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يقق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes extreme, pure whiteness. It is used to denote the most intense and unblemished white, often in a figurative or poetic sense. It also has a specific application to the core of a palm tree.

Derived headwords

يَقِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely whiteboth

    Describing something as being extremely and purely white, to the utmost degree.

يُوَقِّقُverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely whiteclassical

    The verb form indicating the state of being intensely white.

يَقِقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    palm pithclassical

    The soft, white inner core of a palm tree.

يَقَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    palm pith (plural)classical

    The plural form for the soft, white inner core of a palm tree.

Parallel reading

أبيض يقق ويقق، بكسر القاف الأولى: شديد البياض ناصعه.
Intensely white and extremely white, with the first qaf having a kasra: intensely pure white.
يقال لجمارة النخلة يققة وشحمة، والجمع يقق.
It is said for the pith of the palm tree 'yaqiqah' and 'shahmah', and the plural is 'yaqiq'.
وللفها في بيضاء كأنها اليقق
And wrapped her in a white garment as if it were the intensely white one.
اليقق: المتناهي في البياض.
Al-Yaqiq: the extreme in whiteness.