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ءقا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to specific types of trees and, in a less common usage, to a state of reluctant acceptance or aversion to food and drink due to illness. The connection between these meanings is not immediately clear and may represent distinct semantic developments.

Derived headwords

الإقاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Treeclassical

    A specific type of tree. The text notes uncertainty about its exact botanical classification or potential alternative derivations.

قَأَىverb
  1. 1.
    To admit rightclassical

    To acknowledge or confess that a right belongs to one's opponent or adversary.

  2. 2.
    To be humbleclassical

    To be submissive or humble in relation to one's opponent.

أَقَىverb
  1. 1.
    To dislike food/drinkclassical

    To have an aversion to food and drink, typically due to sickness or a physical ailment.

Parallel reading

الإقاة: شجرة
Al-Iqāh: a tree.
قال؛ وعسى «1». أن يكون له وجه آخر من التصريف لا نعلمه
He said; and it is possible that it has another grammatical derivation that we do not know.
الإقاء شجرة
Al-Iqā' is a tree.
قال الليث: ولا أعرفه
Al-Layth said: I do not know it.
ابن الأعرابي: قأى: إذا أقر لخصمه بحق وذل
Ibn al-A'rābī: Qā'a: if he admits a right to his opponent and is humbled.
وأقى إذا كره الطعام والشراب لعلة
And aqā if he dislikes food and drink due to an ailment.