صقع

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root صقع (ṣ-q-ʿ) primarily relates to striking, hitting, or making a sound, often with force. It extends to concepts of calling out, falling, or being struck by something severe. Metaphorically, it signifies eloquence, going to extremes, or being distant and isolated.

Derived headwords

صَقَعَهُverb

1.
to strikeboth
To strike someone with an open palm, or to strike their head with anything. It is also used metaphorically for any kind of striking or hitting.
2.
to woundclassical
To inflict a wound, specifically one that reaches the skull.
3.
to goclassical
To go or travel in various directions.
4.
to deviateclassical
To deviate from the path, either literally or figuratively from the path of goodness and generosity.

ومن زنى من امبكر فاصقعوه مائة — And whoever commits adultery from the early morning, strike him one hundred lashes

صَقَعَverb

1.
to crowboth
The crowing sound of a rooster.
2.
to cry outclassical
To cry out or make a loud sound.
3.
to fallclassical
To fall down, to be thrown to the ground.
4.
to be struckclassical
To be struck by a calamity or disaster.
5.
to be silentclassical
To be silent, often used in the imperative to tell someone to stop speaking falsehoods.

صقع الديك صعا — The rooster crowed.

صه صاقع — Be silent, you liar!

صَقِيعnoun

1.
frostboth
A layer of ice that forms on the ground at night, resembling snow.
2.
waspclassical
A type of wasp.

كلون الراء لبده الصقيع — Like the color of the Raa tree, covered by frost.

أَصْقَعَverb

1.
to be struck by frostclassical
To be affected or struck by frost.
2.
to enter frostclassical
To enter into a state of frost or cold.

وأصقعت، بضمهما، الأولى نقلها الجوهري، والثانية عن ابن دريد، فهي مصقوعة، وكذلك جلدت، وضربت — And 'asqa'a' (with both of them, the first narrated by Al-Jawhari, the second by Ibn Duraid), so it is 'masqu'a', as is 'jalladat' and 'darabat'.

صُقْعnoun

1.
regionboth
A direction, side, or region.
2.
area around a wellclassical
The area surrounding and beneath a well.
3.
bald patchclassical
A bald patch on the head, or hair loss.

فلان من أهل هذا الصقع — So-and-so is from the people of this region.

صَقْعَةnoun

1.
white spotboth
A white marking on the forehead of horses, birds, and other animals.
2.
intense heatclassical
A feeling of oppression or suffocation due to intense heat.
3.
cold intensityclassical
The intensity of coldness from frost.

يأخذ السائر فيها كالصقع — The traveler in it is overcome by a suffocating heat.

أَصْقَعadjective

1.
white-headedboth
Having a white marking on the head, applied to birds, animals, and horses.
2.
birdclassical
A type of bird, like a sparrow, with white on its feathers and head.

وعقاب أصقع: في رأسه بياض — And an 'asqa'' eagle: it has whiteness on its head.

صَقْعَاءadjective

1.
white-headedboth
Feminine form of 'asqa'', referring to an animal with a white spot on its head.
2.
sunclassical
The sun, especially during intense heat.

صقعاء لاح لها بالقفرة الذيب — A white-spotted one, to which the wolf appeared in the barren land.

مُصَقِّعadjective

1.
eloquentboth
Eloquent, skilled in speech, particularly in delivering sermons or speeches.
2.
far-reachingclassical
One who travels to distant regions or explores all aspects of a subject.

شر الناس في الفتنة الخطيب المصقع — The worst of people in sedition is the eloquent orator.

صُقَاعnoun

1.
veil for noseclassical
A piece of cloth used to tie a camel's nose, especially when it is nursing.
2.
head coveringclassical
A piece of cloth worn on the head to protect a head covering from oil or grease.
3.
bridle partclassical
An iron piece in the bit of a bridle.
4.
markclassical
A brand or mark on the hump of a camel.
5.
burqaclassical
A veil worn by women, covering the face.

شددت له العمائم والصقاعا — I tied turbans and veils for him.

صَوْقَعَةnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
A piece of cloth that protects the head from a turban, headscarf, or cloak.
2.
tent partclassical
A piece of cloth tied to the top of a tent that flaps in the wind.
3.
top of burqaclassical
The upper part of a woman's veil (burqa).
4.
middle of the headclassical
The crown or middle of the head.
5.
battlefieldclassical
A place of intense fighting and conflict.

الصوقعة: خرقة تعقد في رأس الهودج تصفقها الريح — The ṣawqa'ah: a rag tied to the top of the howdah that the wind flaps.

صَقْعِيّnoun

1.
early lambclassical
The first offspring born during the time when the sun's heat begins to affect the heads of young animals.
2.
winter lambclassical
A young animal born during the frost.

تحسب الصقعي حتى يظل يقره الراعي سجالا — You think the early lamb until the shepherd keeps it in abundance.

صَقَعَverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike a hard, solid object with another similar object, like striking stones together.

الصقع: ضرب الشيء اليابس المصمت بمثله، كالحجر ونحوه — Al-ṣaqʿ: striking a hard, solid thing with its like, such as a stone or the like.

صَعِقَverb

1.
to be stunnedclassical
To be struck by lightning, to be stunned or fall unconscious.

صَقْعَةnoun

1.
intense coldclassical
The severity of coldness caused by frost.

الصقعة، بالفتح: شدة البرد من الصقيع — Al-ṣaqʿah, (with fatha): the intensity of cold from frost.

أَصْقَعَadjective

1.
distantclassical
Far away, remote, and unknown in location.
2.
isolatedclassical
One who has gone off alone and settled by himself.

صقع من الأعداء في شوال — Distant from enemies in Shawwal.

صَقَعَverb

1.
to eatclassical
To eat something, particularly a dish like thareed, from its surface.

صقع الثريدة يصقعها صقعا: أكلها من صوقعتها — He ate the thareed, eating it from its surface.

صَقَعَverb

1.
to raise voiceclassical
To raise one's voice, to speak loudly.

وهو من أبنية المبالغة، أو الخطيب المصقع: من لا يرتج عليه في كلامه، ولا يتتعتع، قاله قتادة — And it is from the patterns of exaggeration, or the eloquent orator: one whose speech is not hesitant or faltering, as Qatadah said.

صَقَعَverb

1.
to intendclassical
To aim for or intend a particular direction or goal.

صقع فلان نحو صقع كذا — So-and-so headed towards such-and-such a direction.

صَقَعَانadjective

1.
dullclassical
Stupid, slow-witted, or dull-witted.

Parallel reading

ضربته ببسط كفه.

I struck him with an open palm.

أو صقعه: ضربه على صوقعته، أي رأسه بأي شيء كان

Or strike him on his head, meaning his head, with anything.

ومن زنى من امبكر فاصقعوه مائة، وضرجوه بالأضاميم

And whoever commits adultery from the early morning, strike him one hundred lashes and smear him with blood.

إن منقذا صقع آمة في الجاهلية

Indeed, Munqidh inflicted a wound on an 'ammah' in the pre-Islamic era.

صقع الديك صعا، وصقيعا وصقاعا، بالضم: صاح

The rooster crowed 'ṣa'an', 'ṣaqīʿan', and 'ṣiqāʿan', with damma: it made a sound.

يقال: صقعه بكي، أي: وسمه به على وجهه، أو رأسه

It is said: 'ṣaqʿahu bi-ki', meaning: he branded him with it on his face, or his head.

صقع به الأرض: صرعه وضرب به الأرض

He threw him to the ground: he felled him and struck him on the ground.

صقع فلان في كل النواحي يصقع: ذهب

So-and-so went in all directions, meaning he traveled.

ما أدري أين صقع وبقع

I don't know where he went or disappeared to.

صقع: عدل عن الطريق فنزل وحده

He deviated from the path and settled alone.

