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Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of joining, connecting, or patching things together, often related to garments and their components like buttons and buttonholes. It extends to meanings of gathering, arranging, and even making things appear well-formed or complete.

Derived headwords

البُنَيقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shirt placket/buttonholeboth

    The part of a shirt where buttons are fastened, often referring to the buttonhole or the flap around it. It can also refer to the buttonhole itself.

  2. 2.
    Patchboth

    A piece of material added to a garment or other object to repair or enlarge it.

  3. 3.
    Buttonholeclassical

    A small hole or loop in fabric or leather, through which a button can be passed to fasten something.

  4. 4.
    White part of morningclassical

    Metaphorically used to describe the whiteness of the early morning light.

  5. 5.
    Grapevine shootclassical

    A shoot of a grapevine when it becomes large.

  6. 6.
    Dappled hairclassical

    Refers to hair that is mixed or uneven in color, particularly around the elbow of a horse.

  7. 7.
    Row of palm treesclassical

    A line or series of palm trees.

  8. 8.
    Wide roadclassical

    A road that is broad or spacious.

  9. 9.
    Sticks in saddle girthclassical

    Two sticks at the ends of a saddle girth.

لبنة القميص — The placket of a shirt
شبه بياض الصبح ببياض البنيقة — He likened the whiteness of the morning to the whiteness of the placket.
البَنقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shirtclassical

    A shirt, possibly referring to its construction or a specific part of it.

البنقة بنقة: القميص — The banqah is the banqah: the shirt.
البُنَيقتانnoun
  1. 1.
    Circles on horse's chestclassical

    Two circular markings on the chest of a horse.

  2. 2.
    Sticks in saddle girthclassical

    Two sticks at the ends of a saddle girth.

دائرتان في نحر الفرس — Two circles on the chest of a horse.
البَنقnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of banqahclassical

    The plural form of 'banqah', referring to shirts.

جمعها بنق — Its plural is banq.
بَنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To join/connectboth

    To join or connect one thing to another, similar to how a shirt placket is joined.

  2. 2.
    To patch/mendboth

    To add a patch or piece to something to repair or enlarge it.

  3. 3.
    To arrange/gatherclassical

    To gather, arrange, or put something in order.

  4. 4.
    To make a placketclassical

    To make a placket for a garment.

  5. 5.
    To widen the top of a quiverclassical

    To make the top of a quiver wider, resembling a placket.

  6. 6.
    To strike with a whipclassical

    To strike someone's back with a whip, causing it to split or tear.

  7. 7.
    To make up a lieclassical

    To fabricate or embellish a lie.

  8. 8.
    To stay in a placeclassical

    To remain or reside in a particular location.

بنق القميص: جعل له بنيقة — To make a placket for a shirt: to create a placket for it.
بنق ظهره بالسوط: قطعه — To strike his back with a whip: to cut it.
تَبْنِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Joining/connectingboth

    The act of joining or connecting things together.

  2. 2.
    Patching/mendingboth

    The act of adding a patch or mending something.

  3. 3.
    Arrangementclassical

    The act of arranging or gathering things.

  4. 4.
    Making a placketclassical

    The act of creating a placket for a garment.

  5. 5.
    Staying in a placeclassical

    The act of remaining or residing in a place.

بنق بالمكان تبنيقا: إذا أقام به — To stay in a place (tabniqan): if one remains there.
مُبَنَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    Joined/connectedboth

    Something that has been joined or connected.

  2. 2.
    Patched/mendedboth

    Something that has been patched or mended.

  3. 3.
    Arranged/gatheredclassical

    Something that has been arranged or gathered.

  4. 4.
    Having a placketclassical

    A garment that has a placket.

  5. 5.
    Widened at the topclassical

    A quiver whose top has been widened.

  6. 6.
    Well-formed/arrangedclassical

    A book that is well-arranged or properly bound.

جعبة مبنقة: مفرجة — A widened quiver: opened.
كتاب مبنق — A well-arranged book.
بانوقةname
  1. 1.
    Woman's nameclassical

    A proper name for a woman.

بانوقة: امرأة — Banuqah: a woman.
نَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To gather/arrangeclassical

    To gather, arrange, or put something in order.

بنق كلامه: إذا جمعه وسواه — To arrange his speech: if he gathers and orders it.
مُنَبَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    Gathered/arrangedclassical

    Something that has been gathered or arranged.

نخل منبق — Arranged palm trees.
أَبْناءnoun
  1. 1.
    Offspring/childrenboth

    Literally means sons or children.

  2. 2.
    Sorrows/troublesclassical

    Metaphorically refers to troubles or sorrows that arise or are generated.

الأحزان المتولدة، عن الحب — The generated sorrows, from love.
أَثْناءnoun
  1. 1.
    Interludes/intervalsboth

    Literally means intervals or parts within something.

  2. 2.
    Sorrows/troublesclassical

    Metaphorically refers to troubles or sorrows that arise or are generated.

أثناء حبها — The intervals/sorrows of her love.
الدَّخارِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    Buttonholesclassical

    A term for the buttonholes on a garment.

  2. 2.
    Patchesclassical

    Pieces of material added to enlarge or repair something.

