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الوعيق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds originating from within an animal, particularly a horse or donkey, and also describes negative human character traits like fierceness and bad temper. It extends to meanings of hastening and causing delay or disruption.

Derived headwords

الْوَعِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound from animal's bellyclassical

    A sound heard from the belly of a beast of burden when it walks.

وَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be fierceclassical

    This verb form is used to describe a person who is fierce, ill-tempered, and irritable.

وَعِقadjective
  1. 1.
    fierceclassical

    Describes a person who is fierce, ill-tempered, and irritable.

وَعَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fiercenessclassical

    A state or quality of being fierce, ill-tempered, or irritable.

وَعَقَ عَلَيَّverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    Used in the phrase 'wa'aqta 'alayya ya rajul' meaning 'you hastened towards me, O man'.

أَوْعَقَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to make hastenclassical

    Used in the question 'Ma aw'aqaka?' meaning 'What made you hasten?' or 'What hastened you?'

وَاعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayclassical

    This verb form is glossed simply as 'to delay' or 'to hinder'.

التَّوْعِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    delayingclassical

    The act of causing delay or hindrance.

  2. 2.
    disagreementclassical

    Meaning contention or disagreement.

  3. 3.
    disruptionclassical

    Meaning mischief, or causing trouble.

  4. 4.
    attribution to fiercenessclassical

    The act of attributing something to fierceness or bad temper.

Parallel reading

الْوَعِيق، كأمير وغراب: صوت يسمع من بطن الدابة إذا مشت
Al-wa'eeq, like ameer and ghuraab: a sound heard from the belly of the beast if it walks.
ورجل وعق، كعدل وصخرة ms1273 وكتف: شرس، سيئ الخلق، ضجر متبرم
And a man is wa'iq, like 'adl and sakhrah and katif: fierce, ill-tempered, irritable and discontented.
وبه وعقة: شراسة
And in him is wa'qah: fierceness.
ووعقت علي يا رجل، كورثت: عجلت
And 'you hastened upon me, O man', like 'you inherited': you hastened.
وما أوعقك
And what made you hasten?
واعقة: ع
Waa'aqah: 'ayn (meaning 'to delay').
والتوعيق: التعويق، والخلاف، والعيث، والنسبة إلى الشراسة
And al-taw'eeq: delaying, disagreement, mischief, and attribution to fierceness.