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نزق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of being light, quick, and impulsive, often associated with a lack of restraint or excessive spiritedness. It can apply to both animate beings and their actions, particularly in the context of movement and temperament.

Derived headwords

نَزِقadjective
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

نَزِقَverb
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

نَزَقnoun
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

نَزَاقadjective
  1. 1.
    Quick and spirited (camel)classical

    Describing a she-camel that is quick, spirited, and perhaps a bit unruly in its movement.

نَزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

نَزُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Quickness and spiritedness (horse)both

    The quality of being quick and spirited, as exhibited by a horse.

أَنْزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To make someone impulsiveboth

    To cause someone to become light, hasty, or impetuous.

نَزَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

Parallel reading

النزق: الخفة والطيش.
Al-naziqu: lightness and impetuousness.
وقد نزق بالكسر ينزق نزقا.
And he was light and impulsive, he is light and impulsive, with lightness and impetuousness.
وناقة نزاق مثل مزاق، عن يعقوب.
And a quick and spirited she-camel like mazāq, according to Ya'qub.
ونزل الفرس ينزق بالضم نزقا ونزوقا، أي نزا.
And the horse became quick and spirited, it is quick and spirited, with quickness and spiritedness, meaning it became spirited.
وأنزقه صاحبه ونزقه تنزيقا.
And its owner made it spirited, and he made it spirited with provocation.