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الزعاق

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intensely unpleasant or undrinkable water, often due to bitterness or salinity. It extends to concepts of aversion, fear, rapid movement, and agitation, particularly in relation to animals, wind, and actions like striking or frightening.

Derived headwords

الزَّعَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    bitter, undrinkable waterboth

    Water that is intensely bitter and thick, making it impossible to drink.

  2. 2.
    aversion, shynessclassical

    A state of aversion or shyness, often used to describe an animal.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be bitterclassical

    To be intensely bitter, referring to water.

  2. 2.
    to be averseclassical

    To be shy or averse, often used for animals.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to frightenclassical

    To frighten or startle someone.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to drive awayclassical

    To drive away or chase off, especially animals.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make saltyclassical

    To make a pot of food excessively salty.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir up dustclassical

    For the wind to stir up dust.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stingclassical

    For a scorpion to sting someone.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to fear at nightclassical

    To fear during the night and then become active or energetic.

زَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outclassical

    To cry out or shout.

مَزْعُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    excessively saltyclassical

    Food that has become excessively salty.

  2. 2.
    struck by rainclassical

    Land that has been struck by heavy, abundant rain.

أَزْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to frightenclassical

    To frighten or terrify someone.

أَزْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make saltyclassical

    To make a pot of food excessively salty.

أَزْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir upclassical

    For the wind to stir up dust.

أَزْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig and find waterclassical

    To dig and discover undrinkable, bitter water.

أَزْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    To hasten or speed up a journey.

زَعْقnoun
  1. 1.
    fear at nightclassical

    The act of fearing at night and then becoming active.

زَعْقnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutingclassical

    The act of crying out or shouting.

زَعِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    frightenedclassical

    Someone who is frightened or terrified.

زُعَاقadjective
  1. 1.
    averse, shyclassical

    Describing an animal, particularly a mountain goat (wa'l), as being shy or averse.

زُعَاقadjective
  1. 1.
    fast, hurriedclassical

    Describing a horse as being fast and hurried in its gait.

زُعَاقadjective
  1. 1.
    fast, rapidclassical

    Describing a journey or pace as being fast or rapid.

مِزْعَقnoun
  1. 1.
    slingclassical

    A sling used to hurl stones, particularly for digging or launching from the ground.

زَعْزَقُوقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chick of a partridgeclassical

    The young chick of a partridge bird.

انْزَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speed upclassical

    For animals to speed up or move quickly.

انْزَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to advanceclassical

    For a horse to advance or move forward quickly.

انْزَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to fear at nightclassical

    To fear during the night.

نَزْعًا مُزَعَّقًاphrase
  1. 1.
    rapidlyclassical

    Describing the act of drawing a bowstring rapidly.

أَزْعَقُوهَاverb
  1. 1.
    they dug and foundclassical

    They dug and encountered bitter, undrinkable water.

أَزْعَقُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    they frightened himclassical

    They frightened or terrified him.

أَزْعَقُوا السَّيْرَverb
  1. 1.
    they hastened the journeyclassical

    They hastened or sped up the journey.

Parallel reading

الزَّعَاقُ: الماء المر الغليظ، لا يطاق شربه
Al-zaqaq: The bitter, thick water, undrinkable.
ويقال أيضا: وعل زعاق، أي: نفور
It is also said: a shy mountain goat, meaning averse.
وطعام مزعوق: كثر ملحه
And food that is maz'uq: its saltiness has become excessive.
وزعقه، وبه: ذعره
And he frightened him, or it, meaning he terrified him.
وكفرح وعني: خاف بالليل ونشط
And ka-fariha and 'aniya: he feared at night and became active.
وفرس زعاق، كشداد: مشاء عجول
And a horse that is zuqaq, like shaddad: one that walks fast and is hurried.
وسير مزعق، كمنبر: سريع
And a journey that is maz'aq, like minbar: fast.
والمزعق: المقلاع يقلع به الأرضون
And al-miz'aq: the sling with which stones are hurled from the ground.
والزعقوقة: فرخ القبج
And al-zaqquqah: the chick of the partridge.
وأزعقوا: حفروا فهجموا على ماء زعاق
And they dug and encountered bitter, undrinkable water.
وأزعقوا فلانا: خوفوه
And they frightened him, meaning they terrified him.
وأزعقوا السير: عجلوا
And they hastened the journey, meaning they sped it up.
وانزعقت الدواب: أسرعت
And the animals became startled, meaning they sped up.
وانزعق الفرس: تقدم
And the horse advanced, meaning it moved forward.
وانزعق فلان: خاف بالليل
And so-and-so became startled, meaning he feared at night.