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زرق

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root زرق (z-r-q) primarily relates to the color blue or greenish-blue, particularly concerning the eyes. It also extends to meanings of sharpness, swiftness, and specific objects or places associated with this color or action.

Derived headwords

أَزْرَقadjective
  1. 1.
    a man with blue eyesboth

    a man with blue eyes

  2. 2.
    a blue blade, meaning very clearboth

    a blue blade, meaning very clear

  3. 3.
    clear water is called blueboth

    clear water is called blue

رجل أزرق العين — A blue-eyed man
نصل أزرق بين الزرق — A sharp sword blade, exceptionally clear
زَرْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    a woman with blue eyesboth

    a woman with blue eyes

والمرأة زرقاء بينة الزرق — And the woman is clearly blue-eyed.
الزُّرْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the noun of zarq (blueness)both

    the noun of zarq (blueness)

الاسم الزرقة — The noun is 'al-zurqah' (blueness).
زَرِقَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye became blueboth

    The eye turned blue or greenish-blue.

  2. 2.
    his eye turnedclassical

    The eye rolled or turned, revealing its white part.

وقد زرقت عينه بالكسر — And his eye became blue (with kasra).
ازْرَقَّتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye became blueboth

    An intensified form of the verb indicating the eye becoming blue or greenish-blue.

وازراقت عينه ازريقاقا — And his eye became intensely blue.
ازْرِقَاقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense bluenessclassical

    The state of extreme blueness, particularly of the eyes.

وازراقت عينه ازريقاقا — And his eye became intensely blue.
الزَّرْقَمadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blueclassical

    Describing something, especially eyes, that is intensely blue or greenish-blue.

والزرقم: الشديد الزرق — And 'al-zurqam': intensely blue.
زَرْقَمadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blueclassical

    Used to describe a woman with intensely blue or greenish-blue eyes.

والمرأة زرقم أيضا — And the woman is also 'zurqam' (intensely blue-eyed).
زُرْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spearsclassical

    A name given to spearheads due to their sharpness or perhaps their color.

  2. 2.
    moundsclassical

    Specific sand dunes or mounds located in the area of Al-Dahnaa.

وتسمى الأسنة زرقا لوبها — And spearheads are called 'zurqan' because of their sharpness.
والزرق أيضا: أكثبة بالدهناء — And 'al-zurq' also refers to mounds in Al-Dahnaa.
زَرَقَ الطائرverb
  1. 1.
    the bird defecatedboth

    The action of a bird excreting its droppings.

وزرق الطائر يزرق ويزرق، أي ذرق — And the bird 'yazruqu' and 'yazriqu', meaning it defecated.
يَزْرُقverb
  1. 1.
    to defecateboth

    The present tense of the verb for a bird defecating.

وزرق الطائر يزرق ويزرق، أي ذرق — And the bird 'yazruqu' and 'yazriqu', meaning it defecated.
يَزْرِقverb
  1. 1.
    to defecateboth

    An alternative form for the present tense of the verb for a bird defecating.

وزرق الطائر يزرق ويزرق، أي ذرق — And the bird 'yazruqu' and 'yazriqu', meaning it defecated.
زَرَقَتْ عَيْنُهُ نَحْوِيverb
  1. 1.
    his eye rolled towards meclassical

    The eye turned or rolled, showing its white part, often implying a sudden or unusual movement.

ويقال: زرقت عينه نحوي، إذا انقلبت وظهر بياضها — And it is said: 'zurriqat 'aynahu nahwi', if the eye rolled and its white part appeared.
المِزْرَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    a short spearboth

    a short spear

والمزراق: رمح قصير — And 'al-mizraq': a short spear.
زَرَقَهُ بالمِزْرَاقverb
  1. 1.
    he speared himclassical

    To strike or throw someone with a short spear (mizraq).

وقد زرقه بالمزراق، أي رماه به — And he speared him with the mizraq, meaning he threw it at him.
زَرَقَتِ النَّاقَةُ الرَّحْلَverb
  1. 1.
    the camel's hump shifted backwardclassical

    When a camel's hump shifts backward, causing the saddle to move behind its proper place.

وزرقَت الناقة الرحل، أي أخزته إلى وراء، فانزرق — And the camel's hump shifted the saddle backward, meaning it pushed it behind, and it became shifted.
انْزَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shifted backwardclassical

    Passive form indicating that the saddle has been shifted backward on the camel's hump.

