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دنق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small units of value and concepts of approaching or nearing. It also extends to meanings of weakness, careful observation, and the setting of the sun.

Derived headwords

الدَّانِقnoun
  1. 1.
    four ṭasāsījboth

    four ṭasāsīj

  2. 2.
    two qirats (a unit of weight)both

    two qirats (a unit of weight)

دَانَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    a unit of weightclassical

    An alternative form for 'dāniq', referring to one-sixth of a dirham.

الدَّانِقadjective
  1. 1.
    four ṭasāsījboth

    four ṭasāsīj

  2. 2.
    two qirats (a unit of weight)both

    two qirats (a unit of weight)

المُتَدَنِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    meticulousclassical

    One who is excessively careful or meticulous in his actions or observations.

المُدَنِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    meticulousclassical

    One who is excessively careful or meticulous in his actions or observations.

تَدْنِيْقnoun
  1. 1.
    careful observationclassical

    The act of looking intently or continuously at something; prolonged observation.

دَنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    if you scrutinize, you will be scrutinizedboth

    if you scrutinize, you will be scrutinized

دَنَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    if you scrutinize, you will be scrutinizedboth

    if you scrutinize, you will be scrutinized

Parallel reading

الدَّانِق والدَّانِق: سدس الدِّرْهَم.
The dāniq and the dāniq: one-sixth of the dirham.
وربما قالوا للدَّانِق: دَانَاق، كما قالوا للدِّرْهَم: دِرْهَام.
And perhaps they say for the dāniq: dānāq, just as they say for the dirham: dirhām.
والدَّانِق أيضًا: المَهْزُول السَّاقِط.
And the dāniq also: the emaciated, the fallen.
حتى تراه كالسَّلِيمِ الدَّانِق.
Until you see him like the weak, fallen serpent.
والمُسْتَقْصِي. قال الحسن: " لا تَدَنَّقُوا فَيُدَنَّقَ عَلَيْكُمْ ".
And the meticulous. Al-Hasan said: 'Do not be meticulous, lest you be subjected to meticulousness.'
والتَّدْنِيْق مِثْل التَّرْنِيْق، وهو إدامة النَّظَر إلى الشَّيء.
And tadnīq is like tarnīq, which is prolonging the gaze at a thing.
يُقَالُ دَنَقَ إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرُ وَرَنَقَ.
It is said: the gaze was directed towards it and lingered.
وكذلك النَّظَرُ الضَّعِيْف.
And likewise, the weak gaze.
وتَدْنِيْقُ الشَّمْسِ لِلْغُرُوبِ: دُنُوُّهَا.
And the sun's approaching sunset: its nearing.
وتَدْنِيْقُ العَيْنِ: غُؤُوْرُهَا.
And the sinking of the eye: its becoming deep-set.