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ءنق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns feelings of joy and pleasure, and by extension, things that are pleasing, beautiful, or admirable. It also extends to the concept of careful or meticulous action and a specific type of bird.

Derived headwords

أَنِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be joyfulboth

    To experience joy and happiness.

أَنَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    joyboth

    Joy and happiness.

أَنِيقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    beautiful, pleasingboth

    beautiful, pleasing

آنَقَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to please meboth

    Something pleased me or delighted me.

تَأَنَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    he did the matter with careboth

    he did the matter with care

  2. 2.
    meaning, he did it with elegance/careboth

    meaning, he did it with elegance/care

أَنَاقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    eleganceboth

    Elegance, refinement, and attractiveness.

لَبَاقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    tactboth

    Tact, politeness, and skill in social interaction.

أَنُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    vultureclassical

    A type of bird, specifically a vulture (often identified as the Egyptian vulture or griffon vulture).

Parallel reading

الفرح والسرور
Joy and happiness.
وقد أنق بالكسر يأنق أنقا
And he experienced joy, breaking (the first vowel), he experiences joy, joy.
وشئ أنيق، أي حسن معجب
And a thing is beautiful, meaning pleasing and admirable.
وآنقني الشئ، أي أعجبني
And a thing pleased me, meaning it delighted me.
وتأنق في الأمر، إذا عمله بنيقة
And he acted meticulously in the matter, if he did it skillfully.
مثل تنوق
Like being refined.
وله أناقة ولباقة
And he has elegance and tact.
وتأنق فلان، في الروضة، إذا وقع فيها معجبا بها
And so-and-so was delighted in the garden, if he entered it impressed by it.
والأنوق على فعول: طائر، وهو الرخمة
And al-Anūq, on the pattern 'fu'ūl', is a bird, and it is the vulture.
أعز من بيض الأنوق
More precious than the eggs of the vulture.
لأنها تحرزه فلا يكاد يظفر به
Because she guards it, so it is scarcely obtained.
لان أوكارها في رءوس الجبال والاماكن الصعبة البعيدة
Because their nests are on the tops of mountains and in distant, difficult places.
وهى تحمق مع ذلك
And it is foolish despite that.
وإنما قال ذات اسمين، لانها تسمى الرخمة، والانوق
And he only said 'having two names' because it is called the vulture and al-Anūq.