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العقيق

Root entry · 45 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of splitting, cracking, or opening. It extends to meanings of flowing water, geological fissures, and even the act of slaughter or birth. It also encompasses specific items like gemstones, a type of bird, and a child's first hair.

Derived headwords

العَقِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Carnelian gemstoneboth

    A red gemstone, often found in Yemen and on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. It is believed to have protective qualities.

  2. 2.
    Valleyboth

    A valley, particularly one carved by flowing water.

  3. 3.
    City/Place Nameclassical

    A name for several places in Arabia, including Medina, Yamama, Taif, Tihama, and Najd.

  4. 4.
    Newborn's hairboth

    The hair of any newborn, whether human or animal.

  5. 5.
    Wool of a lambclassical

    The wool of a young sheep or lamb.

  6. 6.
    Lightning remnantclassical

    The residual glow or rays of lightning remaining in clouds, sometimes resembling swords.

  7. 7.
    Waterskinclassical

    A waterskin or waterskin bag.

  8. 8.
    Riverclassical

    A river or stream.

  9. 9.
    Strip of clothclassical

    A strip of cloth, often torn or cut.

  10. 10.
    Foreskinclassical

    The foreskin of a child.

عَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    To split/crackboth

    To split, crack, or open.

  2. 2.
    To slaughter (newborn)both

    To slaughter an animal for a newborn, as part of a tradition.

  3. 3.
    To shoot arrow upwardsclassical

    To shoot an arrow towards the sky.

عَقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedienceboth

    The state of being disobedient or undutiful towards parents; the opposite of piety (birr).

  2. 2.
    Pregnant (animal)both

    A female animal that is pregnant or has conceived.

  3. 3.
    Cracking soundclassical

    A cracking or splitting sound.

عَاقّadjective
  1. 1.
    Disobedientboth

    One who is disobedient or undutiful, especially towards parents.

عَقَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    To be disobedientclassical

    To act disobediently.

عَقَّاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedienceclassical

    A name for disobedience or undutifulness.

  2. 2.
    Bitter waterclassical

    Bitter water.

عَقَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedienceclassical

    A state of disobedience.

  2. 2.
    Splitting/Crackingclassical

    The act of splitting or cracking.

عَقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Pregnancyclassical

    The state of being pregnant, specifically referring to the fetus or the act of carrying.

عَقَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    She became pregnantclassical

    She (a female animal) became pregnant.

أَعْقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    She became pregnantclassical

    She (a female animal) became pregnant.

العَقَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Pregnancyclassical

    The pregnancy itself, the fetus carried.

العُقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Splittingclassical

    The act of splitting or cracking.

عَقِيقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sacrifice for newbornboth

    The animal sacrificed on the occasion of a newborn's birth, typically on the seventh day, for shaving its head.

  2. 2.
    Arrow shot upwardsclassical

    An arrow shot towards the sky.

عَقَائِقnoun
  1. 1.
    Carnelian stonesboth

    Plural of carnelian gemstone.

  2. 2.
    Swordsclassical

    Things resembling swords, possibly referring to the shape of lightning remnants.

عَقَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedient personclassical

    A group of disobedient people.

عَقَّاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Bitter waterclassical

    Bitter water.

عَقُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    Pregnantboth

    A female animal that is pregnant or has conceived.

عَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    To splitclassical

    To split or crack.

عَقَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    To splitclassical

    To split or crack.

عَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    To slaughterclassical

    To slaughter an animal for a newborn.

عَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    To shoot arrowclassical

    To shoot an arrow towards the sky.

عُقُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedienceboth

    The act of disobedience or undutifulness.

مَعْقُوقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Disobedientclassical

    Disobedient or undutiful.

عَاقّadjective
  1. 1.
    Disobedientboth

    Disobedient or undutiful.

عَقّadjective
  1. 1.
    Disobedientclassical

    Disobedient or undutiful.

عَقَقadjective
  1. 1.
    Disobedientclassical

    Disobedient or undutiful.

عَقَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedient groupclassical

    A collective noun for disobedient individuals.

عَقَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Disobedienceclassical

    A name for disobedience.

  2. 2.
    Bitter waterclassical

    Bitter water.

عَقُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    Pregnantboth

    A female animal that is pregnant.

عَقَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    She conceivedclassical

    She (a female animal) conceived.

أَعْقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    She conceivedclassical

    She (a female animal) conceived.

العَقَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Pregnancyclassical

    The state of pregnancy.

العُقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Splittingclassical

    The act of splitting.

نَوَى العُقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft date pitclassical

    A date pit that is soft and easily chewed.

عَقَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tribe nameclassical

    A lineage or clan name (from the tribe of Nimr ibn Qasit).

  2. 2.
    Elongated cloudclassical

    An elongated streak of cloud in the sky.

  3. 3.
    Deep pitclassical

    A deep hole or pit in the ground.

العَقَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Children's toyclassical

    A toy used by children.

عِقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm/vine shootsclassical

    Shoots or offshoots emerging from the base of palm trees or grapevines.

أَعَقَّتَاverb
  1. 1.
    They produced shootsclassical

    They (palm trees or grapevines) produced shoots.

عَوَاقِقnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm suckersclassical

    Suckers or offshoots that grow alongside palm trees.

العَقْعَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Magpie birdboth

    A black and white bird, resembling the sounds 'ayn' and 'qaf'.

أَعَقَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    He ordered itclassical

    He commanded or ordered something.

أَعَقَّ الفَرَسverb
  1. 1.
    The mare conceivedclassical

    The mare became pregnant (used unusually for a mare that is pregnant but not yet showing signs, or as a bad omen).

اعْتَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    To draw a swordclassical

    To draw or unsheathe a sword.

  2. 2.
    The cloud splitclassical

    The cloud split open.

انْعَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    Dust roseclassical

    Dust rose or billowed.

  2. 2.
    Knot tightenedclassical

    A knot became tight or fastened.

  3. 3.
    Cloud burstclassical

    A cloud burst open with water.

  4. 4.
    Splitting occurredclassical

    Any act of splitting or cracking.

انْعِقَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Splittingclassical

    The act of splitting or cracking.

