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المطق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a disease affecting palm trees and also encompasses the concepts of tasting and making sounds with the tongue.

Derived headwords

المطقnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm tree diseaseclassical

    A disease that affects palm trees.

المطقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sweetnessmodern

    Sweetness, often referring to the taste of something.

تمطقverb
  1. 1.
    To tastemodern

    To taste something, to savor its flavor.

  2. 2.
    To make sounds with the tongueclassical

    To make sounds with the tongue and the roof of the mouth.

Parallel reading

المطق، محركة: داء يصيب النخل.
Al-matqu, with harakah: a disease that affects palm trees.
والمطقة، بالفتح: الحلاوة.
And al-maṭqah, with fatha: sweetness.
والتمطق: التذوق،
And al-tamaṭṭuq: tasting,
والتصويت باللسان والغار الأعلى.
and making sounds with the tongue and the roof of the mouth.