نعق

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sound of calling or driving animals, particularly sheep and goats, by a shepherd. It extends to the sounds made by birds, specifically crows, and metaphorically to meaningless or unheeded calls, including the sounds of mourning.

Derived headwords

النَّعِيقnoun

1.
Shepherd's call to sheepboth
The call of a shepherd to his sheep, urging them to move.
2.
Crow's cawboth
The sound a crow makes, similar to the braying of a donkey.

انْعَقْverb

1.
Call (imperative)classical
An imperative verb form meaning to call or drive sheep.

انْعَقْ بضَأْنِكَ، يا جَرِير، فَإِنَّمَا ... مُنْتُكَ نَفْسُكَ فِي الخَلَاءِ ضَلَالًا — Call your sheep, Jarir, for your desire has only led you astray in the wilderness.

نَعَقَverb

1.
To call/drive sheepboth
To call out to or drive sheep and goats, by shouting or urging them.
2.
To cawboth
The sound a crow makes.

وَنَعَقَ الرَّاعِي بِالغَنَمِ يَنْعُقُ، بِالكَسْرِ، نَعْقًا وَنِعَاقًا وَنَعِيقًا وَنَعَقَانًا — The shepherd called to the flock, calling, braying, cawing, and calling.

نَعْقًاnoun

1.
Calling/driving sheepboth
The act of calling or driving sheep and goats.
2.
Crow's cawboth
The sound a crow makes.

نِعَاقًاnoun

1.
Calling/driving sheepboth
The act of calling or driving sheep and goats.
2.
Crow's cawboth
The sound a crow makes.

نَعَقَانًاnoun

1.
Calling/driving sheepclassical
The act of calling or driving sheep and goats.

نَعِيقُ الشَّيْطَانnoun

1.
Devil's cry/wailingclassical
The cry or wailing associated with Satan, referring to excessive or inappropriate lamentation.

وَإِيَّاكُنَّ وَنَعِيقَ الشَّيْطَانِ — And beware of the devil's cry (i.e., wailing).

يَنْعَقَانِverb

1.
They call/driveboth
Dual present tense verb form, referring to two shepherds calling or driving their sheep.

يُرِيدَانِ المَدِينَةَ يَنْعَقَانِ بِغَنَمِهِمَا — They intend for Medina, calling their sheep.

يَنْعَقُverb

1.
He calls/drivesboth
Third person singular present tense verb form, referring to calling or driving animals, or the sound a crow makes.

كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعَقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَاءً وَنِدَاءً — Like the example of one who calls out to what hears nothing but a call and a cry.

المَنْعُوقِadjective

1.
Called to/drivenclassical
Passive participle, referring to animals that are called to or driven by a shepherd.

كَالْغَنَمِ المَنْعُوقِ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الصَّوْتَ — Like sheep being called to, from which nothing is heard but the sound.

النَّاعِقnoun

1.
Caller/driverclassical
The one who calls or drives animals, specifically a shepherd.

فَأَضَافَ التَّشْبِيهَ إِلَى الرَّاعِي وَالمَعْنَى فِي المَرْعِيِّ — He attributed the simile to the shepherd, and the meaning to the flock.

نَغَقَverb

1.
To caw (crow)both
To make the sound of a crow, synonymous with 'na'aqa' for crows.

وَنَعَقَ الغُرَابُ وَنَغَّقَ، بِالعَيْنِ وَالغَيْنِ جَمِيعًا — The crow cawed and croaked, using both 'ayn and ghayn.

نَغِيقًاnoun

1.
Crow's cawboth
The sound a crow makes.

نَغَّاقًاnoun

1.
Crow's cawboth
The sound a crow makes.

نَعَبَverb

1.
To caw (crow)classical
An alternative pronunciation for the sound a crow makes.

وَلَا يُقَالُ فِي الغُرَابِ نَعَقَ وَيَجُوزُ نَعَبَ — And 'na'aqa' is not said for the crow, but 'na'aba' is permissible.

النَّاعِقَانname

1.
Two stars in Geminiclassical
Two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, one in its left leg and the other in its right shoulder.

النَّاعِقَاءname

1.
Jerboa's burrow entranceclassical
The entrance to a jerboa's burrow, where it sits to listen for sounds.

Parallel reading

النَّعِيقُ: دُعَاءُ الرَّاعِي الشَّاءَ.

The na'eeq: the shepherd's call to the sheep.

انْعَقْ بِضَأْنِكَ، يا جَرِير، فَإِنَّمَا ... مُنْتُكَ نَفْسُكَ فِي الخَلَاءِ ضَلَالًا

Call your sheep, Jarir, for your desire has only led you astray in the wilderness.

وَنَعَقَ الرَّاعِي بِالغَنَمِ يَنْعُقُ، بِالكَسْرِ، نَعْقًا وَنِعَاقًا وَنَعِيقًا وَنَعَقَانًا: صَاحَ بِهَا وَزَجَرَهَا

And the shepherd called to the flock, calling, braying, cawing, and calling, meaning he shouted at them and drove them.

وَفِي الحَدِيثِ: أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِنِسَاءِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ لَمَّا مَاتَ: ابْكِينَ وَإِيَّاكُنَّ وَنَعِيقَ الشَّيْطَانِ، يَعْنِي الصِّيَاحَ وَالنَّوْحَ

And in the Hadith: He said to the women of Uthman ibn Maz'un when he died: Weep, and beware of the devil's cry, meaning shouting and wailing.

وَفِي حَدِيثِ المَدِينَةِ: آخِرُ مَنْ يُحْشَرُ رَاعِيَانِ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ يُرِيدَانِ المَدِينَةَ يَنْعَقَانِ بِغَنَمِهِمَا

And in the Hadith of Medina: The last to be gathered will be two shepherds from Muzaynah, intending for Medina, calling their sheep.

وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعَقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَاءً وَنِدَاءً

And the example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who calls out to what hears nothing but a call and a cry.

فَأَضَافَ التَّشْبِيهَ إِلَى الرَّاعِي وَالمَعْنَى فِي المَرْعِيِّ

He attributed the simile to the shepherd, and the meaning to the flock.

ضَرَبَ اللهُ لَهُمْ هَذَا المَثَلَ وَشَبَّهَهُمْ بِالغَنَمِ المَنْعُوقِ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الصَّوْتَ

Allah struck this example for them and likened them to sheep being called to, from which nothing is heard but the sound.

وَنَعَقَ الغُرَابُ نَعِيقًا وَنِعَاقًا

And the crow cawed, na'eeqan and ni'aqan.

وَقَالَ الأَزْهَرِيُّ: نَعَقَ الغُرَابُ وَنَغَّقَ، بِالعَيْنِ وَالغَيْنِ جَمِيعًا

And Al-Azhari said: The crow cawed and croaked, using both 'ayn and ghayn.

وَالثِّقَاتُ مِنْ الأَئِمَّةِ يَقُولُونَ كَلَامُ العَرَبِ نَغَّقَ الغُرَابُ، بِالغَيْنِ المُعْجَمَةِ

And the reliable scholars say the speech of the Arabs is 'naghagha al-ghurab', with the dotted ghayn.

وَاسْتَعَارَ بَعْضُهُمُ النَّعِيقَ فِي الأَرَانِبِ

And some have metaphorically used 'na'eeq' for rabbits.

وَالمَعْرُوفُ عَنْ كُرَاعٍ العَانِقَاءَ

And what is known from Kurra' is 'al-'aniqa'.