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يرق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns afflictions and diseases affecting plants and humans, as well as specific types of adornments and accessories. It also touches upon the concept of something being affected by these ailments.

Derived headwords

اليارقnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of braceletclassical

    A type of bracelet or armlet.

  2. 2.
    Wide braceletclassical

    A wide bracelet, also known as a 'jabbara' or a wide 'dastinj' (a Persian loanword).

اليرقانnoun
  1. 1.
    Plant wormclassical

    A type of worm that infests crops, which then molts and transforms into a moth or butterfly.

  2. 2.
    Plant blightclassical

    A blight or affliction that affects crops, similar to 'arqan'.

  3. 3.
    Jaundiceboth

    A well-known disease that affects people, commonly known as jaundice.

يرقverb
  1. 1.
    To be afflictedclassical

    To be afflicted by a disease or blight, used for crops.

ميروقadjective
  1. 1.
    Afflictedclassical

    Describing a crop that is afflicted or has been affected by blight.

مأروقadjective
  1. 1.
    Afflictedclassical

    Describing a crop that is afflicted or has been affected by blight.

ميروقadjective
  1. 1.
    Jaundicedboth

    A person suffering from jaundice.

Parallel reading

اليارق: ضرب من الأسورة، وقيل: اليارق السوار
Al-yāriq: a type of bracelet, and it was said: al-yāriq is a bracelet.
لعمري لظبي عند باب ابن محرز، ... أغن عليه اليارقان، مشوف، أحب إليكم من بيوت عمادها ... سيوف وأرماح، لهن حفيف
By my life, a gazelle at the door of Ibn Muḥriz, ... with bracelets on its forelegs, adorned, is dearer to you than houses whose pillars are ... swords and spears, which rustle.
واليارق: الجبارة وهو الدستينج العريض، معرب.
And al-yāriq: the jabbārah, which is the wide dastinj, a loanword.
واليرقان: دود يكون في الزرع ثم ينسلخ فيصير فراشا.
And al-yarqān: a worm that is in the crops, then it sheds its skin and becomes a moth/butterfly.
واليرقان مثل الأرقان: آفة تصيب الزرع أيضا.
And al-yarqān, like al-arqān: an affliction that also strikes crops.
وز ر ع ميروق ومأروق وقد يرق.
And crops are mīrūq and ma'rūq, and they may become afflicted.
واليرقان: داء معروف يصيب الناس؛
And al-yarqān: a known disease that affects people;
ورجل ميروق.
And a jaundiced man.