وقن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the nest or dwelling place of a bird, especially in mountainous terrain. It extends to the act of hunting birds from these nests and the general act of ascending mountains.

Derived headwords

أَقْنَةnoun

1.
bird's nest/perchboth
A place where a bird rests or nests, particularly a spot on a mountain.

وُقْنَةnoun

1.
bird's nest/perchboth
A place where a bird rests or nests, particularly a spot on a mountain.

أَقْنَاتnoun

1.
nests/perchesboth
Plural of 'aqnah' and 'wuqnah', referring to multiple bird nests or perches on mountains.

وُقْنَاتnoun

1.
nests/perchesboth
Plural of 'aqnah' and 'wuqnah', referring to multiple bird nests or perches on mountains.

وُكْنَةnoun

1.
bird's nest/perchboth
A place where a bird rests or nests, particularly a spot on a mountain. This is a variant plural form.

أَوْقَنَverb

1.
to hunt birds from nestclassical
To hunt birds by catching them from their nests or perches.

تَوَقَّنَverb

1.
to hunt birds from nestclassical
To hunt birds by catching them from their nests or perches, specifically referring to pigeons from their mountain roosts.

التَّوَقُّنnoun

1.
mountain climbingclassical
The act of ascending or climbing a mountain.

Parallel reading

أبو عبيد الأقنة والوقنة موضع الطائر في الجبل

Abu Ubaid said: Al-aqnah and al-wuqnah are the place of the bird in the mountain.

والجمع الأقنات والوقنات والوكنات

And the plural is al-aqnat, al-wuqnat, and al-wuknat.

وقنة الطائر محضنه

The wuqnah of the bird is its nest.

أوقن الرجل إذا اصطاد الطير من وقنته

A man hunted birds from their wuqnah (nest) if he caught them.

وهي محضنه

And it (al-wuqnah) is its nest.

وكذلك توقن إذا اصطاد الحمام من محاضنها في رؤوس الجبال

And likewise, he hunted (tūwaqina) if he caught pigeons from their roosts on the mountaintops.

والتوقن: التوقل في الجبل

And al-tawaqqun means al-tawaqqul in the mountain.

وهو الصعود فيه

And it (al-tawaqqul) is the ascent into it (the mountain).