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الغهق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of intensity, excess, and impairment, particularly concerning animals, darkness, and mental states. It describes the tallness of camels, heightened activity or madness, and the dimming or weakening of sight.

Derived headwords

الغهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall camelclassical

    Refers to a tall or long-limbed camel.

الغوهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Activity, madnessclassical

    Denotes a state of heightened activity, vigor, or even madness.

  2. 2.
    Crowclassical

    An alternative name for a crow.

غيهقverb
  1. 1.
    To weaken (sight)classical

    Used to describe the dimming or weakening of one's eyesight.

غيهقتverb
  1. 1.
    Sight weakenedclassical

    Past tense form indicating that the eyesight has become weak or dim.

Parallel reading

الغهق، ككتف وصيقل: الطويل من الإبل.
Al-ghahaq, like katif and sayqal: the tall one of camels.
وكصيقل: النشاط، والجنون، كالغوهق، ويوصف به العظم، والترارة.
And like sayqal: vigor, and madness, like al-ghawhaq, and by it are described the bone and the heat of the sun.
وغيهق الظلام عينه: أضعف بصره،
And the darkness weakened his sight: it weakened his vision,
فغيهقت عينه: ضعفت.
So his eye weakened: it became weak.
والغوهق: الغراب، لغة في العين.
And al-ghawhaq: the crow, a variant pronunciation for 'ayn (eye).