نيق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to elevated or high places, particularly in mountains. It also extends to concepts of excellence, refinement, and meticulousness in actions, food, and clothing.

Derived headwords

النِّيقnoun

1.
highest point of a mountainclassical
The highest or most elevated position on a mountain.
2.
mountain ridgeclassical
A prominent ridge or crest of a mountain.

أَنْيَاقnoun

1.
highest points of mountainsclassical
Plural of 'niq', referring to the highest points of mountains.

نُيُوقnoun

1.
highest points of mountainsclassical
Plural of 'niq', referring to the highest points of mountains.
2.
crevices in a horse's hoofclassical
The groove or fissure at the back of a horse's hoof.

نِيَاقnoun

1.
highest points of mountainsclassical
Plural of 'niq', referring to the highest points of mountains.

النَّاقnoun

1.
fleshy part of finger baseclassical
The fleshy part at the base of the little finger, near the palm.
2.
fleshy part of elbow baseclassical
The fleshy part at the base of the elbow.
3.
fleshy part of tailbone baseclassical
The fleshy part at the base of the tailbone.

تَنَيَّقَverb

1.
to be meticulousclassical
To be meticulous, thorough, or to excel in one's clothing, food, or affairs.

تَنَوُّقnoun

1.
meticulousnessclassical
The act of being meticulous, thorough, or excelling in matters of food, clothing, or affairs.

النِّيقَةnoun

1.
excellenceclassical
Excellence or a high degree of quality, derived from the plural of 'niq'.

Parallel reading

النيق: أرفع موضع في الجبل

The niq: the highest place in the mountain.

والجمع أنياق ونيوق ونيق

And the plural is anyaq, niyuq, and niq.

ومن قول الشاعر: شغواء توطن بين الشيق والنيق

And from the poet's saying: A wild she-camel inhabits between the mountain pass and the highest point.

وقيل: النيق الطويل من الجبال

And it was said: The niq is the long mountain.

والناق: شبه مشق بين ضرة الإبهام

And the naq: is like a fissure between the fleshy parts of the thumb.

وأصل ألية الخنصر في مستقبل بطن الساعد بلصق الراحة

And the base of the little finger's fleshy part in the front of the forearm, adjacent to the palm.

وكذلك كل موضع مثل ذلك من باطن المرفق أو في أصل العصعص

And likewise every place like that on the inner side of the elbow or at the base of the tailbone.

والناق: الحز الذي في مؤخر حافر الفرس، وجمعها نيوق

And the naq: is the groove that is at the back of the horse's hoof, and its plural is niyuq.

وتنيق الرجل في لبسته وطعمه: بالغ

And the man was meticulous in his clothing and his food: he was excessive.

لغة في تنوق

A dialectal variant of tanawwuq.

النيقة من النيوق

The niyqah is from the niyuq.

تنوق فلان في مطعمه وملبسه وأموره إذا تجود وبالغ

So-and-so was meticulous in his food, his clothing, and his affairs when he excelled and was thorough.

وتنيق لغة

And tanaqq is a dialectal variant.