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غدق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to abundance and flowing water, extending to descriptions of softness and youth, and also encompasses terms for reptiles and snakes.

Derived headwords

غَدِقadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant waterboth

    abundant water

غَدِقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    the spring of water flowed abundantlyboth

    the spring of water flowed abundantly

غَيْدَقadjective
  1. 1.
    softclassical

    Describing a young person, particularly a boy, as being soft and tender.

غَيْدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    young lizardclassical

    A term for a young lizard, specifically a young Uromastyx (ضب).

  2. 2.
    soft youthclassical

    Also used to describe a soft or tender young person.

الغَيَادِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    snakesclassical

    A plural term referring to snakes.

Parallel reading

الماء الغدق: الكثير.
Abundant water: plentiful.
وقد غدقت عين الماء بالكسر، أي غزرت.
And the water spring gushed forth (with a kasra), meaning it was abundant.
وشاب غيدق وغيداق، أي ناعم
And a soft young man, meaning tender.
ويقال لولد الضب: غيداق.
And for the young of the Uromastyx (ضب), it is said: ghaydaq.
أوله حسل، ثم غيداق، ثم مطبخ، ثم يكون ضبا مدركا.
Its beginning is hasal, then ghaydaq, then matbakh, then it becomes a mature Uromastyx.
والغياديق: الحيات.
And al-ghayadiq: snakes.