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نمق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of beautifying, decorating, or refining something, often through writing or careful arrangement. It extends to concepts of making things smooth, pleasing, or well-formed, and can also refer to specific physical attributes like being seedless or well-formed.

Derived headwords

نَمَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone in the eye.

  2. 2.
    to writeclassical

    To write something.

تَنْمِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    beautificationboth

    The act of making something beautiful, decorating it, especially through writing.

مُنَمَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    decoratedboth

    Made beautiful or adorned, particularly with writing.

  2. 2.
    seedlessboth

    Describing fruit, particularly dates, that have no pit or stone.

نَمْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    decorationclassical

    A mark or embellishment, often referring to a decorative element in writing or a pattern.

  2. 2.
    smoothnessclassical

    A quality of being smooth or well-formed, especially in reference to a road.

أَنْفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to bear fruit (seedless)classical

    Used for a palm tree that bears fruit without stones.

Parallel reading

نمق عينه: لطمها
To نمق someone's eye: to strike it.
الكتاب: كتبه
To نمق the writing: to write it.
ونمقه تنميقا: حسنه وزينه بالكتابة
And to نمقه (verb form) with تنميق (masdar): to make it beautiful and adorn it with writing.
ويقال للشيء المروح: فيه نمقة، محركة
And it is said of something well-formed or smooth: it has a نمقة (noun), with a vowel.
ونمق الطريق: لقمه
And to نمق the road: to make it smooth or level.
ورطب منمق، كمحسن: ماله نوى
And a seedless date, like a 'muhsin' (adjective): it has no pit.
وأنمقت النخلة
And the palm tree أنمقت (verb form).