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الفيق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, specifically the sound of chickens. It also extends to geographical features like mountains, and abstract concepts like self-sacrifice. Some derived forms describe specific types of people or actions.

Derived headwords

الْفِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of chickensboth

    The vocalization or noise made by chickens.

فِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain surrounding the worldclassical

    A mythical or cosmological mountain that encircles the entire world.

فِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    tall manclassical

    A man characterized by his great height.

عother
  1. 1.
    letter 'ayn'classical

    The Arabic letter 'ayn', used here possibly as an abbreviation or a placeholder.

فاقَ يَفِيقُverb
  1. 1.
    to sacrifice oneselfclassical

    To offer one's life or self for a cause or another person; to be generous to the point of self-sacrifice.

أَفْلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be eloquentclassical

    To speak with great eloquence and skill, to be a master of rhetoric.

أَفِيقname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A proper name, specifically referring to a poet.

عُقْبَة أُفِيقname
  1. 1.
    name of a passclassical

    The name of a mountain pass, possibly named after a person or a characteristic.

Parallel reading

الْفِيق: صوت الدجاج
Al-fīq: the sound of chickens.
وبالكسر: الجبل المحيط بالدنيا
And with kasra: the mountain surrounding the world.
والرجل الطويل
And the tall man.
وبلا لام: ع
And without 'al-': 'ayn'.
وفاق يفيق: جاد بنفسه
And fāqa yafīqu: he sacrificed himself.
وأفيق الشاعر: أفلق
And Afīq the poet: he was eloquent.
وعقبة أفيق، كأمير، يائي واوي
And 'Uqbat Afīq, like amīr, is ya'i and wawi.