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ثبق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root ثبق (th-b-q) primarily relates to the rapid flow or gushing of liquids, particularly tears or water. It can also describe the swiftness of a river's current and its abundance of water.

Derived headwords

ثَبِقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to gushclassical

    Said of the eye, its tears flowed rapidly and abundantly.

تَثْبُقُverb
  1. 1.
    to flow rapidlyclassical

    Said of a river, its current was swift and its water abundant.

تَثْبَاقُهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    gushingclassical

    The act of gushing or flowing rapidly, used here in reference to tears.

Parallel reading

ثَبِقَتِ الْعَيْنُ تَثْبُقُ
The eye gushed, its tears flowing rapidly.
وَثَبِقَ النَّهْرُ يَثْبُقُ
And the river flowed rapidly, its water abundant.
مَا بَالُ عَيْنِكَ عَاوَدَتْ تُعَاشِقُهَا عَيْنٌ تَبْثُقُ دَمْعَهَا تَثْبَاقَهَا
What is the matter with your eye that it has returned to loving it, an eye gushing its tears in a torrent?