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العذق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to date palms and their fruit, but extends to concepts of attachment, marking, and specific qualities like eloquence or intelligence. It encompasses the palm tree itself, its fruit clusters, and metaphorical extensions to other things that are attached, marked, or possess desirable traits.

Derived headwords

العِذْقnoun
  1. 1.
    Date palm with its fruitboth

    A date palm tree along with the fruit it bears.

  2. 2.
    Fruit cluster (dates)both

    The cluster of dates on a palm tree.

  3. 3.
    Grape clusterboth

    A bunch or cluster of grapes.

  4. 4.
    A specific placeclassical

    A place named 'Athaq' in the Madinah region, associated with Banu Umayyah ibn Zayd.

  5. 5.
    Pride, honorclassical

    A sense of pride, honor, or high status.

  6. 6.
    Branch with offshootsboth

    Any branch that has offshoots or divisions.

أعذقnoun
  1. 1.
    Fruit clusters (pl.)both

    Plural of 'uthq', referring to clusters of dates or grapes.

عِذْقnoun
  1. 1.
    Fruit cluster (dates)both

    The cluster of dates on a palm tree.

  2. 2.
    Grape clusterboth

    A bunch or cluster of grapes.

عذاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Fruit clusters (pl.)both

    Plural of 'uthq', referring to clusters of dates or grapes.

أعذاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Fruit clusters (pl.)both

    Plural of 'uthq', referring to clusters of dates or grapes.

عذوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Fruit clusters (pl.)both

    Plural of 'uthq', referring to clusters of dates or grapes.

عذقverb
  1. 1.
    To ward off and gatherclassical

    A male camel wards off and gathers (female camels).

  2. 2.
    To brand/markclassical

    To mark a ewe with a brand.

  3. 3.
    To accuse/attributeclassical

    To accuse someone of evil or something ugly.

  4. 4.
    To attribute toclassical

    To attribute something to someone.

  5. 5.
    To have diarrheaclassical

    A camel suffers from diarrhea.

  6. 6.
    To bear fruitclassical

    The 'Idhkhir' plant (a type of grass) has borne its fruit.

عذقnoun
  1. 1.
    Mark/brandboth

    A mark or brand attached to a sheep that differs in color from its fleece.

أعذقverb
  1. 1.
    To markclassical

    To mark a sheep (passive participle implied).

  2. 2.
    To bear fruitclassical

    The 'Idhkhir' plant has borne its fruit.

اعتذقverb
  1. 1.
    To let hangclassical

    To let two tassels of a turban hang down behind.

  2. 2.
    To single outclassical

    To single someone out for something.

  3. 3.
    To mark for seizureclassical

    To mark a young she-camel for the purpose of seizing it.

عذقانةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sharp-tongued womanclassical

    A woman who is sharp-tongued or eloquent.

عذقadjective
  1. 1.
    Eloquent, cleverboth

    A man who is eloquent, clever, or skillful.

عذقadjective
  1. 1.
    Pure, excellentclassical

    Referring to a pleasant scent or fragrance; pure and excellent.

Parallel reading

العذق: النخلة بحملها
The 'uthq: the palm tree with its fruit.
ج: أعذق وعذاق
Plural: a'dhq and 'adhaq.
وبالكسر: القنو منها
And with kasr: the cluster of dates from it.
والعنقود من العنب
And the bunch from grapes.
أو إذا أكل ما عليه، ج: أعذاق وعذوق
Or when what is on it is eaten, plural: a'dhaq and 'udhuq.
وأطم بالمدينة لبني أمية ابن زيد
And a fortress in Madinah for Banu Umayyah ibn Zayd.
والعز، وكل غصن له شعب
And pride, and every branch that has offshoots.
وخبراء العذق، كعنب، أو محركة: ع بناحية الصمان، كثير السدر والماء
And Khubara' al-'Uthaq, like 'unub, or muharrakah: a place in the region of al-Summan, with abundant sidr trees and water.
وعذق الفحل عن الإبل يعذقها: دفع عنها وحواها
And the male camel warded off and gathered the she-camels, he wards them off and gathers them.
والشاة: وسمها بالعذقة
And the ewe: he marked her with the 'adhqah.
ويكسر: لعلامة تعلق على الشاة تخالف لونها
And with kasr: for a mark attached to the ewe that differs in color from it.
كأعذقها
Like he marked her.
وفلانا بشر أو قبيح: رماه به
And someone with evil or ugliness: he accused him of it.
وإلى كذا: نسبه
And to such-and-such: he attributed it to him.
والبعير: ثلط
And the camel: it had diarrhea.
والإذخر: ظهرت ثمرته، كأعذق
And the Idhkhir (grass): its fruit appeared, like it bore fruit.
واعتذق: أسبل لعمامته عذبتين من خلف
And he let hang: he let two tassels of his turban hang down behind.
وفلانا بكذا: اختصه به
And someone with something: he singled him out for it.
وبكرة من إبله: أعلم عليها ليقبضها
And a young she-camel from his camels: he marked her to seize her.
والعذقانة: السليطة
And al-'Adhqa'anah: the sharp-tongued one.
ورجل عذق، ككتف: لبق
And a man 'adhq, like katif: eloquent.
وطيب عذق: ذكي
And a pure scent 'adhq: pure.