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ءوق

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of weight, burden, and heaviness, extending metaphorically to misfortune, ill omen, and scarcity. It also encompasses meanings related to wells, gatherings, and specific geographical or historical references.

Derived headwords

أَوْقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to impose its weightclassical

    To impose one's weight or burden upon someone.

  2. 2.
    to impose its burdenclassical

    To impose its burden or load upon someone.

ألقى علينا أوقه — He imposed his weight upon us
أَوْقُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its weightclassical

    The weight or burden of something.

ألقى علينا أوقه — He imposed his weight upon us
أَوْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    ill omenclassical

    Ill omen or misfortune.

  2. 2.
    scarcityclassical

    Scarcity or lack.

والأوق نظرة — and ill omen
آقَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to overlookclassical

    To overlook or look down upon someone.

  2. 2.
    to lean towardsclassical

    To lean towards or incline towards someone.

آق عليه فلان: إذا أشرف — So-and-so looked down upon him: meaning he overlooked him
يُؤَوِّقُverb
  1. 1.
    to leanclassical

    To lean towards or incline towards someone.

آق علينا يؤوق: إذا مال — He leaned towards us, meaning he inclined
آئِقadjective
  1. 1.
    ominousclassical

    Ominous or bringing ill fortune.

آئق — ominous
أَوْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    ill omenclassical

    Ill omen or misfortune.

أوقا. إذا أتاهم بالشؤم — ill omen. Meaning he brought them misfortune
الأَوْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A group or gathering of people.

  2. 2.
    wellclassical

    A well, especially a deep one, found in valleys or plains.

  3. 3.
    chasmclassical

    A chasm or abyss.

  4. 4.
    bird's nestclassical

    A bird's nest, typically found on mountaintops.

جاء القوم بأوقتهم — The people came with their groups
بين الأوق — among the wells
بِأَوْقَتِهِمْnoun
  1. 1.
    with their groupsclassical

    With their groups or gatherings.

جاء القوم بأوقتهم — The people came with their groups
الأُوقِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    ounceclassical

    A unit of weight, equivalent to seven mithqals or forty dirhams.

يَوْمُ الأَوَاقِname
  1. 1.
    the Day of Al-Awāqclassical

    A known day of conflict among the Arabs.

يوم الأواق — the Day of Al-Awāq
الأَوَاقِيnoun
  1. 1.
    warp threadsclassical

    The warp threads of a weaver's loom, holding the weft of the fabric.

الأواقي: قصب الحائك التي يكون فيها لحمة الثوب — Al-Awāqī: the weaver's reeds which contain the weft of the cloth
أَوْقَه تَأْوِيقًاverb
  1. 1.
    to reduce foodclassical

    To reduce someone's food intake.

  2. 2.
    to force into hardshipclassical

    To force someone into hardship or something disliked.

  3. 3.
    to hinderclassical

    To hinder or impede someone.

  4. 4.
    to humbleclassical

    To humble or make someone subservient.

أوقه تأويقا: إذا قلل طعامه — He reduced his food, meaning he lessened his food
أوقه تأويقا: حمله على المثسقة والمكروه — He forced him into hardship, meaning he compelled him into what is difficult and disliked
المُؤَوَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    one who delays foodclassical

    One who delays or reduces their food intake.

  2. 2.
    unhappyclassical

    Unhappy or experiencing a difficult life.

  3. 3.
    full of bad goodsclassical

    Full of bad or worthless goods.

  4. 4.
    ill-fatedclassical

    Ill-fated or unlucky.

  5. 5.
    humbleclassical

    Humble or lowly.

عيش مؤوق — a difficult life
بيت مؤوق — a house full of bad goods
تَأَوَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be delayedclassical

    To be delayed or held back.

  2. 2.
    to be hungryclassical

    To be hungry or experience hunger.

تأوق: إذا تعوق — He was delayed, meaning he was held back
تأوق: تجوع — He was hungry
الأَوْقname
  1. 1.
    a mountainclassical

    A mountain belonging to the tribe of Hudhayl.

الأوق: جبل لهذيل — Al-Awq: a mountain of Hudhayl

Parallel reading

ألقى علينا {أوقه: أي ثقله
He imposed upon us his weight, meaning his burden
ألقى عليه} أوقه، وبرك فوقه
He imposed his burden upon him, and he knelt upon him
إليك حتى قلدوك طوقها ... وحملوك عبأها {وأوقها
To you until they put its collar on you... and they carried its load and its burden
والأوق: الشؤم
And Al-Awq: ill omen
تمتع من السيدان {والأوق نظرة
Enjoy from the two plains and the ill omen a glance
فقلبك للسيدان والأوق آلف
For your heart is accustomed to the two plains and the ill omen
تربعت السيدان} والأوق إذ هما
You settled in the two plains and Al-Awq when they were
ولا {الأوق إلا أفرط العين مائح
Nor Al-Awq except a water-bearer who over-supplied the eye
فالمملح} فالأوق فالميثب
Then the salty water, then Al-Awq, then Al-Maythab
آق عليه فلان: إذا أشرف
So-and-so looked down upon him: meaning he overlooked him
آق علينا يؤوق: إذا مال
He leaned towards us, meaning he inclined
آق علينا وهو شر {آئق
He leaned towards us, and he is the worst of the ominous
آق عليهم} أوقا. إذا أتاهم بالشؤم
He came upon them with ill omen. Meaning he brought them misfortune
جاء القوم بأوقتهم
The people came with their groups
وهي الهوة، قال رؤبة: (وانغمس الرامي لها بين} الأوق
And it is the abyss. Ru'bah said: And the thrower plunged into it between the wells
وهو يؤيؤ وقد أهمله المصنف في الهمزة.
And it is Yuyu', and the author neglected it under the Hamza.
الأواقي: قصب الحائك التي يكون فيها لحمة الثوب
Al-Awāqī: the weaver's reeds which contain the weft of the cloth
أوقه تأويقا: إذا قلل طعامه
He reduced his food, meaning he lessened his food
أوقه تأويقا: حمله على المثسقة والمكروه
He forced him into hardship, meaning he compelled him into what is difficult and disliked
ولو كان حتروش بن عزة راضيا ... سوى عيشه هذا بعيش} مؤوق
And if Harrosh bin 'Azzah was satisfied... except with this life of his, with a difficult life
وبيت يفوح المسك في حجراته ... بعيد من الآفات غير} مؤوق
And a house whose chambers exude musk... far from afflictions, not full of bad goods
ورجل مؤوق: مشؤوم، وقيل: مهان
And a man مؤوق: ill-fated, and it is said: humbled
تأوق: إذا تعوق
He was delayed, meaning he was held back
تأوق: تجوع
He was hungry
الأوق: جبل لهذيل
Al-Awq: a mountain of Hudhayl