ريق

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'ريق' primarily relates to saliva, moisture, and the finest or earliest part of something. It extends to concepts of freshness, purity, and the beginning of phenomena like youth or rain. It also encompasses the idea of shimmering or glistening, particularly of heat haze.

Derived headwords

الرِّيقnoun

1.
salivaboth
saliva

الرِّيقَةnoun

1.
specific salivaclassical
A more specific term for saliva, distinct from the general term الرِّيق.

أَرْيَاقnoun

1.
plural of rīq (saliva)both
plural of rīq (saliva)

رَائِقadjective

1.
shimmeringclassical
Describing something that glistens or shimmers, particularly the mirage.
2.
pureclassical
Describing water that is clear or pure.

رَاقَverb

1.
it became clear, pureboth
it became clear, pure

يَرِيقُverb

1.
to shimmerclassical
Present tense of رَاقَ, meaning to glisten or shimmer.

تَرَيَّقَverb

1.
to shimmerclassical
Similar to رَاقَ, meaning to glisten or shimmer.

رَاقَverb

1.
it became clear, pureboth
it became clear, pure

رَيُوقًاnoun

1.
generosity at deathclassical
The act of giving generously or yielding something valuable at the point of death.

أَرِيقَverb

1.
to be lightenedclassical
A passive or lightened form of a verb related to 'ريق', used in the context of 'ريق al-matar' (light rain).

Parallel reading

الرِّيق: الرضاب

Al-riq: saliva.

والريقة أخص منه

And al-rayiqah is more specific than it.

ويجمع على أرياق

And it is pluralized as aryaq.

أتيته على ريق نفسي، أي لم أطعم شيئا

I came to him on an empty stomach, meaning I had not eaten anything.

رجل ريق، أي على الريق

A man on an empty stomach, meaning on the Riq.

أتيته ريقا وأتيته رائقا، أي على ريق لم أطعم شيئا

I came to him riqan and I came to him rayiqan, meaning on an empty stomach I had not eaten anything.

والريق أيضا من كل شئ: أفضله وأوله

And al-riq is also from everything: its best and its beginning.

ومنه ريق الشباب وريق المطر

And from it is the prime of youth and the beginning of rain.

وقد يخفف فيقال اريق

And it may be lightened and called ariq.

مدحنا لها ريق الشباب فعارضت جناب الصبافى كاتم السر أعجما

We praised the prime of youth for her, so she responded to the one who hides secrets, the mute.

والماء الرائق: أن يشرب على الريق غدوة، ولا يقال إلا للماء

And al-ma' al-rayiq: is to drink on an empty stomach in the morning, and it is only said for water.

هو بريق بنفسه ريوقا، أي يجود بها عند الموت

He yields from himself rayuqan, meaning he gives generously of it at death.

وراق السراب يريق ريقا، إذا لمع فوق الارض

And the mirage shimmered, yuriq riqan, when it gleamed above the earth.

وتريق مثله

And turayyiq is similar.