روغ

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of deviating, inclining, or moving away from something, often with an element of stealth, cunning, or intention. It extends to meanings of seeking, desiring, or tricking, and is famously associated with the slyness of a fox.

Derived headwords

راغverb

1.
to deviate, swerveboth
The man and the fox deviated or swerved from the thing.
2.
to incline secretlyclassical
So-and-so inclined towards so-and-so secretly.

يروغverb

1.
to deviate, swerveboth
The man and the fox deviate or swerve from the thing.

روغاnoun

1.
deviation, swervingboth
The act of deviating or swerving from something.

روغاناnoun

1.
deviation, swervingboth
The act of deviating or swerving from something.

فراغverb

1.
to go secretlyclassical
He went secretly to his family.
2.
to strike forcefullyclassical
He struck them with the right hand.
3.
to incline towardsclassical
He inclined towards them.

الروغnoun

1.
deviation, cunningclassical
Deviation with cunning, to deceive someone behind.

الرواغnoun

1.
foxboth
A fox, known for its cunning and evasiveness.
2.
a type of tribe name
A name of a tribe, Rawaagh bin Abd al-Malik bin Qays bin Sumay.
3.
father of a person
The father of Sulayman al-Khushani, who is a sheikh to Sa'id bin Ufair.
4.
father of a person
The father of Abu al-Hasan Ahmad bin al-Rawaagh bin Burd bin Najih al-Ayd'ani.

رواغتهمnoun

1.
their place of wrestlingclassical
Their place of wrestling or contention.

رياغتهمnoun

1.
their place of wrestlingclassical
Their place of wrestling or contention, with the 'waw' changed to 'ya' due to the kasra before it.

الرياغnoun

1.
fertility, abundanceclassical
Fertility or abundance of land.

الرويغةnoun

1.
trickery, ruseclassical
To be taken by trickery or a ruse.

الروغnoun

1.
trickery, ruseclassical
Trickery or a ruse, with the 'waw' being fathah.

أراغverb

1.
to intend, to seekboth
He intended or sought something.
2.
to deceive, to trickclassical
He deceived or tricked someone.

إراغةnoun

1.
intention, seekingboth
The act of intending or seeking something.
2.
deception, trickeryclassical
The act of deceiving or tricking someone.

تريغverb

1.
to want, to seekboth
What do you want or seek?

يريغverb

1.
to seek, to wantboth
He seeks or wants something.
2.
to try to getboth
He is trying to get something from me.

روغانnoun

1.
fox's cunning movementclassical
The sly movement of a fox.

ترويغاnoun

1.
enriching, making richclassical
Enriching a dish with fat, or making it moist.

المراوغةnoun

1.
wrestling, evadingboth
Wrestling or evading someone, avoiding what they are trying to do.
2.
persuasion, coaxingboth
Persuading or coaxing someone to do something.

تراوغverb

1.
to wrestle, to evadeboth
They wrestled or evaded each other.

تروغتverb

1.
to roll aroundclassical
The animal rolled around.

أراغهverb

1.
to deceiveclassical
He deceived him.

راوغهverb

1.
to deceiveclassical
He deceived him.

راغverb

1.
to go here and thereclassical
The prey went here and there.

أروغadjective

1.
more cunning than a foxboth
More cunning than a fox.

روغيnoun

1.
a specific proverbclassical
A proverb: 'Rughi Ja'ar, and see where the escape is.' (Used for females).

يروغهاverb

1.
to seek it quicklyclassical
He sought it quickly.

رواغاءadjective

1.
abundant, plentifulclassical
Abundant or plentiful.

رائغadjective

1.
deviating, strayingclassical
Deviating or straying from the truth.

روائغnoun

1.
detours, side pathsclassical
Detours or side paths of the city.

أراوغهverb

1.
to coax himboth
I kept coaxing him about it.

راغverb

1.
to incline towardsboth
He did not incline towards it.

رائغةname

1.
a place name
A place name for a stop for the people of Basra.
2.
a mountain name
A mountain belonging to the Ghani tribe.

Parallel reading

راغ الرجل والثعلب يروغ روغا وروغانا

The man and the fox deviated, deviating a deviation and a deviation.

أي: مال وحاد عن الشيء

Meaning: he inclined and swerved from the thing.

وراغ فلان إلى فلان: مال إليه سرا

And so-and-so inclined towards so-and-so: he inclined towards him secretly.

فراغ إلى أهله فجاء بعجل سمين

So he went secretly to his family and brought a fat calf.

فراغ عليهم ضربا باليمين

So he struck them with the right hand.

كل ذلك انحراف في استخفاء

All of that is deviation in stealth.

أصل معنى الروغ: الميل في جانب، ليخدع من خلفه

The origin of the meaning of 'al-rugh' is: to incline to the side, in order to deceive whoever is behind him.

والرواغ، كشداد: الثعلب

And 'al-rawagh', like 'shaddad': the fox.

إنما أنت ثعلب رواغ، كلما خرجت من جحر انجحرت في جحر

You are nothing but a cunning fox; every time you come out of one hole, you burrow into another.

وهذه رواغتهم ورياغتهم بكسرهما، أي: مصطرعهم

And these are their wrestling places and their wrestling places (with the 'waw' changed to 'ya'), meaning: their place of contention.

ويقال: أخذتني بالرويغة، كجهينة، أي: بالحيلة

And it is said: 'It took me by trickery', like 'juhaynah', meaning: by ruse.

وأراغ إراغة: أراد وطلب

And 'araagha' (Form IV) 'iraagatan': he intended and sought.

تقول: أرغت الصيد، وماذا تريغ: أي: ما تريد وما تطلب

You say: 'I sought the prey', and 'What do you seek?': meaning: what do you want and what do you seek.

فلان يريغ كذا وكذا، ويليصه، أي: يطلبه ويريده

So-and-so seeks such-and-such, and 'yalisuhu', meaning: he seeks it and wants it.

روغان الثعلب

The cunning movement of the fox.

فليروغ له لقمة، أي: يشربها بالدسم

So let him moisten a morsel for him, meaning: let him drink it with fat.

والمراوغة: المصارعة، يقال: هو يراوغ فلانا: إذا كان يحيد عما يديره عليه ويحايصه

And 'al-muraawagah': wrestling; it is said: 'He is 'yuraawighu' so-and-so' when he deviates from what he is trying to get him to do and evades him.

تراوغ القوم، أي: راوغ بعضهم بعضا

The people engaged in 'taraawugh', meaning: some of them evaded others.

تروغت الدابة: إذا تمرغت

'Tarawaghat' the animal: if it rolled around.

أراغه إراغة: خادعه

'Araagahu' 'iraagatan': he deceived him.

راوغه رواغا

He deceived him 'rawaaghan'.

راغ الصيد: ذهب ههنا وههنا، وهو مجاز

The prey 'raaghat': it went here and there, and this is metaphorical.

أروغ من ثعلب

More cunning than a fox.

روغي جعار، وانظري أين المفر

'Rughi Ja'ar', and look where the escape is.

وراء حاجة إلى فلان يروغها: بغاها بغيا وشيكا

And he sought a need from so-and-so, 'yaruughuha': he sought it with a quick seeking.

وطري رائغ زائغ

And your way is deviating, straying.

فعدلت إلى رائغة من روائغ المدينة

So I turned to a detour from the detours of the city.

ما زلت أراوغه عن كذا، فما راغ إليه

I kept coaxing him away from such-and-such, but he did not incline to it.