زقق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to containers for liquids, specifically waterskins. It also extends to concepts of narrow passages or streets, and the act of feeding young birds. Additionally, it encompasses the action of skinning an animal and the playful rocking of a child.

Derived headwords

الزِّقnoun

1.
waterskinboth
waterskin

أَزِقَّةnoun

1.
plural of zuqāqboth
plural of zuqāq

زَقّverb

1.
the bird fed its chick with its mouthboth
the bird fed its chick with its mouth

زَقْزَقَةnoun

1.
rocking (a child)classical
The act of gently rocking or dandling a baby or young child.

زَقَّقَverb

1.
to skin (from head)classical
To skin an animal starting from its head, a method described as contrary to common practice.

الزُّقَاقnoun

1.
the alley, it can be masculine or feminineboth
the alley, it can be masculine or feminine

زَقاقnoun

1.
plural of multitude for ziqqboth
plural of multitude for ziqq

زَقَّانnoun

1.
plural of multitude for ziqqboth
plural of multitude for ziqq

Parallel reading

الزق: السقاء.

The ziqq: the waterskin.

وسمعتُ أعرابيًا يقول: ما أزقَّه! يريد ما أطعمه بفيه.

And I heard a Bedouin say: 'Ma azqqahu!' meaning 'How he feeds it with his mouth.'

والزقاق: السكة، يذكر ويؤنث

And the zaqāq: the street, it is mentioned as masculine and feminine.

قال الاخفش: أهل الحجاز يؤنثون الطريق والصراط، والسبيل والسوق، والزقاق والكلاء، وهو سوق البصرة.

Al-Akhfash said: The people of Hijaz make feminine the road, the path, the way, the market, the street, and the Kala', which is the market of Basra.

وبنو تميم يذكرون هذا كله.

And Banu Tamim make all of this masculine.

والجمع الزقاق والازقة، مثل حوار وحوران وأحورة.

And the plural is al-zuqāq and al-aziqqah, like 'ḥiwār' and 'ḥawārān' and 'aḥwirah'.

وزق الطائر فرخه يزقه، أي أطعمه بفيه.

And the bird feeds its young, it feeds it, meaning it feeds it with its mouth.

والزقزقة: ترقيص الطفل.

And the zaqzaqah: rocking the child.