وشق

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of scratching, tearing, or cutting, often with a sharp object. It also extends to describe a specific method of preserving meat by boiling and drying it, and metaphorically to swiftness or being stuck.

Derived headwords

وَشَقَverb

1.
to scratchboth
To make a light cut or scratch on something, often with a sharp object.
2.
to cut into piecesclassical
To cut something into pieces, particularly meat being prepared for preservation.

ووشقه وشقا: خدشه — and he scratched it with a scratch

وشقه وشقا وأشقه على البدل ووشقه — he scratched it, and he scratched it (using a different form), and he scratched it

الْوُشْقُnoun

1.
scratchingclassical
The act of scratching or making a light cut.

الْوَشِيقُnoun

1.
preserved meatclassical
Meat that is boiled in salted water, then dried or preserved for travel, often described as a type of jerky.
2.
jerkyclassical
Dried meat, specifically prepared by boiling and then drying.

يكثر عند سائسها الوشيق — and the preserved meat is abundant with its handler

كنا نتزود من وشيق الحج — we used to provision ourselves with the preserved meat of pilgrimage

وتزودنا من لحمه وشائق — and we provisioned ourselves with its meat (as) preserved food

الْوَشِيقَةُnoun

1.
preserved meatclassical
A portion of meat preserved by boiling in salt water and then drying, intended for journeys.
2.
jerkyclassical
Dried meat, prepared in a specific way for preservation.

أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ وَشِيقَةُ قَدِيدِ ظَبْيٍ فَرَدَّهَا — a preserved piece of dried gazelle meat was gifted to him, and he rejected it

أتي بوشيقة يابسة من لحم صيد فقال: إني حرام — he was brought a dry preserved meat from hunted game, and he said: I am in a state of Ihram (pilgrimage)

فجعلوا يضربونه بسيوفهم، وهو يقول: أبي أبي فلم يفهموه حتى انتهى إليهم، وقد تواشقوه بأسيافهم أي قطعوه وشائق كما يقطع اللحم إذا قدد — and they began striking him with their swords, and he was saying: My father, my father, but they did not understand him until he reached them, and they had cut him into pieces with their swords like meat is cut when dried

اتَّشَقَverb

1.
to prepare preserved meatclassical
To prepare or make preserved meat (al-washiqah).

واتشق وتجبجب — and prepare it and put it in the camel's hump-skin container

وَاشِقٌname

1.
name of a dogclassical
A proper name for a dog.
2.
name of a manclassical
A proper name for a man.

وواشق: اسم كلب واسم رجل — and Washiq: a name of a dog and a name of a man

ومنه بروع بنت واشق — and from him is Buroo' bint Washiq

الْوَاشِقُnoun

1.
small amount of milkclassical
A small quantity of milk.

والواشق: القليل من اللبن — and al-Washiq: a little of the milk

سَيْرٌ وَشِيقٌadjective

1.
swift journeyclassical
A journey that is light and fast.

وسير وشيق: خفيف سريع — and a swift journey: light and fast

وَشَقَverb

1.
to get stuckboth
For a key to get stuck or lodged in a lock.

وشق المفتاح في القفل وشقا: نشب — the key got stuck in the lock with a sticking

تَوَاشَقَverb

1.
to cut into piecesclassical
To cut something into pieces, similar to how meat is cut when dried.

وقد تواشقوه بأسيافهم أي قطعوه وشائق كما يقطع اللحم إذا قدد — and they had cut him into pieces with their swords, meaning they cut him into strips like meat is cut when dried

Parallel reading

ووشقه وشقا: خدشه.

And he scratched it with a scratch: he scratched it.

والوشيق والوشيقة: لحم يغلى في ماء ملح ثم يرفع، وقيل: هو أن يغلى إغلاءة ثم يرفع، وقيل: يقدد ويحمل في الأسفار وهي أبقى قديد يكون؛

And al-washiq and al-washiqah: meat boiled in salt water then lifted, and it was said: it is to boil it once then lift it, and it was said: it is dried and carried on journeys, and it is the most enduring dried meat there is;

ترد العين لا تندى عذارا، ... ويكثر عند سائسها الوشيق

The eye returns without its cheek being moist, ... and the preserved meat is abundant with its handler

أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ وَشِيقَةُ قَدِيدِ ظَبْيٍ فَرَدَّهَا

A preserved piece of dried gazelle meat was gifted to him, and he rejected it.

كنا نتزود من وشيق الحج.

We used to provision ourselves with the preserved meat of pilgrimage.

وتزودنا من لحمه وشائق.

And we provisioned ourselves with its meat (as) preserved food.

هو لحم يطبخ في ماء وملح ثم يخرج فيصير في الجبجبة، وهو جلد البعير يقور ثم يجعل ذلك اللحم فيه فيكون زادا لهم في أسفارهم، وقيل: هو القديد؛

It is meat cooked in water and salt then taken out and put into the gibjabah, which is a camel's hide hollowed out, then that meat is placed in it to be provisions for them on their journeys, and it was said: it is the dried meat;

إذا عرضت منها كهاة سمينة، ... فلا تهد منها واتشق وتجبجب

If a fat camel is presented from it, ... do not refuse it, but prepare it and put it in the camel's hump-skin container

أنه، صلى الله عليه وسلم، أتي بوشيقة يابسة من لحم صيد فقال: إني حرام أي محرم؛

That he, peace be upon him, was brought a dry preserved meat from hunted game, and he said: I am in a state of Ihram (pilgrimage);

الوشيقة اللحم يؤخذ فيغلى إغلاءة ويحمل في الأسفار ولا ينضج فيتهرأ، قال: وزعم بعضهم أنه بمنزلة القديد لا تمسه النار.

Al-washiqah is meat taken and boiled once and carried on journeys without being fully cooked so it doesn't disintegrate, and it was said: some claimed it is like dried meat that fire has not touched.

الوشيق القديد وكذلك المشنق:

Al-washiq is dried meat, and likewise al-mashnaq:

الوشيق لحم يقدد حتى يقب وتذهب ندوته، ولذلك سمي الكلب واشقا اسم له خاصة.

Al-washiq is meat dried until it shrinks and its moisture goes away, and for that reason a dog is named Washiq, a specific name for it.

أن المسلمين أخطؤوا بأبيه «2» فجعلوا يضربونه بسيوفهم، وهو يقول: أبي أبي فلم يفهموه حتى انتهى إليهم، وقد تواشقوه بأسيافهم أي قطعوه وشائق كما يقطع اللحم إذا قدد.

That the Muslims mistook his father, and they began striking him with their swords, and he was saying: My father, my father, but they did not understand him until he reached them, and they had cut him into pieces with their swords like meat is cut when dried.

وواشق: اسم كلب واسم رجل، ومنه بروع بنت واشق.

And Washiq: a name of a dog and a name of a man, and from him is Buroo' bint Washiq.

والواشق: القليل من اللبن.

And al-Washiq: a little of the milk.

وسير وشيق: خفيف سريع.

And a swift journey: light and fast.

وشق المفتاح في القفل وشقا: نشب، والله أعلم.

The key got stuck in the lock with a sticking, and God knows best.