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عشق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense love and affection. It describes the state of being deeply in love, the act of loving intensely, and individuals characterized by such strong emotions. It also touches upon the concept of feigning or cultivating love.

Derived headwords

العِشْقnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive loveboth

    excessive love

عَشِقَverb
  1. 1.
    he loved passionately (verb pattern with kasra, noun عشقا)both

    he loved passionately (verb pattern with kasra, noun عشقا)

  2. 2.
    and there is also a variant (verb pattern) from the باب طرب according to Al-Farra'both

    and there is also a variant (verb pattern) from the باب طرب according to Al-Farra'

عِشْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense love (masdar)both

    The verbal noun for the act of loving intensely, used as a direct object or adverbial.

عَشِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    passionate loverboth

    A person who is characterized by intense love or deep affection.

التَّعَشُّقnoun
  1. 1.
    feigning love, forcing oneself to loveboth

    feigning love, forcing oneself to love

مُحِبّadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is a loverboth

    so he is a lover

  2. 2.
    and also muḥibb (loving)both

    and also muḥibb (loving)

عَاشِقadjective
  1. 1.
    a woman who loves her husbandboth

    a woman who loves her husband

العَشْنَقadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and slenderclassical

    Describing a person who is tall and slender, without being heavy or bulky.

عَشْنَقةadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and slender (fem.)classical

    The feminine form of 'al-ʿashnaq', describing a tall and slender woman.

عَشْنَقةnoun
  1. 1.
    tallness and slendernessclassical

    The quality of being tall and slender.

عَشَانِقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tall and slender peopleclassical

    Plural form referring to people who are tall and slender.

Parallel reading

العشق: فرط الحب.
Intense love: excessive love.
قد عشقه عشقا، مثال علمه علما، وعشقا أيضا، عن الفراء.
He loved him intensely with an intense love, like 'he knew him with knowledge', and also 'with an intense love', according to Al-Farra'.
ولم يضعها بين فرك ms1066 وعشق
And he did not place it between 'dislike' and 'intense love'.
كأنه كره الجمع بين كسرتين، لان هذا عزيز في الاسماء.
As if he disliked combining two kasras, because this is rare in nouns.
ورجل عشيق، مثال فسيق، أي كثير العشق، عن يعقوب.
And a man is 'ʿashīq', like 'fasīq', meaning much in love, according to Ya'qub.
والتعشق: تكلف العشق.
And 'taʿasshuq': feigning intense love.
يقولون امرأة محب لزوجها وعاشق.
They say a woman is 'muḥibb' for her husband and 'ʿāshiq'.
العشنق: الطويل الذى ليس بمثقل ولا ضخم، من قوم عشانقة.
Al-ʿashnaq: the tall one who is not heavy nor bulky, from a people of 'ʿashnaq'.
وتحت كل خافق مرنق من طيئ كل فتى عشنق
And beneath every beating heart from Tayy is every tall and slender young man.
والمرأة عشنقة.
And the woman is 'ʿashnaqah'.