتنطق وتمنطق؛ الأخيرة عن اللحياني — and 'tanattaqa' and 'tamantaqa'; the latter from Al-Lihyani.

تَمَنَّطَقَverb

1.
to wear a beltclassical
To wear a belt or sash.

النَّاطِقَةُnoun

1.
flankclassical
The flank or side of an animal or person.

والناطقة: الخاصرة — And 'al-natiqah': the flank.

النُّطْقُnoun

1.
beltsclassical
Plural of 'nitaq', referring to belts or sashes.
2.
mountain rangesclassical
Ranges of mountains, described as being one above another.

والنطق: جمع نطاق وهي أعراض من جبال بعضها فوق بعض — And 'al-nutq': plural of 'nitaq', which are tracts of mountains, some above others.

ذَاتُ النِّطَاقَيْنِname

1.
She of the Two Beltsclassical
A title given to Asma bint Abi Bakr, who cut her belts to carry provisions for the Prophet and her father during their migration.

وكان يقال لأسماء بنت أبي بكر، رضي الله عنهما، ذات النطاقين — And Asma bint Abi Bakr, may God be pleased with them both, was called 'Dhat al-Nitaqayn' (She of the Two Belts).

Parallel reading

نطق الناطق ينطق نطقا: تكلم.

The speaker speaks, speaking: he talks.

والمنطق: الكلام.

And 'al-mantiq': the speech.

والمنطيق: البليغ؛

And 'al-mantiq': the eloquent;

وقد أنطقه الله واستنطقه أي كلمه وناطقه.

And God made him speak and questioned him, meaning He made him speak and converse with him.

وكتاب ناطق بين، على المثل: كأنه ينطق؛

And a clear speaking book, by way of an idiom: as if it were speaking;

علمنا منطق الطير

He taught us the speech of birds

لم يمنع الشرب منها، غير أن نطقت حمامة في غصون ذات أوقال

Nothing prevented drinking from it, except that a dove cooed among branches laden with fruit.

إنها خلف نطقت خلفا، يعني بالنطق الضرط.

It is a consequence that has produced a consequence, meaning by 'nuttq' the fart.

وتناطق الرجلان: تقاولا؛

And the two men conversed: they spoke to each other;

ما له صامت ولا ناطق؛

He has neither silent nor speaking;

وصوت كل شيء: منطقه ونطقه.

And the sound of everything: its 'mantiq' and its 'nutq'.

والمنطق والمنطقة والنطاق: كل ما شد به وسطه.

And 'al-mantiq', 'al-mantiqah', and 'al-nitaq': everything with which one binds one's waist.

جاء فلان منتطقا فرسه إذا جنبه ولم يركبه،

So-and-so came 'muntatiqan' his horse when he led it beside him and did not ride it,

فأول ما اتخذ النساء المنطق من قبل أم إسمعيل اتخذت منطقا

The first thing women adopted as a 'mantiq' was from Umm Isma'il; she adopted a 'mantiq'.

ثم تشد وسطها بشيء وترفع وسط ثوبها وترسله على الأسفل عند معاناة الأشغال، لئلا تعثر في ذيلها

Then she ties her waist with something and lifts the middle of her garment and lets it fall over the lower part when engaged in work, so as not to trip on her hem.

فشددت وسطها بحبل، ثم ترسل الأعلى على الأسفل إلى الركبة، فالأسفل ينجر على الأرض

Then she ties her waist with a rope, then lets the upper part fall over the lower part to the knee, so the lower part drags on the ground.

فانْتَطَقَ الرجل أي لبس المنطق وهو كل ما شددت به وسطك.

And the man 'intataqa' meaning he wore the 'mantiq', which is anything with which you bind your waist.

فعمدن إلى حجز أو حجوز مناطقهن فشققنها وسوين منها خمرا واختمرن بها حين أنزل الله تعالى: وليضربن بخمرهن على جيوبهن

So they went to the waistbands or the waistbands of their 'manatiq', tore them, and made veils from them and veiled themselves with them when God Almighty revealed: 'And let them draw their veils over their bosoms'.

وكان يقال لأسماء بنت أبي بكر، رضي الله عنهما، ذات النطاقين لأنها كانت تطارق نطاقا على نطاق،

And Asma bint Abi Bakr, may God be pleased with them both, was called 'Dhat al-Nitaqayn' (She of the Two Belts) because she used to layer one belt upon another,

فقطعت أسماء بنت أبي بكر، رضي الله عنهما، من نطاقها وأوكت به الجراب ، فلذلك كانت تسمى ذات النطاقين،

So Asma bint Abi Bakr, may God be pleased with them both, cut from her belt and tied the waterskin with it, and for that reason she was called 'Dhat al-Nitaqayn'.

من يطل أير أبيه ينتطق به أي من كثر بنو أبيه يتقوى بهم؛

Whoever has his father's penis grow long, he girds himself with it, meaning whoever's father's sons are many, he strengthens himself with them;

منطيق تأتزر بحشية تعظم بها عجيزتها،

'Mantiq' she wears as a wrap with padding to enlarge her backside,

تنبو المناطق عن جنوبهم، ... وأسنة الخطي ما تنبو

The sides recede from their flanks, ... and the spearheads of Al-Khatti do not recede.

إذا بلغ الماء النصف من الشجرة والأكمة يقال قد نطقها؛

If the water reaches halfway up the tree or the mound, it is said to have 'nutaqaha' (reached its middle).

حتى احتوى بيتك المهيمن من ... خندف علياء، تحتها النطق

Until your lordly house encompassed from ... the high ground of Khindif, beneath it the 'nutq' (mountain ranges).

يحيل في جدول تحبو ضفادعه، ... حبو الجواري ترى في مائه نطقا

He turns in a stream where its frogs crawl, ... like the crawling of slave girls, you see in its water 'nutqan' (ripples).