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ترق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the clavicle bone and related anatomical terms. It also extends metaphorically to refer to antidotes or remedies, particularly for poisons and sorrow.

Derived headwords

الترياقnoun
  1. 1.
    antidote for poisonsboth

    antidote for poisons

ترياقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Antidoteboth

    An antidote for poisons. It is a Persian word Arabized.

  2. 2.
    Wineclassical

    Arabs call wine 'tiryāq' or 'tiryāqah' because it dispels sorrow.

الترقوةnoun
  1. 1.
    the bone between the hollow of the throat and the shoulderboth

    the bone between the hollow of the throat and the shoulder

ترقاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Clavicleboth

    The bone located between the jugular notch and the shoulder.

ترقّىverb
  1. 1.
    he advanced in knowledge, he ascended in it step by stepboth

    he advanced in knowledge, he ascended in it step by step

Parallel reading

الترياق بكسر التاء: دوراء السموم، فارسي معرب.
The tiryāq, with a kasra on the tāʾ: an antidote for poisons, it is an Arabized Persian word.
والعرب تسمي الخمر ترياقا وترياقة، لآنها تذهب بالهم.
And the Arabs call wine 'tiryāqan' and 'tiryāqatan' because it dispels sorrow.
سقتني بصهباء ترياقة متى ما تلين عظامي تلن
She gave me to drink of a reddish wine, an antidote, that when it softens my bones, they become soft.
والترقوة: العظم الذى بين ثغرة النحر والعاتق، وهو فعلوة، ولا تقل ترقوة بالضم.
And the turquwah: the bone which is between the jugular notch and the shoulder, and it is on the pattern 'faʿluwah', and do not say turquwah with a dammah.
وحكى أبو يوسف: ترقيت الرجل ترقاة، أي أصبت ترقوته.
And Abū Yūsuf narrated: 'I turraytu the man a turqāh', meaning, I struck his clavicle.