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ودق

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root ودق primarily relates to the concept of closeness, proximity, and drawing near. It extends to meanings of desire, eagerness, and intense heat, as well as physical expansion and a specific type of eye ailment.

Derived headwords

وَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to draw nearboth

    To approach or come close to something.

  2. 2.
    to yieldclassical

    To give or offer something, especially in the context of hospitality or generosity.

  3. 3.
    to rainboth

    To fall as rain, referring to precipitation.

وَدْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drawing nearboth

    The act of approaching or coming close.

  2. 2.
    rainboth

    Rainfall, whether heavy or light.

وَدُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drawing nearclassical

    The act of approaching or coming close.

  2. 2.
    eagerness for a maleclassical

    The state of a female animal desiring a male, particularly in heat.

وَدَقَ الصيدُverb
  1. 1.
    prey drew nearclassical

    When prey approaches the hunter.

وَدَقَ إليهverb
  1. 1.
    he drew near to itboth

    To approach or come close to something.

الْوَدِيقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    midday heatclassical

    The intense heat of midday, or the peak of the sun's heat.

  2. 2.
    intense heatclassical

    Severe heat, often associated with the sun's proximity.

وَدَقَ البطنُverb
  1. 1.
    the belly became wideclassical

    The abdomen becoming distended and approaching a state of fatness.

إِبِلٌ وَادِقَةُ الْبُطُونِadjective
  1. 1.
    camels with distended belliesclassical

    Camels whose bellies are distended due to abundant fat, appearing to hang low.

الْمُودَقُnoun
  1. 1.
    destinationclassical

    A place that is approached or visited; a destination.

  2. 2.
    place of conflictclassical

    A site where conflict or intense struggle occurs.

  3. 3.
    barrierclassical

    Something that separates or acts as a barrier between two things.

وَدِقَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    he became familiar with itclassical

    To become accustomed to or intimate with someone or something.

الْوِدَاقُnoun
  1. 1.
    desire for a maleclassical

    The strong desire of a female animal for a male, especially when in heat.

  2. 2.
    ironclassical

    A term referring to iron or a sharp weapon made of iron.

وَدَقَتْ تَدِقُّverb
  1. 1.
    she desired the maleclassical

    A female animal expressing desire for a male, particularly when in heat.

أَوْدَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she desired the maleclassical

    A female animal expressing desire for a male, particularly when in heat.

  2. 2.
    it rainedclassical

    The sky or clouds producing rain.

مُودِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    desiring a maleclassical

    A female animal that is in heat and desires a male.

وَدِيقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    desiring a maleclassical

    A female animal that is in heat and desires a male.

وَدُوقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    desiring a maleclassical

    A female animal that is in heat and desires a male.

اسْتَوْدَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she desired the maleclassical

    A female animal expressing desire for a male, particularly when in heat.

وَدَقَ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    the sky rainedboth

    The sky releasing rain.

أَوْدَقَتِ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    the sky rainedclassical

    The sky releasing rain.

ذَاتُ وَدْقَيْنِnoun
  1. 1.
    intense warclassical

    A severe and intense war, likened to a cloud with two heavy rainfalls.

  2. 2.
    great calamityclassical

    A significant and formidable disaster or ordeal.

  3. 3.
    two-facedclassical

    Describing something with two aspects or faces, like a calamity.

الْوَدْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spot in the eyeclassical

    A small spot of blood or a fleshy growth in the eye.

  2. 2.
    eye ailmentclassical

    A condition affecting the eye, possibly related to a growth or inflammation.

وَدِقَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye had a spotclassical

    The eye developing a small blemish or growth.

وَدَقَتْ سُرَّتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his navel became looseclassical

    The navel becoming slack and protruding.

رَجُلٌ وَادِقُ السُّرَّةِadjective
  1. 1.
    man with a protruding navelclassical

    A man whose navel is prominent or sticking out.

وَادِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp-edgedclassical

    Describing a sword or blade that is sharp and well-honed.

  2. 2.
    sleepyclassical

    A person who is prone to sleeping a lot or in various places.

قِرَاعُ الْوَادِقِnoun
  1. 1.
    sharp blowclassical

    A forceful strike or impact, often with a sharp weapon.

وَقْدَانname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

وَدَقَ الْعِيرُ إِلَى الْمَاءِverb
  1. 1.
    the donkey drew near the waterclassical

    A donkey approaching water, used proverbially for someone yielding out of intense desire or need.

وَدِيقَةٌ مِنْ بَقْلٍnoun
  1. 1.
    patch of herbsclassical

    A patch or growth of herbs or vegetation.

