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عدق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific tool for drawing water from a well, and by extension, to making a guess or conjecture without certainty. It also describes a person with indecisive or unformed opinions.

Derived headwords

العَوْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bucket hookboth

    A hook, specifically an iron one with three prongs, used to extract a bucket from a well.

العَدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bucket hookclassical

    Another name for the 'audaga, a hook used for drawing buckets from wells.

عَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To guessclassical

    To conjecture or make a guess about something without certainty.

أَعْدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To use a bucket hookclassical

    To use the 'audaga or 'adaqa, the hook for drawing a bucket from a well.

  2. 2.
    To guessclassical

    To make a conjecture or guess, similar to the Form I verb.

عادِقُ الرَّأْيadjective
  1. 1.
    Indecisive opinionclassical

    Describing a person whose opinion or judgment is not firm or decisive; lacking a clear direction.

Parallel reading

العودقة: خطاف الدلو، وهي حديدة لها ثلاث شعب، يستخرج بها الدلو من البئر.
The 'audaga: a hook for the bucket, which is an iron piece with three prongs, by which the bucket is extracted from the well.
وهي العدقة أيضا
And it is also the 'adaqa.
والجمع عدق.
And the plural is 'adaq.
وأعدقت بها.
And I used it (the hook) with it (the bucket).
وعدق بظنه، إذا رجم به ولم يتيقن.
And he conjectured with his opinion, meaning he guessed without being certain.
ورجل عادق الرأي، ليس له صيور.
And a man of 'adiq opinion, meaning he has no firm direction.