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النقض

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root 'al-naqḍ' primarily concerns the concept of breaking, undoing, or violating something previously established, such as a contract, building, or bond. It also extends to sounds made by animals or objects, and to the state of being weakened or worn out.

Derived headwords

نَقَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to break, violateboth

    To break or violate something established, such as a building, a rope, a covenant, or an agreement. This is the opposite of 'ibrām' (to ratify, confirm).

  2. 2.
    to undo, dismantleboth

    To dismantle or take apart something that was built or constructed.

  3. 3.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, often associated with breaking or cracking.

اِنْتِقَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    breaking, violationboth

    The act of breaking or violating something, such as a contract or a bond.

  2. 2.
    undoing, dismantlingboth

    The process of being undone or dismantled.

تَنَاقُضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    contradictionboth

    A state of being contradictory or inconsistent; a conflict in meaning.

مَنْقُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    broken, violatedboth

    Something that has been broken, violated, or undone.

نَفْضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    worn out, emaciatedclassical

    A worn-out, emaciated, or weak animal, especially a camel or a she-camel.

  2. 2.
    unravelled materialclassical

    What has unravelled from tents or garments, which can then be re-spun.

أَنْقَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    remnants, debrisclassical

    Remnants or debris, such as the skin of a truffle that has separated from it, or the remains of broken structures.

  2. 2.
    soundsclassical

    The sounds made by various creatures like chicks, scorpions, frogs, eagles, ostriches, quails, falcons, hyraxes, geckos, and humans.

نُقُوضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    remnants, debrisclassical

    Remnants or debris, similar to 'anqāḍ'.

اِنْقَضَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, as in 'anqaḍū' (they made a sound).

مَا اِنْتَقَضَnoun
  1. 1.
    what has been brokenclassical

    That which has been broken down or dismantled from a building.

صِرَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    type of wrestlingclassical

    A type of wrestling or combat.

نَقِيضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of objectsclassical

    The sound made by leather, saddles, bowstrings, straps, riding gear, litters, fingers, ribs, and joints.

  2. 2.
    sound of cuppingclassical

    The sound made when a cupping instrument is sucked.

  3. 3.
    oppositeboth

    The opposite or contrary of something.

اِنْقَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound in animalsclassical

    A sound made by animals.

نَقْضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    act of breakingboth

    The act of breaking or undoing.

فِعْلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    action, deedboth

    An action or deed, used here as a grammatical term referring to the verb form.

أَنْقَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a sound with fingersclassical

    To make a sound by snapping or clicking one's fingers.

  2. 2.
    to stick tongue to palateclassical

    To stick one's tongue to the palate and make a sound.

  3. 3.
    eagle made a soundclassical

    An eagle made a sound.

  4. 4.
    to extract truffleclassical

    To extract a truffle from the ground.

  5. 5.
    to tease goatsclassical

    To tease or play with goats.

  6. 6.
    to make sound of chewingclassical

    To make the sound of chewing gum, which is disliked.

تَنْقِيصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    incomplete erectionclassical

    A horse's incomplete or not fully firm erection.

نَقَّاضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    hair rope remnantsclassical

    What has been undone from a hair rope.

كُرْمَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantclassical

    A type of plant.

اِسْمٌ لَقَبٌname
  1. 1.
    Ismail bin Ahmad al-Shashiclassical

    A title or epithet for the jurist Ismail bin Ahmad al-Shashi.

نَقِيضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    path in a mountainclassical

    A path or track through a mountain.

  2. 2.
    poetic retortclassical

    When one poet recites poetry and another poet responds with something contradictory or different.

اِنْقِيضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fragrant substanceclassical

    A pleasant-smelling substance or perfume.

تَنَقَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    blood drippedclassical

    Blood dripped or seeped out.

  2. 2.
    bones made soundclassical

    Bones made a cracking or snapping sound.

  3. 3.
    house crackedclassical

    A house became cracked or fissured, making a sound.

مُنَاقَضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    contradictory speechboth

    Speaking in a way that involves contradiction or inconsistency in meaning.

Parallel reading

النقض في البناء والحبل والعهد وغيره: ضد الإبرام
Breaking in building, rope, covenant, and other things: is the opposite of ratification.
كالانتقاض والتناقض
like breaking and contradiction.
وبالكسر: المنقوض
And with kasra: the broken thing.
والنفض، بالفاء، والمهزول من السير ناقة أو جملا، أو هي بهاء
And 'nafdh', with faa, is an emaciated camel or male camel from travel, or it is a she-camel.
وما نكث من الأخبية والأكسية، فغزل ثانية
And what has unravelled from tents and garments, which is then spun again.
وقشر الأرض المنتقض عن الكمأة ج: أنقاض ونقوض
And the skin of the earth that separates from the truffle, plural: anqāḍ and nuqūḍ.
ومن الفراريج والعقرب والضفدع والعقاب والنعام والسمانى والبازي والوبر والوزغ ومفصل الآدمي: أصواتها، وقد أنقضوا
And from chicks, scorpions, frogs, eagles, ostriches, quails, falcons, hyraxes, geckos, and human joints: their sounds, and they have made sounds.
وبالضم: ما انتقض من البنيان
And with damma: what has been broken down from the building.
وكصرد: نوع من الصراع
And like 'ṣurād': a type of wrestling.
ونقيض الأدم والرحل والوتر والنسع والرحال والمحامل والأصابع والأضلاع والمفاصل: أصواتها
And the sound of leather, saddles, bowstrings, straps, riding gear, litters, fingers, ribs, and joints: their sounds.
و من المحجمة: صوت مصك إياها
And from the cupping instrument: the sound of sucking it.
أو الإنقاض في الحيوان، والنقض في الموتان، والفعل، كنصر وضرب
Or 'inqāḍ' in animals, and 'naqḍ' in dead things, and the verb, like naṣara and ḍaraba.
وأنقض أصابعه: ضرب بها لتصوت
And he snapped his fingers: he struck them to make a sound.
و بالدابة: ألصق لسانه بالحنك، ثم صوت في حافتيه
And with the mount: he stuck his tongue to his palate, then made a sound at its sides.
و العقاب: صوتت
And the eagle: it made a sound.
و الكمأة: أخرجها من الأرض
And the truffle: he extracted it from the ground.
و بالمعز: دعابها
And with the goats: he teased them.
و العلك: صوته، وهو مكروه
And chewing gum: its sound, and it is disliked.
ونقض الفرس تنقيضا: أدلى ولم يستحكم إنعاظه
And a horse's incomplete erection: it was partial and its erection was not firm.
والنقاضة، بالضم: ما نقض من حبل الشعر
And 'naqqāḍah', with damma: what has been undone from a hair rope.
وكرمان: نبات
And 'kurmān': a plant.
والذي أنقض ظهرك، أي: أثقله حتى جعله نقضا، أي: مهزولا
And that which has broken your back, meaning: it burdened him until it made him broken, meaning: emaciated.
أو أثقله حتى سمع نقيضه
Or it burdened him until its sound was heard.
والنقيضة: الطريق في الجبل
And 'naqīḍah': a path in the mountain.
وأن يقول شاعر شعرا، فينقض عليه شاعر آخر حتى يجيء بغير ما قال
And for a poet to recite poetry, and another poet responds to him by reciting something different from what he said.
والإنقيض، كإزميل: الطيب الذي له رائحة طيبة
And 'inqīḍ', like 'izmīl': the perfume that has a good scent.
وتنقض الدم: تقطر
And blood dripped: it seeped.
وعظامه: صوتت
And his bones: they made a sound.
والبيت: تشقق فسمع له صوت
And the house: it cracked and a sound was heard from it.
والمناقضة في القول: أن يتكلم بما يتناقض معناه، أي: يتخالف
And 'munāqaḍah' in speech: is to speak with words whose meanings contradict each other, meaning: they conflict.