وعق

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes negative character traits such as meanness, stubbornness, and ill-temper. It also extends to concepts of greed, ignorance, and stubbornness in error. Additionally, it encompasses sounds made by animals, particularly horses and rodents.

Derived headwords

وَعَقَةadjective

1.
mean, ill-temperedboth
Describing a person who is mean, ill-tempered, and of bad character.
2.
stubborn, obstinateclassical
Referring to someone who is stubborn and difficult to deal with.

تَوَعَّقَverb

1.
to become mean or stubbornclassical
To become characterized by meanness, stubbornness, or ill-temper.

اسْتَوْعَقَverb

1.
to become mean or stubbornclassical
To adopt a mean, stubborn, or ill-tempered disposition.

الوَعْقnoun

1.
meanness, ill-temperclassical
The state or quality of being mean, stubborn, or ill-tempered.

الوَعْقَةnoun

1.
meanness, ill-temperclassical
The quality of being mean, stubborn, or ill-tempered; harshness of disposition.
2.
impatience, grumblingclassical
Impatience and grumbling, often accompanied by noise and bad temper.

وَعِقَadjective

1.
mean, ill-temperedclassical
Describing someone who is mean, ill-tempered, and of harsh disposition.

وَعَقَهُverb

1.
to attribute meanness toclassical
To attribute meanness, stubbornness, or ignorance to someone.

يُوعَقَاverb

1.
to be attributed meannessclassical
To be accused or described as mean, stubborn, or lost.

أَوْبَقَverb

1.
to ruin, to destroyclassical
To cause someone to be ruined or destroyed, or to sin.

الوَعْقadjective

1.
ill-tempered, narrow-mindedclassical
Describing someone who is ill-tempered and narrow-minded.

تَوْعِيقnoun

1.
discord, corruptionclassical
Discord, corruption, or فساد (fasad - corruption/decay).

الوَعْقَةadjective

1.
light, quickclassical
Describing something or someone as light or quick.

صَخَّابَةadjective

1.
noisy, clamorousclassical
Describing a woman who is noisy and clamorous.

الوَعِيقnoun

1.
sound of rodentsclassical
The sound made by rodents (jardān) moving within a horse's sheath.
2.
sound of a mare's sheathclassical
The sound heard from a mare's sheath when she walks.

الوَعَاقnoun

1.
sound of rodentsclassical
The sound made by rodents (jardān) moving within a horse's sheath.
2.
sound of a mare's sheathclassical
The sound heard from a mare's sheath when she walks.

الرَّعِيقnoun

1.
sound of a mare's sheathclassical
The sound heard from a mare's sheath when she walks, similar to the sound from a male horse's sheath.

الرَّعَاقnoun

1.
sound of a mare's sheathclassical
The sound heard from a mare's sheath when she walks.

وَعَقَverb

1.
to make a soundclassical
To produce a sound, specifically from the sheath of a horse.

الوُغَيْقnoun

1.
sound of a mare's sheathclassical
The sound heard from a mare's sheath when she walks.

العَوِيقnoun

1.
sound of rodentsclassical
The sound made by rodents (jardān) moving within a horse's sheath.

واعقةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

رجل وعقة لعقة: نكد لئيم الخلق

A mean, ill-tempered man: one who is spiteful and of bad character.

ورجل وعق لعق: حريص جاهل

And a mean, greedy man: one who is greedy and ignorant.

وقيل: رجل وعق، بكسر العين، أي عسر وبه وعقة، قال الجوهري: وهي الشراسة وشدة الخلق.

And it is said: a man is wa'iq (with kasra on the 'ayn), meaning difficult, and he has wa'qa, which Al-Jawhari said is fierceness and harshness of disposition.

وقد وعقه الطمع والجهل، ووعقه: نسبه إلى ذلك

Greed and ignorance have afflicted him, and to 'waqaquhu' means to attribute that to him.

مخافة الله، وأن يوعقا ... على امرئ ضل الهدى وأوبقا

Fearing God, and that he might be accused... of a man who has gone astray from guidance and has ruined himself.

الوعق السيء الخلق الضيق

Al-wa'q is the ill-tempered and narrow-minded one.

لا كز ولا وعق

Neither stubborn nor ill-tempered.

ذكر الزبير فقال وعقة لقس ؛ قال: الوعقة، بالسكون، الذي يضجر ويتبرم مع كثرة صخب وسوء خلق

He mentioned Al-Zubayr and said 'wa'qatan liqasin'; he said: Al-wa'qa (with sukoon) is one who gets annoyed and grumbles with much clamor and bad temper.

قتلا وتوعيقا على من وعقا

Killings and discord upon those who were made mean/stubborn.

والتوعيق الخلاف والفساد

And Al-Taw'iq means discord and corruption.

وقال أبو عبيدة: الوعقة الصخابة.

And Abu Ubaydah said: Al-wa'qa is the clamorous one (referring to a woman).

والوعيق والوعاق: صوت كل شيء.

And Al-Waiq and Al-Wiaq: the sound of everything.

والوعيق والرعيق والوعاق والرعاق: صوت قنب الدابة إذا مشت

And Al-Waiq, Al-Raiq, Al-Wiaq, and Al-Riaq: the sound of a horse's sheath when it walks.

وقد وعق يعق وعيقا ووعاقا وهو صوت يخرج من حياء الدابة إذا مشت

And he said 'wa'qa ya'iqu waiqan wa wiqan', which is a sound that comes from a mare's sheath when she walks.

وهو الخقيق من قنب الذكر؛ قال الأزهري: جميع ما قاله الليث في الوعيق والخقيق خطأ، لأن الوعيق والوعاق صوت الجردان إذا تقلقل في قنب الحصان كما قال ابن الأعرابي وغيره، وأما الخقيق فهو صوت الحياء إذا هزلت الأنثى لا صوت القنب

And it is Al-Khaqiq from the male's sheath; Al-Azhari said: All that Al-Layth said about Al-Waiq and Al-Khaqiq is wrong, because Al-Waiq and Al-Wiaq is the sound of rodents when they move in the stallion's sheath as Ibn Al-A'rabi and others said, but Al-Khaqiq is the sound of the sheath when the mare is weak, not the sound of the sheath itself.