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صعق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with sudden, overwhelming forces, often associated with lightning, thunder, or divine punishment. It extends to fainting, death, and intense sounds, reflecting a concept of being struck or overcome.

Derived headwords

الصَّاعِقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fire that falls from the sky in a severe thunderboth

    fire that falls from the sky in a severe thunder

  2. 2.
    also: the cry of tormentboth

    also: the cry of torment

صَعَقَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    struck by lightningclassical

    The sky struck them, meaning it cast a lightning bolt upon them.

صعقتهم السماء إذا ألقت عليهم الصاعقة — The sky struck them if it cast the lightning bolt upon them.
صَعِقَverb
  1. 1.
    he was struck by a thunderboltboth

    he was struck by a thunderbolt

  2. 2.
    he faintedboth

    he fainted

  3. 3.
    he diedboth

    he died

صعق الرجل صعقة وتصعاقا — The man fainted or became stunned.
صَعْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fainting spellboth

    A state of being stunned or having fainted.

صعق الرجل صعقة وتصعاقا — The man fainted or became stunned.
تَصْعَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    faintingclassical

    The act or state of fainting or being stunned.

صعق الرجل صعقة وتصعاقا — The man fainted or became stunned.
أَصْعَقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    caused to faintboth

    To cause someone else to faint or become stunned.

  2. 2.
    caused to dieclassical

    To cause someone else to die, particularly through a sudden shock or divine act.

أصعقه غيره — Someone else caused him to faint.
صَعْقnoun
  1. 1.
    he was struck by a thunderboltboth

    he was struck by a thunderbolt

  2. 2.
    he faintedboth

    he fainted

  3. 3.
    he diedboth

    he died

فصعق من في السموات ومن في الأرض — So whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead.
حِمَارٌ صَعْقُ الصَّوْتِadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voiced donkeyclassical

    A donkey with a loud or intense bray.

وحمار صعق الصوت، أي شديده — And a donkey of loud voice, meaning its intense sound.
الصَّعْقname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper name of a man.

أبى الذى أخنب رجل ابن الصعق — He refused, he who made the man Ibn al-Sa'q stumble.

Parallel reading

الصاعقة: نار تسقط من السماء في رعد شديد.
The lightning bolt: fire that falls from the sky during intense thunder.
يقال: صعقتهم السماء، إذا ألقت عليهم الصاعقة.
It is said: the sky struck them, if it cast the lightning bolt upon them.
والصاعقة أيضا: صيحة العذاب.
And the lightning bolt is also: the cry of torment.
ويقال صعق الرجل صعقة وتصعاقا، أي غشي عليه، وأصعقه غيره.
And it is said the man fainted a fainting spell or became stunned, meaning he lost consciousness, and another caused him to faint.
ترى (1) النعرات الزرق (2) تحت لبانه أحاد (3) ومثنى أصعقتها صواهله
You see the blue streaks under its chest, singly and in pairs, its cries causing them to faint.
وقوله تعالى: {فصعق من في السموات ومن في الأرض} ، أي مات.
And His saying, Exalted is He: {So whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead}, meaning they died.
وحمار صعق الصوت، أي شديده.
And a donkey of loud voice, meaning its intense sound.
والصعق: اسم رجل.
And Al-Sa'q: a man's name.
قال الشاعر (4) : أبى الذى أخنب رجل ابن الصعق إذا كانت الخيل كعلباء الغنق
The poet said: He refused, he who made the man Ibn al-Sa'q stumble, when the horses were like the necks of the long-necked ones.