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مرق

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of broth or soup, but also extends to meanings of passing through, exiting, or deviating. It can describe the liquid from cooking food, a pestilence affecting crops, or the act of a projectile piercing its target.

Derived headwords

المَرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    knownboth

    known

المَرْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thicker brothclassical

    A more concentrated or specialized type of broth, implying a richer consistency.

المَرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    knownboth

    known

مَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    the pot, from the verb naṣaraboth

    the pot, from the verb naṣara

  2. 2.
    the arrow from the shot: it exited from the other sideboth

    the arrow from the shot: it exited from the other side

أَمْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make much brothboth

    To cause a pot to have an excessive amount of broth.

مَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    the pot, from the verb naṣaraboth

    the pot, from the verb naṣara

  2. 2.
    the arrow from the shot: it exited from the other sideboth

    the arrow from the shot: it exited from the other side

مُرُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    a house with a curtain/awningboth

    a house with a curtain/awning

مارِقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the Khawarij were named Marqa because it is said they exit from religion as the arrow exits from the shotboth

    the Khawarij were named Marqa because it is said they exit from religion as the arrow exits from the shot

يَمْرُقُونverb
  1. 1.
    they pass throughboth

    They exit or pass through something, used metaphorically for deviating from faith.

يَنْمرِقverb
  1. 1.
    to emergeclassical

    To come out or emerge, used in a proverbial context.

Parallel reading

المَرَق معروف
Broth is well-known.
والمرفة أخص منه
And al-marfah is more specific than it.
والمرق أيضا: آفة تصيب الزرع
And al-maraq is also: a pestilence that afflicts crops.
ومرقَت القدر مرقاً
And the pot produced broth.
وأمرقها أيضاً، إذا أكثرت مرقها
And he made its broth abundant, if its broth was plentiful.
ومرق السهم من الرمية مروقاً
And the arrow pierced through the target, exiting.
أي خرج من الجانب الآخر
Meaning it exited from the other side.
ومنهم سميت الخوارج مارقة
And from this, the Khawarij were named 'deviators'.
لقوله عليه السلام: " يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرمية "
Due to the Prophet's saying: 'They pass through religion as the arrow passes through the target'.
وقولهم في المثل: " رويد الغزو ينمرق "
And their saying in the proverb: 'Soon the raid will emerge'.