Parallel reading

العقيق، كأمير: خرز أحمر يكون باليمن وبسواحل بحر رومية
Carnelian, like 'amir': a red gemstone found in Yemen and on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
منه جنس كدر كماء يجري من اللحم المملح
Among its types is a cloudy substance like water running from salted meat.
وفيه خطوط بيض خفية
And it has faint white lines.
من تختم به سكنت روعته عند الخصام، وانقطع عنه الدم من أي موضع كان
Whoever wears it as a ring will have their fear calmed during disputes, and bleeding will stop from any wound.
ونحاته جميع أصنافه تذهب حفر الأسنان
And the shavings of all its kinds remove tooth decay.
ومحروقه يثبت متحركها
And its burnt form stabilizes loose teeth.
الواحدة: بهاء
The singular form is 'bahaa'.
ج: عقائق
Plural: 'aqa'iq'.
و=: الوادي، ج: أعقة
And [it means]: a valley, plural: 'iqqah'.
وكل مسيل شقه ماء السيل
And every channel carved by floodwater.
وع بالمدينة، وباليمامة، وبالطائف، وبتهامة، وبنجد، وستة مواضع أخر
And [it is the name of places] in Medina, Yamama, Taif, Tihama, Najd, and six other locations.
وشعر كل مولود من الناس والبهائم، كالعقة، بالكسر، وكسفينة
And the hair of every newborn, human or animal, like 'iqqah (with kasra) and like 'afiinah'.
أو العقة: في الحمر والناس خاصة، ج: كعنب
Or 'iqqah: specifically for donkeys and humans, plural: like 'inab'.
والعقيقة أيضا: صوف الجذع، والشاة التي تذبح عند حلق شعر المولود
And 'aqiqah also: the wool of a young sheep, and the sheep slaughtered upon shaving the newborn's hair.
و من البرق: ما يبقى في السحاب من شعاعه، كالعقق، كصرد
And from lightning: what remains in the clouds of its rays, like 'aqiq (like 'as-sarad).
وبه تشبه السيوف فتسمى: عقائق
And by this resemblance to swords, they are called: 'aqa'iq'.
والمزادة، والنهر، والعصابة ساعة تشق من الثوب، وغرلة الصبي
And the waterskin, the river, a strip torn from cloth, and the boy's foreskin.
وعق: شق
And 'aqqa: to split.
وعن المولود: ذبح عنه
And 'aqqa 'an al-mawlood: to slaughter for the newborn.
وبالسهم: رمى به نحو السماء، وذلك السهم: عقيقة
And bi-l-sahm: to shoot it towards the sky, and that arrow is an 'aqiqah.
والده عقوقا ومعقة: ضد بره
And his father's disobedience ('uquqan) and being undutiful: the opposite of his piety.
فهو عاق وعق وعقق محركة وبضمتين، جمع الأولى: عققة محركة
So he is 'aaqq, 'aqq, and 'aqiq (with haraka), and 'uquq (with two damma), the plural of the first is 'iqqah (with haraka).
وعقاق، كقطام: اسم العقوق
And 'iqaq, like 'qattaam: the name for disobedience.
ومآء عق وعقاق، بضمهما: مر
And water 'aqq and 'iqaq, with damma on both: bitter.
وفرس عقوق، كصبور: حامل، أو حائل، ضد، أو هو على التفاؤل
And a mare 'uqooq, like 'saboor: pregnant, or barren (opposite), or it is for good omen.
ج: عقق، بضمتين، جج: ككتاب
Plural: 'uquq (with two damma), plural of plural: like 'kitaab'.
وقد عقت تعق عقاقا وعققا، محركة، وأعقت
And she became pregnant ('aqqat ta'iqqu 'iqaqan wa 'aqiqan, with haraka), and she became pregnant ('a'qqat).
أو العقاق، كسحاب وكتاب: الحمل بعينه
Or al-'iqaq, like 'sahab and 'kitaab: the pregnancy itself.
والعقق، محركة: الانشقاق
And al-'iqq, with haraka: the splitting.
ونوى العقوق: نوى هش لين الممضغة
And 'nawa al-'uquq': a soft date pit that is easily chewed.
وعقة: بطن من النمر بن قاسط، والبرقة المستطيلة في السماء، وحفرة عميقة في الأرض، كالعق، بالكسر
And 'iqqah: a clan of Nimr ibn Qasit, an elongated streak in the sky, and a deep pit in the ground, like 'aqq (with kasra).
والعقة، بالضم: التي يلعب بها الصبيان
And al-'iqqah (with damma): what children play with.
وعقان النخيل والكرم، بالكسر: ما يخرج من أصولهما، وقد أعقتا
And 'iqqan of palms and vines (with kasra): what emerges from their roots, and they have produced shoots ('a'qqataa).
وعواق النخل: روادفه، وهي فسلان تنبت معه
And 'awaqiq of palms: their followers, which are suckers that grow with them.
والعقعق: طائر أبلق بسواد وبياض، يشبه صوته العين والقاف
And al-'aq'aq: a piebald bird with black and white, whose sound resembles 'ayn and qaf.
وأعقه: أمره
And 'a'qqahu: he ordered it.
والفرس: حملت وهو عقوق لا معق، وهذا نادر، أو يقال في لغية ردية
And the mare: she became pregnant, and she is 'uqooq (pregnant) not 'aqq (barren), and this is rare, or it is said in a derogatory dialect.
واعتق السيف: استله
And 'i'taqqa al-sayf: he drew the sword.
والسحاب: انشق
And the clouds: split.
وانعق الغبار: سطع
And 'in'aqqa al-ghubar: the dust rose.
والعقدة: انشدت
And the knot: tightened.
والسحابة: تبعجت بالماء، وكل انشقاق: انعقاق
And the cloud: burst with water, and every splitting: 'in'iqaq.