Parallel reading

ودق إلى الشيء ودقا وودوقا: دنا.
Wadaqa to a thing, wadaqan and wuduqan: it drew near.
وودق الصيد يدق ودقا إذا دنا منك؛
And the prey drew near, yaduqu wadaqan, if it approached you;
وكانت إذا ودقت أمثالهن له، ... فبعضهن عن الآلاف مشتعب
And she was, if their likes drew near to him, ... some of them were distracted from the thousands.
فما ودقوا لنا بشيء أي ما بذلوا، ومعناه ما قربوا لنا شيئا من مأكول أو مشروب، يدقون ودقا.
So they did not yield to us anything, meaning they did not bring us anything to eat or drink, they yield wadaqan.
وفي المثل: ودق العير إلى الماء أي دنا منه؛ يضرب لمن خضع للشيء بحرصه عليه.
And in the proverb: The donkey drew near to the water, meaning it approached it; it is used for one who submits to something out of his eagerness for it.
والوديقة: حر نصف النهار، وقيل: شدة الحر ودنو حمي الشمس؛
And al-wadyqah: the heat of midday, and it was said: the intensity of the heat and the sun's proximity;
سميت وديقة لأنها ودقت إلى كل شيء أي وصلت إليه؛
It was named wadyqah because it reached everything, meaning it arrived at it;
في يوم ذي وديقة أي حر شديد أشد ما يكون من الحر بالظهائر.
On a day of wadyqah, meaning intense heat, the most severe heat at noon.
وودق البطن: اتسع ودنا من السمن.
And the belly wadaqa: it widened and approached fatness.
وإبل وادقة البطون والسرر: اندلقت لكثرة شحمها ودنت من الأرض؛
And camels with wadiqah bellies and navels: their bellies protruded due to abundant fat and neared the ground;
والمودق: المأتى للمكان وغيره، والموضع مودق؛
And al-mawdiq: the destination for a place and elsewhere, and the place is mawdiq;
ودقت به ودقا: استأنست به.
Wadaqa bihi wadaqan: he became familiar with it.
والوداق في كل ذات حافر: إرادة الفحل، وقد ودقت تدق ودقا ووداقا وودوقا وأودقت، وهي مودق، واستودقت وهي وديق وودوق.
And al-widaq in every animal with hooves: the desire for the male, and she has wadaqat tadqu wadaqan, widaqan, wuduqan, and awdaqat, and she is mawdiq, and istawdaqat, and she is wadyq and wuduq.
فلا مزنة ودقت ودقها، ... ولا أرض أبقل إبقالها
So no cloud rained its rain, ... nor did the land sprout its growth.
خروج الودق من خلل السحاب
The emergence of rain from the gaps in the clouds.
ويقال للحرب الشديدة: ذات ودقين، تشبه بسحابة ذات مطرتين شديدتين؛
And a severe war is called: dhu wadaqayn, likened to a cloud with two heavy rainfalls;
فإن هلكت فرهن ذمتي لهم، ... بذات ودقين، لا يعفو لها أثر
If I perish, then my responsibility is pledged to them, ... with dhu wadaqayn, whose trace is not erased.
والودقة والودقة؛ نقطة في العين من دم تبقى فيها شرقة، وقيل: هي لحمة تعظم فيها، وقيل: هو مرض ليس بالرمد ترم منه الأذن وتشتد منه حمرة العين، والجمع ودق؛
And al-wadqah and al-wadqah; a spot in the eye of blood remaining in it, and it was said: it is a fleshy growth that enlarges in it, and it was said: it is a disease other than ophthalmia from which the ear becomes inflamed and the redness of the eye intensifies, and the plural is wadaq;
ودقت عينه، فهي ودقة.
His eye wadaqat, so it is wadiqah.
ويقال: ودقت سرته تدق ودقا إذا سالت واسترخت.
And it is said: his navel wadaqat tadqu wadaqan if it became loose and slack.
ورجل وادق السرة: شاخصها.
And a man with a wadiqah navel: its prominence.
والوداق والوداق: الحديد؛
And al-widaq and al-widaq: iron;
حسام وادق حده، ... ومجنإ أسمر قراع الوادق: الماضي الضريبة.
A sword with a wadiq edge, ... and a dark shield, the striking of the wadiq: the one of sharp blow.
وودق السيف: حد، وأنشد بيت أبي قيس أيضا: وادق حده؛
And the sword wadaqa: sharpness, and Abu Qays' verse was also recited: its edge is wadiq;
وإنه لوادق السنة أي كثير النوم في كل مكان؛
And indeed he is wadiq al-sunnah, meaning very sleepy in every place;
يقال ودق العير إلى الماء، يقال ذلك للمستخذي الذي يطلب السلام بعد الإباء، وقال ودق أي أحب وأراد واشتهى.
It is said the donkey drew near to the water, this is said for the submissive one who seeks peace after refusal, and wadaqa means he loved, wanted, and desired.
ويقولون: وديقة من بقل ومن عشب، وحلوا في وديقة منكرة.
And they say: a wadyqah of herbs and grass, and they settled in a strange wadyqah.