صقعته الصاقعة، لغة في صعقته الصاعقة، أي أصابته

The calamity struck him, a variant of 'ṣaʿiqathu al-ṣāʿiqah', meaning it afflicted him.

تميم تقول: صاقعة في صاعقة

Tamim says: 'ṣāqiʿah' instead of 'ṣāʿiqah'.

صه صاقع: تقوله العرب للرجل تسمعه يكذب، أي اسكت يا كذاب فقد ضللت عن الحق

Be silent, you liar! The Arabs say this to a man they hear lying, meaning: Be silent, liar, for you have strayed from the truth.

الصقيع، كأمير: نوع من الزنابير

Al-ṣaqīʿ, like 'amīr: a type of wasp.

الصقيع: الساقط من السماء بالليل، كأنه ثلج، وهو الجليد

Al-ṣaqīʿ: that which falls from the sky at night, like snow, which is ice.

وقد صقعت الأرض، وأصقعت، بضمهما، الأولى نقلها الجوهري، والثانية عن ابن دريد، فهي مصقوعة، وكذلك جلدت، وضربت

And the land was struck by frost, and 'asqa'at', with damma for both. The first is narrated by Al-Jawhari, the second by Ibn Duraid, so it is 'masqu'a', as is 'jalladat' and 'darabat'.

وأصقعها الصقيع: أصابها، وكذا أصقع الصقيع الشجر، والشجر صقع، ومصقع

And the frost afflicted it; likewise, the frost struck the trees, and the trees were frost-bitten and frost-covered.

فلان من أهل هذا الصقع، أي من هذه الناحية

So-and-so is from the people of this region, meaning from this area.

الصقعة: بياض في وسط رؤوس الخيل والطير وغيرها

Al-ṣaqʿah: whiteness in the middle of the heads of horses, birds, and others.

كأنها حين فاض الماء واحتفلت صقعاء لاح لها بالقفرة الذيب

As if when the water overflowed and she was agitated, a white-spotted one, to which the wolf appeared in the barren land.

والأصقع: طائر كالعصفور، في ريشه ورأسه بياض، يكون بقرب الماء

And al-asqa': a bird like a sparrow, with whiteness in its feathers and head, found near water.

الصقع أيضا: انهيار الركية، نقله الجوهري عن أبي عبيد

Al-ṣaqʿ also: the collapse of a well, narrated by Al-Jawhari from Abu Ubaid.

وفرس أصقع، أي أبيض أعلى الرأس

And an 'asqa'' horse, meaning white on the top of its head.

الصقع أيضا، شبه غم يأخذ بالنفس لشدة الحر

Al-ṣaqʿ also: a feeling of oppression that takes the breath due to intense heat.

في حرور ينضج اللحم بها يأخذ السائر فيها كالصقع

In a heat that cooks the flesh, the traveler in it is overcome by a suffocating sensation.

شر الناس في الفتنة الخطيب المصقع

The worst of people in sedition is the eloquent orator.

خطباء حين يقوم قائلنا بيض الوجوه مصاقع لسن

Orators when our speaker stands, white-faced, eloquent, not silent.

والصاقع: الكذاب

And al-ṣāqiʿ: the liar.

الصقاع، ككتاب: البرقع، وربما قيل له ذلك

Al-ṣiqāʿ, like 'kitāb: the burqa, and it might be called that.

الصقاع: شيء يشد به أنف الناقة إذا أرادوا أن ترأم ولدها، أو ولد غيرها

Al-ṣiqāʿ: something used to tie the nose of a she-camel if they want her to nurse her young, or another's young.

الصقاع: خرقة تكون على رأس المرأة تقي بها الخمار من الدهن

Al-ṣiqāʿ: a cloth that is on a woman's head to protect her headscarf from grease.

الصقاع: حديدة تكون في موضع الحكمة من اللجام

Al-ṣiqāʿ: an iron piece that is in the place of the wisdom tooth in the bridle.

الصقاع: سمة على قذال البعير

Al-ṣiqāʿ: a brand on the nape of a camel.

