ذلق

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root ذلق (dhalaqa) primarily relates to sharpness, keenness, and eloquence, particularly concerning the tongue, speech, and tools. It also extends to meanings of weakening, illumination, and the edge or tip of something.

Derived headwords

ذَلَقَverb

1.
to sharpenboth
To make something sharp, like a knife.
2.
to weakenclassical
To weaken someone, often through poison or prolonged fasting.
3.
to illuminateclassical
To shine brightly, used for a lamp.
4.
to emergeclassical
For a desert lizard (ضب) to emerge from rough sand into soft, wet ground.
5.
to be on the verge of deathclassical
For someone to be close to death from thirst.

ذلق السكين: حدده — The knife was sharpened: it was made sharp.

أَذْلَقَverb

1.
to sharpenboth
To make something sharp, similar to ذَلَقَ.
2.
to weakenclassical
To weaken someone, similar to ذَلَقَ.
3.
to illuminateclassical
To make a lamp shine brightly.
4.
to provokeclassical
To agitate or disturb someone.
5.
to flush outclassical
To force a desert lizard (ضب) out of its burrow by pouring water into it.

أذلقه: أقلقه وأضعفه — He made him agitated and weak.

أذلقه: صب الماء في جحره ليخرج — He poured water into its burrow to make it come out.

ذَلِقٌadjective

1.
sharp-tonguedboth
Eloquent and articulate, especially referring to the tongue or speech.
2.
sharpboth
Having a sharp edge or point, like a blade or tooth.

فهو ذلق وأذلق — He is sharp-tongued and eloquent.

أسنة ذلق — Sharp teeth.

ذَلِيقٌadjective

1.
eloquentboth
Eloquent and articulate, particularly regarding speech.
2.
sharpboth
Having a sharp edge or point.

فهو ذليق وذلق — He is eloquent and sharp-tongued.

ذَلْقnoun

1.
sharpnessboth
The quality of being sharp or keen, referring to an edge or a tongue.
2.
eloquenceboth
The state of being eloquent or articulate.
3.
tipclassical
The extremity or point of something, like a tongue or tooth.

بين الذلاقة والذلق — Between eloquence and sharpness.

ذَوْلَقnoun

1.
tipclassical
The tip or extremity of something, such as the tongue or a tooth.
2.
sharpnessclassical
The quality of being sharp.

ذولق اللسان والسنان: طرفهما — The tip of the tongue and teeth.

ذَلْقَةnoun

1.
sharpnessboth
The quality of being sharp or keen.
2.
eloquenceboth
The quality of being eloquent.

ذَلْقِيّadjective

1.
gutturalclassical
Relating to letters pronounced at the tip of the tongue or lips.

ثلاثة ذولقية: اللام والراء والنون — Three guttural (letters): the Lam, Ra, and Nun.

تَذْلِيقnoun

1.
sharpeningclassical
The act of making something sharp.
2.
conditioningclassical
The act of conditioning a horse, making it lean and fit.

ذلق الفرس تذليقا: ضمره — He conditioned the horse, making it lean.

مُذْلَقadjective

1.
sharp-tonguedclassical
Eloquent and sharp-tongued.

فهو ذلق وأذلق — He is sharp-tongued and eloquent.

مُذْلِقnoun

1.
poor personclassical
A person who is extremely poor, to the point of not owning a home, a saying originating from a specific individual.

ابن المذلق: من عبد شمس، لم يكن يجد بيت ليلة ولا أبوه ولا أجداده، فقيل: "أفلس من ابن المذلق" — Ibn al-Mudhlaq: from the tribe of Abd Shams, who could not find a place to stay for the night, nor could his father or grandfathers, so it was said: 'He is bankrupt like Ibn al-Mudhlaq'.

انْذَلَقَverb

1.
to become sharpclassical
For a branch or edge to acquire sharpness.

انذلق الغصن: صار له ذلق، أي: حد — The branch became sharp: it acquired an edge.

ذَلْقَانnoun

1.
sharpnessclassical
The quality of being sharp.

ذَلْقَةnoun

1.
sharpnessclassical
The quality of being sharp.

ذَلْقَةnoun

1.
eloquenceclassical
The quality of being eloquent.

ذَلْقَةnoun

1.
milk mixed with waterclassical
A drink made of milk mixed with water.

كمعظم: اللبن المخلوط بالماء — Like 'mu'dham': milk mixed with water.

Parallel reading

ذلق السكين: حدده

The knife was sharpened: it was made sharp.

و السموم أو الصوم فلانا: أضعفه

And poisons or fasting weakened him.

و الطائر: ذرق، كأذلق فيهما

And the bird: it excreted, as did the other two in these senses.

و ذلق اللسان والسنان، كفرح: ذرب

And the tongue and teeth were sharp, like 'faraha': they were sharp-tongued.

فهو ذلق وأذلق

So he is sharp-tongued and eloquent.

وأسنة ذلق

And sharp teeth.

وبين الذلاقة والذلق

And between eloquence and sharpness.

و ذلق السراج، كفرح: أضاء

And the lamp, like 'faraha': it illuminated.

و الضب: خرج من خشونة الرمل إلى لين الماء

And the desert lizard: it emerged from the roughness of the sand to the softness of the water.

وفلان من العطش: أشرف على الموت

And so-and-so from thirst: he was on the verge of death.

و ذلق كل شيء وذلقته، ويحرك، وذولقه: حده

And the sharpness of everything and its edge, and it is vocalized, and its tip: its edge.

وذولق اللسان والسنان: طرفهما

And the tip of the tongue and teeth: their extremity.

والحروف الذلق: حروف طرف اللسان والشفة

And the guttural letters: letters from the tip of the tongue and lips.

وثلاثة ذولقية: اللام والراء والنون

And three guttural (letters): the Lam, Ra, and Nun.

وثلاثة شفهية: الباء والفاء والميم

And three labial (letters): the Ba, Fa, and Mim.

وخطيب ذلق، ككتف وأمير: فصيح

And an eloquent orator, like 'katif' and 'amir': eloquent.

وهي: بهاء

And she: beauty.

وأذلقه: أقلقه وأضعفه

And he made him agitated and weak.

وأذلقه: أقلقه وأضعفه

And he made him agitated and weak.

والسراج: أضاءه وأوقده

And the lamp: he illuminated it and kindled it.

والضب: صب الماء في جحره ليخرج، كذلقه

And the desert lizard: he poured water into its burrow to make it come out, like he sharpened it.

وذلق الفرس تذليقا: ضمره

And he conditioned the horse with conditioning: he made it lean.

وابن المذلق: من عبد شمس، لم يكن يجد بيت ليلة ولا أبوه ولا أجداده، فقيل: "أفلس من ابن المذلق"

And Ibn al-Mudhlaq: from the tribe of Abd Shams, who could not find a place to stay for the night, nor could his father or grandfathers, so it was said: 'He is bankrupt like Ibn al-Mudhlaq'.

وانذلق الغصن: صار له ذلق، أي: حد

And the branch became sharp: it acquired an edge, meaning: sharpness.