تسمى الدخاريص — Which are called 'dakhariṣ'.
الدَّخْرَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Patchclassical

    A patch added to a garment or skin to enlarge or repair it.

  2. 2.
    Longer than a placketclassical

    A patch that is longer than a placket.

الدخرصة أطول من اللبنة — The dakhraṣah is longer than the labnah.
الجَرْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Collar with buttonsclassical

    The collar of a shirt where buttons are sewn.

  2. 2.
    Scabbardclassical

    The sheath for a sword.

وهو طوقه الذي فيه الأزرار مخيطة — It is its collar where the buttons are sewn.
مَبْنُوقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Connected/joinedclassical

    An area of land connected to another.

أرض مبنوقة: أي موصولة بأخرى — An area of land connected: meaning joined to another.

Parallel reading

البُنَيقة، كسفينة: لبنة القميص
The bunayqah, like a ship: the placket of a shirt.
يضم على الليل أطفال حبها ... كما ضم أزرار القميص البنائق
He embraces at night the children of her love... as the plackets of the shirt embrace the buttons.
بنيقة القميص: التي تسمى الدخاريص
The bunayqah of the shirt: which is called the dakhariṣ.
على كل كهل أزعكي ويافع ... من اللؤم سربال جديد البنائق
Upon every mature and young man... a garment of baseness, new in its plackets.
قد أغتدى والصبح ذو بنيق شبه بياض الصبح ببياض البنيقة
He went out in the morning and the dawn had a whiteness, likening the whiteness of the dawn to the whiteness of the bunayqah.
سودت ولم أملك سوادي وتحته ... قميص من القوهى بيض بنائقه
I became dark and could not control my darkness, and beneath it... a shirt of fine linen, white in its plackets.
والأبناء: الأحزان المتولدة، عن الحب
And the abnā': the generated sorrows, from love.
لأن الأزرار هي التي تضم البنائق، وليست البنائق هي التي تضم الأزرار
Because the buttons are what fasten the plackets, and the plackets are not what fasten the buttons.
والمعنى على هذا واضح بين، لا يحتاج معه إلى قلب ولا تعسف
And the meaning in this case is clear and evident, requiring neither inversion nor contortion.
البنيقة: اللبنة، وكل رقعة تزاد في ثوب أو دلو ليتسع، فهي بنيقة
The bunayqah: the placket, and every patch added to a garment or bucket to enlarge it, is a bunayqah.
قوافي أمثالا يوسعن جلده ... كما زدت في عرض الأديم الدخارصا
Verses like examples that widen its skin... as you added to the width of the hide the dakhraṣah.
وإذا ثبت أن بنيقة القميص هي جربانه، فهم معناه
And if it is established that the bunayqah of the shirt is its jarbān, then its meaning is understood.
فإذا أريد ضمه أدخلت أزراره في العرى، فضم الصدر إلى النحر
And when it is intended to be fastened, its buttons are inserted into the loops, thus joining the chest to the neck.
له خفقان يرفع الجيب والحشى ... يقطع أزرار الجربان ثائره
It has a fluttering that raises the collar and the inner lining... its surging cuts the buttons of the jarbān.
رمتني بطرف لو كميا رمت به ... لبل نجيعا نحره وبنائقه
She struck me with a glance, if she had struck with it... it would have drenched its chest and plackets with blood.
لها بجربان البنيقة واكف
It has moisture in the jarbān of the bunayqah.
البنقة بنقة: القميص
The banqah is the banqah: the shirt.
البنيقتان: دائرتان في نحر الفرس
The bunayqatān: two circles on the chest of the horse.
البنيقة: زمعة الكرم إذا عظمت
The bunayqah: the shoot of the grapevine when it becomes large.
بنيقة الفرس: الشعر المختلف في وسط مرفقه
The bunayqah of the horse: the mixed hair in the middle of its elbow.
أرض مبنوقة: أي موصولة بأخرى
An area of land connected: meaning joined to another.
دياميمها مبنوقة بالصفاصف
Its water sources are connected to the plains.
نخل مبنق
Arranged palm trees.
بنق كلامه: إذا جمعه وسواه
To arrange his speech: if he gathers and orders it.
بنق الكتاب: زره، وإذا فرغت من قراءة الكتاب فبنقه، ولا تضعه غير مبنق
To arrange the book: to bind it, and when you finish reading the book, arrange it, and do not place it unarranged.
بنق فلان كذبة حرشاء، وبلقها: إذا صنعها وزوقها
So-and-so fabricated a cunning lie, and embellished it: if he made it up and adorned it.
بنق ظهره بالسوط وبلقه، وقوبه، وفتقه، وفلقه، أي: قطعه
He struck his back with a whip and tore it, split it, rent it, and cleaved it, meaning: cut it.
بنق الشيء: إذا قلده
To do something: if one imitates it.
مو شح التبطين أو مبنقا
Lined with padding or having a placket.
جعبة مبنقة: مفرجة
A widened quiver: opened.
زيد في أعلاها شبه بنيقة لتتسع
It was widened at the top, resembling a placket, to make it spacious.
السراب في نواحيه مقنع، قد غطى كل شيء منه
The mirage in its surroundings is covering, having obscured everything from it.
طريق مبنق، أي: واسع
A wide road, meaning: spacious.