الصقعي، محركة: أول النتاج حين تصقع فيه الشمس رؤوس البهم صقعا

Al-ṣaqʿī, muḥarrak: the first offspring when the sun strikes the heads of the young animals with heat.

الحوار الذي ينتج في الصقيع، وهو من خير النتاج

The young camel that is born in the frost, and it is of the best offspring.

الصوقعة، كجوهرة: العمامة وغير ها مما يقي الرأس

Al-ṣawqaʿah, like 'jawharah: the turban and other things that protect the head.

الصوقعة: وقبة الثريد، وقيل: أعلاه

Al-ṣawqaʿah: the dome of the thareed, and it was said: its top.

الصوقعة: وسط الرأس

Al-ṣawqaʿah: the middle of the head.

الصوقعة: موضع الحرب الذي فيه ضرب كثير

Al-ṣawqaʿah: the place of war where there is much fighting.

يقال: صقع لزيد تصقيعا، إذا حلف له على شيء

It is said: 'ṣaqʿa li-Zayd taṣqīʿan', if he swore to him about something.

أصقع الرجل: دخل في الصقيع

The man entered the frost: he entered into the frost.

الصقع: ضرب الشيء اليابس المصمت بمثله، كالحجر ونحوه

Al-ṣaqʿ: striking a hard, solid thing with its like, such as a stone or the like.

صقع الرجل، كعني: صعق، لغة تميم

The man 'ṣaqʿa', like 'anī: 'ṣaʿiqa', a dialect of Tamim.

الصقعة، بالفتح: شدة البرد من الصقيع

Al-ṣaqʿah, with fatha: the intensity of cold from frost.

أرض صقعة، وشجر مصقع: أصابهما الصقيع

A frost-bitten land, and frost-covered trees: they were afflicted by frost.

الصقع: الضلال والهلاك

Al-ṣaqʿ: straying and destruction.

هو: الغائب البعيد الذي لا يدرى أين هو

He is: the distant absentee whose location is unknown.

صقع من الأعداء في شوال

Distant from enemies in Shawwal.

صقع الثريدة يصقعها صقعا: أكلها من صوقعتها

He ate the thareed, eating it from its surface.

الصوقعة: خرقة تعقد في رأس الهودج تصفقها الريح

Al-ṣawqaʿah: a rag tied to the top of the howdah that the wind flaps.

الصوقعة من البرقع: رأسه

Al-ṣawqaʿah of the burqa: its head.

الصقاع: الذي يلي رأس الفرس دون البرقع الأكبر

Al-ṣiqāʿ: that which is next to the horse's head, below the larger burqa.

وصقاع الخباء: حبل يمد على أعلاه، ويوتر، فيشد طرفاه إلى وتدين رزا في الأرض

And the ṣiqāʿ of the tent: a rope stretched over its top, tightened, its ends tied to two pegs driven into the ground.

اصقعوا بيوتكم فقد عصفت الريح، فيصقعونه بالحبل، كما وصفته

Secure your tents, for the wind has become stormy, so they secure them with the rope, as I have described.

الأصقع من الفرس: ناصيته، وقيل: ناصيته البيضاء

Al-asqa' of the horse: its forelock, and it was said: its white forelock.

الصقع: رفع الصوت

Al-ṣaqʿ: raising the voice.

والمصقع، كمقعد: المتوجه

And al-muṣaqqiʿ, like 'maqʿad: the one heading towards.

ولله صعلوك تشدد همه عليه وفي الأرض العريضة مصقع

And to God belongs a pauper whose worries are intense, and on the wide earth, he is heading towards.

صقع فلان نحو صقع كذا، أي قصد

So-and-so headed towards such-and-such a direction, meaning he intended.

صقع الركية: ما حولها وتحتها من نواحيها

The ṣaqʿ of the well: what is around it and beneath it from its sides.

الصقع، محركة: القزع في الرأس

Al-ṣaqʿ, muḥarrak: the patchy hair on the head.

الصقعان: البليد، عامية

Al-ṣaqʿān: the dullard, colloquial.