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عزق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of plowing or breaking up the earth. It also extends to the tools used for this purpose, describing them as large and heavy implements for digging.

Derived headwords

عَزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to plowboth

    To break up the soil, especially with a plow or similar implement.

أَعْزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to plowboth

    To break up the soil, especially with a plow or similar implement. This is the Form II verb.

عَزْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    plowingboth

    The act or process of plowing or breaking up the earth.

مَعْزُوقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    plowedboth

    Describing land that has been plowed or broken up.

مِعْزَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plowclassical

    An implement used for plowing or breaking up the earth, described as being like a pickaxe but larger.

مِعْزَقnoun
  1. 1.
    plowclassical

    An implement used for plowing or breaking up the earth, described as being like a pickaxe but larger.

Parallel reading

عزقت الأرض أعزقها عزقا
I plowed the land, I plowed it a plowing.
إذا شققتها
if you break it up
فهى معزوقة
then it is plowed.
ولا يقال ذلك لغير الارض
And this is not said for anything other than land.
وتلك الاداة التى تشق بها الارض معزقة ومعزق
And that tool with which the land is broken up is a mi'zaqah and a mi'zaq.
وهى كالقدوم وأكبر منها
And it is like a pickaxe and larger than it.