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وبق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, perishing, and being held back or imprisoned. It extends to concepts of a place of destruction, a deadline, and an obstacle.

Derived headwords

وَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to perishboth

    To be destroyed or to cease to exist.

  2. 2.
    to be held backclassical

    To be detained or prevented from proceeding.

وَبْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionboth

    The state or process of being destroyed or perishing.

  2. 2.
    perishingboth

    The act of perishing or being ruined.

مَوْبِقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    place of destructionboth

    A location where destruction occurs or is imminent.

  2. 2.
    destructionboth

    The act or cause of perishing.

  3. 3.
    prisonclassical

    A place of confinement or detention.

  4. 4.
    a valley in Hellclassical

    A specific place of torment in Islamic eschatology.

  5. 5.
    obstacleboth

    Something that hinders or obstructs progress.

أَوْبَقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to imprison himclassical

    To detain or hold someone captive.

  2. 2.
    to destroy himboth

    To cause someone to perish or be ruined.

اِسْتَوْبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to perishclassical

    To undergo destruction or ruin.

وَبَقَnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionboth

    The state of being perished or ruined.

مَجْلِسnoun
  1. 1.
    place of destructionclassical

    A location where destruction occurs.

  2. 2.
    deadlineclassical

    A set time or limit.

  3. 3.
    prisonclassical

    A place of confinement.

  4. 4.
    a valley in Hellclassical

    A place of torment in Hell.

  5. 5.
    obstacleclassical

    Something that impedes or prevents.

Parallel reading

وبق، كوعد ووجل وورث، وبوقا وموبقا: هلك
Wabaga, like wa'ada, wajila, and waritha, [means] wabqan and mawbiqan: to perish.
كاستوبق
like istoubaqa.
وكمجلس: المهلك
And like majlis: the place of destruction.
والموعد
And the deadline.
والمحبس
And the prison.
واد في جهنم
A valley in Hell.
وكل شيء حال بين شيئين
And everything that stands between two things.
وأوبقه: حبسه
And awbaqahu: to imprison him.
أو أهلكه
Or to destroy him.