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مهق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns extreme whiteness, often devoid of any reddish hue. It extends to describe the color of water, a specific type of eye condition, and the act of drinking something gradually.

Derived headwords

الأمهقadjective
  1. 1.
    Extremely whiteboth

    Intensely white, with no admixture of redness. It is not a bright white, but rather like the color of gypsum or similar substances.

مهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Greenishness of waterclassical

    Refers to the greenish hue of water, as mentioned in a poetic context.

  2. 2.
    Pale eyeclassical

    Describes an eye that is pale or lacking pigment, as in 'عين مهقاء'.

تمهقverb
  1. 1.
    To drink graduallyclassical

    To drink a beverage slowly, sip by sip, or over a period of time.

يتمهقverb
  1. 1.
    To complain graduallyclassical

    To express one's complaint or ailment slowly and perhaps repeatedly, as in 'ظل يتمهق شكوته'.

Parallel reading

الأمهق: الأبيض الشديد البياض، لا يخالطه شئ من الحمرة، وليس بنير، ولكن كلون الجص أو نحوه.
Al-amhaq: intensely white, with no admixture of redness, and not bright, but rather like the color of gypsum or similar.
والمهق (1) في قول رؤبة (2) : خضرة الماء وعين مهقاء.
And al-mahq (1) in the saying of Ru'ba (2): the greenishness of water and a pale eye.
وتمهقت الشراب، إذا شربته ساعة بعد ساعة.
And you drink the beverage gradually, if you drink it hour after hour.
ظل يتمهق شكوته.
He kept expressing his complaint gradually.