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العثق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of abundance, fertility, and abundance in nature, particularly concerning plants and the earth. It also extends to the idea of intermingling or mixing, especially in the context of clouds.

Derived headwords

العِثْقnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    Refers to a tree, with 'بهاء' (bahaa') being the singular form.

  2. 2.
    main roadclassical

    Denotes the main or central part of a road, its thoroughfare.

عَثِقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    fertilemodern

    Describes the earth as being fertile and abundant.

أَعْثَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to become fertilemodern

    The earth becomes fertile and abundant.

مُتَعَثِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    intermingledmodern

    Describes clouds that are intermingled or mixed together.

مُنْعَثِقadjective
  1. 1.
    intermingledmodern

    Describes clouds that are intermingled or mixed together.

Parallel reading

العثق، محركة: شجر، واحدته: بهاء
Al-'ithq, when vocalized with fatha on the 'ayn and tha', means tree; its singular is 'bahaa'.
و من الطريق: جادته
And from the road: its main thoroughfare.
وأمست الأرض عثقة، محركة: مخصبة
And the land became fertile, meaning abundant.
وأعثقت: أخصبت
And 'a'athqat: it became fertile.
وسحاب متعثق ومنعثق: اختلط بعضه ببعض
And clouds that are muta'athq and mun'athq: some of them mixed with others.