نمق

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of writing, embellishing, and decorating, particularly in the context of texts and surfaces. It extends to the quality of being well-crafted or adorned, and also has a distinct, unrelated meaning related to a foul odor.

Derived headwords

نَمَقَverb

1.
to writeboth
To inscribe or compose a written text.
2.
to embellishboth
To make something beautiful, improve, or refine it.

يَنْمُقُverb

1.
he writes itboth
The present tense conjugation for the verb 'to write'.
2.
he embellishes itboth
The present tense conjugation for the verb 'to embellish' or 'to make beautiful'.

نَمْقًاnoun

1.
writingboth
The act or process of writing.
2.
embellishmentboth
The act of making something beautiful or improving it.

نَمَّقَverb

1.
to adornboth
To engrave or decorate, especially a surface or skin, with writing or patterns.
2.
to embellishboth
To make something beautiful or excellent.

نَمَّقَ الجِلْدَverb

1.
he decorated the skinclassical
To engrave or decorate the skin with writing or patterns.

نَبَقَverb

1.
to engraveclassical
To engrave or decorate, similar to نمق.

نَمِيقadjective

1.
decoratedboth
Engraved or patterned, originally referring to fabric, but extended to writing.
2.
beautifully writtenboth
Well-crafted or embellished in writing.

مُنَمَّقadjective

1.
embellishedboth
Decorated, refined, or made beautiful, especially in writing or speech.
2.
ornateboth
Characterized by elaborate decoration or embellishment.

النَّمَقnoun

1.
writingclassical
The written text itself, or the material used for writing.
2.
foul odorclassical
A bad or putrid smell.

نَمْغَةnoun

1.
foul odorclassical
A bad or offensive smell.

نَمْسَةnoun

1.
foul odorclassical
A bad or offensive smell.

زَهْمَقَةnoun

1.
foul odorclassical
A bad or offensive smell.

Parallel reading

نمق الكتاب ينمقه، بالضم، نمقا: كتبه

He wrote the book, he writes it, with damma, writing.

ونمقه: حسنه وجوده

And he embellished it: he made it beautiful and excellent.

ونمق الجلد ونبقه: نقشه وزينه بالكتابة

And he decorated the skin and engraved it: he patterned and adorned it with writing.

قال النابغة الذبياني: كأن مجر الرامسات ذيولها ... عليه قضيم نمقته الصوانع

Al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani said: As if the trail of the slow-moving ones their tails... upon it is a garment that the artisans have embellished.

ويروى حصير نمقته

And it is narrated as 'a mat that he embellished'.

أبو زيد: نمقته أنمقه نمقا

Abu Zayd said: I embellished it, I embellish it, embellishment.

ولمقته ألمقه لمقا

And I made it beautiful, I make it beautiful, making beautiful.

وثوب نميق ومنمق: منقوش

And a garment, numayq and munammaq: patterned.

والنمق: الكتاب الذي يكتب فيه

And al-namq: the writing in which it is written.

وفيه نمقة أي ريح منتنة؛ عن أبي حنيفة

And in it is a foul odor; from Abu Hanifa.

كأنه مقلوب من قنمة

As if it is an inversion of qinmah.

الأصمعي: يقال للشيء المروح: فيه نمسة ونمعقة وزهمقة

Al-Asma'i said: It is said of something that has a foul smell: it has namsah, namqah, and zahmaqah.