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نغق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sounds made by animals, particularly the croaking or cawing of a crow. It also extends to the sounds of other animals and, metaphorically, to a camel's bleating.

Derived headwords

نَغَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to croak, cawboth

    To make the characteristic sound of a crow, a croak or caw.

يَنْغَقُverb
  1. 1.
    to croak, cawboth

    Present tense of the verb meaning to make the sound of a crow.

نَغِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    croaking, cawingboth

    The sound produced by a crow; a croak or caw.

  2. 2.
    sound from a camel's sheathclassical

    A sound that emerges from the sheath of a camel's penis, specifically the part containing the glans.

نِغَاقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    croaking, cawingclassical

    An alternative term for the sound made by a crow.

نَاغَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to croak, cawboth

    To make the sound of a crow, often used in the context of a bird flying by.

نَاغِقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crowboth

    A crow, specifically one that is making its characteristic sound.

نَغُوقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    bleating (camel)classical

    Describes a female camel that bleats repeatedly, making a sound like 'baghm'.

Parallel reading

نغق الغراب ينغق وينغق نغيقا ونغاقا
The crow croaked, it croaks and croaks, a croaking and cawing.
صاح غيق غيق
It cried 'ghayq ghayq'.
وقيل نغق بخير ونعب ببين
And it was said: it croaked with good fortune and cried out with separation.
فإن مر بكم ناغق يهوي، فقولوا: سنحا
If a cawing bird flies by you, then say: 'Good omen'.
والنغيق: صوت يخرج من قنب الدابة وهو وعاء جردانه
And the nagheeq: is a sound that comes out from the sheath of the animal, which is the sheath of its glans.
وناقة نغيقة: وهي التي تبغم بعيدات بين أي مرة بعد مرة
And a nagheeqa camel: is one that bleats repeatedly, meaning once after once.
وقد نغقت الناقة نغيقا إذا بغمت
And the she-camel has made a nagheeq if she bleated.
وأظمى كقلب السوذقاني نازعت، ... بكفي، فتلاء الذراع نغوق
And the black (rein) like the heart of the Suwdani, I pulled with my hand, the strong-limbed one was bleating.
أراد بالأظمى الزمام الأسود
He intended by 'al-adhmaa' the black rein.
وإبل ظمي أي سود
And 'udhum' camels, meaning black ones.