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ث ق ث ق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of speaking foolishly or nonsensically. It also has a secondary meaning related to speed, possibly as a variant of another root.

Derived headwords

ثَقْثَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak foolishlyclassical

    To utter nonsensical or foolish speech.

الثَّقْثَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish talkclassical

    The act or instance of speaking foolishly or nonsensically.

  2. 2.
    speedclassical

    Speed or haste, mentioned as a variant pronunciation of 'taqtaqah'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وقال ابن الأعرابي أي تكلم بكلام الحماقة
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn al-A'rabi said: it means to speak foolishly.
الثقثقة الإسراع
Al-thaqthaqah means speed.
لغة في التقتقة بتائين فوقيتين
It is a variant pronunciation for 'taqtaqah' with two 't's.