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ومق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of love and affection. It describes the act of loving, the state of being loved, and the person who loves.

Derived headwords

المقةnoun
  1. 1.
    loveboth

    Affection or fondness. The 'hā' is considered a substitute for the original 'wāw'.

ومقهverb
  1. 1.
    he loved himboth

    he loved him

وامقadjective
  1. 1.
    lovingboth

    loving

Parallel reading

المقة: المحبة، والهاء عوض من الواو.
Al-miqqah: love, and the hā' is a substitute for the wāw.
وقد ومقه يمقه بالكسر.
And he loved him, he loves him (with a kasra in the imperfect).
أي أحبه، فهو وامق.
Meaning, he loved him, so he is a lover.