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مشق

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root مشق (m-sh-q) primarily relates to speed, swiftness, and stretching or pulling. It extends to meanings of tearing, snatching, and also describes physical attributes like leanness and good proportion, as well as a type of red pigment.

Derived headwords

المشقnoun
  1. 1.
    the speed of stabbing, hitting, eating, and writingboth

    the speed of stabbing, hitting, eating, and writing

مشقverb
  1. 1.
    to be swiftboth

    To be quick and swift in actions like thrusting, striking, eating, or writing.

  2. 2.
    to stretchboth

    To pull something to make it extend or lengthen.

  3. 3.
    to tearboth

    To tear a garment.

يمشقverb
  1. 1.
    he is swiftboth

    He is quick and swift in actions like thrusting, striking, eating, or writing.

المشاقةnoun
  1. 1.
    disagreement and enmityboth

    disagreement and enmity

يمشق السيرverb
  1. 1.
    the journey stretchesboth

    The journey continues until it becomes easy or the traveler becomes accustomed to it.

مشق الثوبverb
  1. 1.
    to tear the garmentboth

    To tear a piece of clothing.

امتشق الشئverb
  1. 1.
    to snatch the thingboth

    To snatch something away from someone's hand.

امتشقتهverb
  1. 1.
    to cut it offboth

    To cut off or detach a part of something.

مشق الرجلverb
  1. 1.
    the man's thigh touchedclassical

    When one of a man's calf muscles (ربلة) touches the other.

أمْشَقadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a man who has one calf muscle touching the other.

مِشْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a woman who has one calf muscle touching the other.

المشقnoun
  1. 1.
    the speed of stabbing, hitting, eating, and writingboth

    the speed of stabbing, hitting, eating, and writing

مُمَشَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    dyed with ochreclassical

    A garment dyed with ochre.

المَشِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    wornclassical

    Referring to worn or much-used clothing.

مَشِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a horse that is lean or slender.

مَمْشُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a horse that is lean or slender.

مَمْشُوقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning of good statureboth

    meaning of good stature

Parallel reading

المشق: السرعة في الطعن والضرب والاكل والكنابة
Al-mashq: speed in thrusting, striking, eating, and writing.
وقد مشق يمشق
And he was swift, he is swift.
فكأنما يمشق طعنا في جواشنها
As if he were swiftly thrusting into their mail.
والمشق: المشط
And al-mashq: the comb.
والمشاقة: ما سقط عن المشق من الشعر والكتان ونحوهما
And al-mashaqa: what falls from the comb, of hair, flax, and the like.
والمشق: جذب الشئ ليمتد ويطول
And al-mashq: pulling something to make it extend and lengthen.
والسير يمشق حتى يلين
And the journey continues until it becomes easy.
ومشق الثوب: مزقه
And to tear a garment: to rip it.
وامتشقت الشئ من يده، أي اختلسته
And I snatched the thing from his hand, meaning I stole it.
وامتشقته: اقتطعته
And I cut it off: I detached it.
مشق الرجل بالكسر، إذا أصابت إحدى ربلتيه الأخرى
A man's calf is mashq (with kasra), if one of his calf muscles touches the other.
والرجل أمشق والمرأة مشقاء
And the man is amshaq and the woman is mashqaa'.
والمشق بالكسر: المغرة
And al-mashq (with kasra): the ochre.
وثوب ممشق، أي مصبوغ به
And a garment mumashshaq, meaning dyed with it.
والمشيق من الثياب: اللبيس
And al-mashiq of garments: the worn one.
وفرس مشيق وممشوق، أي ضامر
And a horse mashiq and mamshoq, meaning lean.
وجارية ممشوقة: حسنة القوام
And a girl mamshoqa: well-proportioned.