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رنق

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of turbidity and clarity, particularly in water. It extends to meanings of beauty, excellence, and also to states of weakness, confusion, and hesitation. It can also refer to specific actions like fluttering or settling.

Derived headwords

رَنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be turbidboth

    The water became cloudy or muddy.

  2. 2.
    to be clearclassical

    This is a contradictory meaning, where the water becomes clear.

رَنَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    turbidityboth

    The state of water being turbid or muddy.

  2. 2.
    clarityclassical

    The state of water being clear, a contradictory sense.

رُنُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    turbidityboth

    The state of water being turbid or muddy.

تَرَنَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be turbidboth

    The water became cloudy or muddy.

رَنِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    turbidboth

    Describing water that is cloudy or muddy.

تَرْنُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mudboth

    Mud found in rivers and streams after the water has receded.

تَرْنُوقَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mudboth

    Mud found in rivers and streams after the water has receded.

رَوْنَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    lusterboth

    The sheen or brilliance of a sword.

  2. 2.
    splendorboth

    The beauty and brightness of the forenoon.

  3. 3.
    clarityclassical

    The clear essence or quality of something.

رَنْقَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    hen sitting on eggsclassical

    A hen that is sitting on her eggs, a specific type of bird.

رَنْقَاوَاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    water bodiesclassical

    Plural of a water source, specifically associated with a tribe.

رَيَانِقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    turbid waterclassical

    A plural form referring to turbid water, considered an inversion of 'ranga'.

أَرْنَـقَverb
  1. 1.
    to move bannerclassical

    To move one's banner in preparation for an attack.

  2. 2.
    to moveclassical

    The banner moved.

  3. 3.
    to make turbidboth

    To make water cloudy or muddy.

  4. 4.
    to clarifyclassical

    To make water clear, a contradictory meaning.

  5. 5.
    to purifyclassical

    God purified the impurities.

  6. 6.
    to stayclassical

    People stayed in a place.

  7. 7.
    to mix opinionclassical

    To confuse or mix opinions regarding a matter.

  8. 8.
    to flutterclassical

    A bird fluttered its wings without flying.

  9. 9.
    to mix with eyesclassical

    Sleepiness mixed with the eyes.

رَنَّقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make turbidboth

    To make water cloudy or muddy.

  2. 2.
    to clarifyclassical

    To make water clear, a contradictory meaning.

تَرْنِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessclassical

    A state of weakness in sight, body, or in a matter.

  2. 2.
    prolonged gazeclassical

    Staring or looking intently for a long time.

  3. 3.
    broken wingclassical

    The breaking of a bird's wing, causing it to fall.

مُرَنَّقُ الْجَنَاحِadjective
  1. 1.
    broken-wingedclassical

    Describing a bird whose wing is broken, causing it to fall.

Parallel reading

رنق الماء كفرح ونصر رنقا ورنقا ورنوقا: كدر
The water became turbid, like 'faraha' and 'nasara', with 'rangan' and 'runuqan': it became muddy.
فهو رنق كعدل وكتف وجبل
And he is 'raniqun', like 'adlun', 'katifun', and 'jabalun'.
والترنوق، ويضم، والترنوقاء، بالضم: الطين في الأنهار والمسيل إذا نضب عنها الماء
And 'al-tarnuqu', with damma, and 'al-tarnuqa', with damma: is the mud in the rivers and streams when the water has receded from them.
ورونق السيف والضحى: ماؤه وحسنه
And the 'rawnaqu' of the sword and the forenoon: is its luster and its beauty.
وصار الماء رونقة: غلب الطين على الماء
And the water became 'rawnaqan': the mud overcame the water.
والرنقاء من الطير: القاعدة على البيض
And 'al-ranqa' from the birds: is the one sitting on the eggs.
والريانق: جمع رنقة الماء وهو مقلوب
And 'al-rayaniqu': is a plural of 'ranga al-ma'' (turbid water), and it is an inversion.
أرنق: حرك لواءه للحملة
'Arnaqa': he moved his banner for the charge.
واللواء: تحرك
And the banner: moved.
والماء: كدره، كرنقه
And the water: he made it turbid, like 'rannaqahu'.
ورنقه أيضا: صفاه، ضد
And 'rannaqahu' also: he clarified it, the opposite.
والله تعالى قذاتك: صفاها
And God Almighty purified your impurities: He purified them.
والقوم بالمكان: أقاموا
And the people in the place: they stayed.
وفي الأمر: خلطوا الرأي
And in the matter: they mixed the opinion.
والطائر: خفق بجناحيه ورفرف ولم يطر
And the bird: it fluttered its wings and hovered without flying.
والنوم في عينيه: خالطهما
And sleep in his eyes: it mixed with them.
والترنيق: الضعف في البصر والبدن والأمر، وإدامة النظر
And 'al-tarniqu': is weakness in sight, body, or matter, and prolonged gazing.
وكسر جناح الطائر برمية أو داء حتى يسقط، وهو مرنق الجناح، كمعظم
And the breaking of a bird's wing by a shot or disease until it falls, and it is 'murannaqu al-janah', like 'mu'azzam'.