فانزرق — and it became shifted backward.
أَزْرَقadjective
  1. 1.
    a man with blue eyesboth

    a man with blue eyes

  2. 2.
    a blue blade, meaning very clearboth

    a blue blade, meaning very clear

  3. 3.
    clear water is called blueboth

    clear water is called blue

ويقال للماء الصافى: أزرق — And pure water is called 'azraq'.
الزَّرْنُوقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    well structuresclassical

    Two structures built at the top of a well, supporting a crossbeam from which a pulley is hung.

الزرنوقان: منارتان تبنيان على رأس البئر — 'Al-zarnuqan': two minarets built on the top of the well.
الزَّوْرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of boatboth

    a type of boat

والزورق: ضرب من السفن — And 'al-zawraq': a type of ship.
الزُّرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    with two fatha (blueness)both

    with two fatha (blueness)

والزرق: طائر يصاد به — And 'al-zurq': a bird used for hunting.
الزَّرَارِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    falconsclassical

    The plural of 'zurq', referring to white falcons used for hunting.

هو البازي الأبيض، والجمع الزراريق — It is the white falcon, and the plural is 'al-zarariq'.
الازَارِقَةname
  1. 1.
    a Kharijite sectclassical

    A sect of the Kharijites, named after Nafi' ibn al-Azraq.

الازارقة: صنف من الخوارج — 'Al-Azariqah': a class of Kharijites.

Parallel reading

رجل أزرق العين، والمرأة زرقاء بينة الزرق.
A blue-eyed man, and the woman is clearly blue-eyed.
وقد زرقت عينه بالكسر.
And his eye became blue (with kasra).
كما كل ضبى من اللؤم أزرق
Like every gazelle is blue-eyed from baseness.
ازرقت عينه ازرقاقا، وازراقت عينه ازريقاقا.
His eye became blue, and his eye became intensely blue.
والزرقم: الشديد الزرق.
And 'al-zurqam': intensely blue.
وتسمى الأسنة زرقا للوبها.
And spearheads are called 'zurqan' because of their sharpness.
وقربن بالزرق الحمائل بعدما تقوب (1) عن غربان أوراكها الخطر
And they approached the mounds of Al-Dahnaa after the danger had passed from the cranes of their flanks.
وزرق الطائر يزرق ويزرق، أي ذرق.
And the bird 'yazruqu' and 'yazriqu', meaning it defecated.
ويقال أيضا: زرقت عينه نحوي، إذا انقلبت وظهر بياضها.
And it is also said: 'zurriqat 'aynahu nahwi', if the eye rolled and its white part appeared.
والمزراق: رمح قصير.
And 'al-mizraq': a short spear.
وقد زرقه بالمزراق، أي رماه به.
And he speared him with the mizraq, meaning he threw it at him.
وزرقَت الناقة الرحل، أي أخزته إلى وراء، فانزرق.
And the camel's hump shifted the saddle backward, meaning it pushed it behind, and it became shifted.
نصل أزرق بين الزرق، إذا كان شديد الصفاء.
A sharp sword blade, exceptionally clear, if it was intensely pure.
ويقال للماء الصافى: أزرق
And pure water is called 'azraq'.
الزرنوقان: منارتان تبنيان على رأس البئر، فتوضع عليهما النعامة - وهي الخشبة المعترضة عليها - ثم تعلق القامة، وهي البكرة، من النعامة.
'Al-zarnuqan': two minarets built on the top of the well, upon which the ostrich (the crossbeam) is placed, then the pulley is hung from the ostrich.
والزورق: ضرب من السفن.
And 'al-zawraq': a type of ship.
دعائم الزور نعمت زورق البلد
The supports of the boat, blessed be the ship of the desert.
والزرق: طائر يصاد به.
And 'al-zurq': a bird used for hunting.
هو البازي الأبيض، والجمع الزراريق.
It is the white falcon, and the plural is 'al-zarariq'.
الازارقة: صنف من الخوارج، نسبوا إلى نافع بن الازرق، وهو من الدول بن حنيفة.
'Al-Azariqah': a class of Kharijites, attributed to Nafi' ibn al-Azraq, who was from the Banu Hanifa.