ض ي ق

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root ض ي ق (ḍ-y-q) primarily denotes narrowness, constriction, and difficulty. This extends to physical spaces, emotional states, financial hardship, and interpersonal challenges, often implying a lack of ease or spaciousness.

Derived headwords

ضَاقَ يَضِيقُverb

1.
to be narrowboth
To lack width or space; to be constricted.
2.
to be tightboth
To be constricted in terms of clothing or a physical space.
3.
to be distressedboth
To feel anxious, worried, or constricted in one's chest or heart.
4.
to be difficultboth
To become challenging or problematic.
5.
to be stingyclassical
To be miserly or ungenerous.

ضاقَ صَدْرُهُ — His chest became constricted (he became distressed).

ضَاقَتِ الدَّارُ — The house became narrow.

ضِيقٌnoun

1.
narrownessboth
The state or quality of being narrow or constricted.
2.
difficultyboth
A state of hardship, distress, or trouble.
3.
anxietyboth
A feeling of worry, unease, or nervousness, often about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
4.
doubtclassical
Uncertainty or lack of conviction about something.

ولا تك في ضيق مما يمكرون — And you should not be in distress because of their plotting.

الضيق: الشك في القلب — Narrowness: doubt in the heart.

تَضَيَّقَverb

1.
to become narrowboth
To become constricted or less spacious.
2.
to become tightboth
To become constricted, especially in reference to clothing or a space.

وتضيق — and it becomes narrow.

تَضَايَقَverb

1.
to be constrictedboth
To feel constricted or distressed, often due to circumstances or other people.
2.
to be in difficultyboth
To experience hardship or lack of ease.
3.
to be in conflictclassical
To have a strained relationship or be in disagreement.

وتضايق — and they become distressed.

تضايق القوم — The people experienced difficulty or lack of space.

أَضَاقَverb

1.
to make narrowboth
To cause something to become narrow or constricted.
2.
to cause distressboth
To make someone feel anxious or distressed.
3.
to impoverishclassical
To cause someone to become poor or have limited means.

أضاقه إضاقة — He made it narrow for him.

ضَيِّقٌadjective

1.
narrowboth
Having little width; constricted.
2.
tightboth
Fitting closely; constricting.
3.
difficultboth
Causing hardship or trouble.

فهو ضيق — so he is constricted/narrow.

ضَيِّقٌnoun

1.
narrownessboth
The state of being narrow or constricted.
2.
difficultyboth
A state of hardship or trouble.

ضيق كميت وميت — narrow like 'mayt' and 'mayt'.

ضَائِقٌadjective

1.
narrowboth
Lacking space; constricted.
2.
distressedboth
Feeling anxious or troubled.

وضائق به صدرك — and your chest is constricted by it.

تَضْيِيقٌnoun

1.
narrowingboth
The act of making something narrow or constricted.
2.
constrictionboth
The state of being made narrow or tight.
3.
making difficultboth
The act of causing hardship or trouble.
4.
reducing expensesclassical
The act of limiting or reducing financial provisions.

وضيقه تضييقا — and he made it narrow for him, a narrowing.

مُضِيقٌnoun

1.
narrow placeboth
A place that is narrow or difficult to pass through.
2.
passagewayboth
A narrow route or channel.
3.
difficultyclassical
A challenging situation or predicament.

ما بالمضيق — what is in the narrow place?

المضيق: ما ضاق من الأماكن — The narrow place: what is constricted of places.

مُضَيِّقٌadjective

1.
impoverishedclassical
Having one's livelihood restricted or one's wealth diminished.

وأضاق فهو مضيق — and he became impoverished, being made narrow.

ضِيْقَىnoun

1.
narrownessclassical
The state of being narrow or constricted.

الضيقى — the narrowness.

ضَوْقَىnoun

1.
narrownessclassical
The state of being narrow or constricted.

الضوقى — the narrowness.

الأَضْيَقُadjective

1.
narrowerboth
More narrow than something else.

الأضيق كما في الصحاح — the narrower, as in Al-Sihah.

ضِيْقَةٌnoun

1.
narrownessboth
A state of being narrow or constricted.
2.
povertyboth
A state of lacking financial resources; hardship.
3.
distressboth
A state of anxiety or trouble.
4.
constellation positionclassical
A specific location in the sky associated with lunar mansions, considered unlucky.
5.
a placeclassical
A specific location or route, often narrow.

كشف الضيقة عنا وفسح — He relieved us of the hardship and made things spacious.

بضيقة بين النجم والدبران — in the narrow place between the star and Aldebaran.

ضَاقَةٌnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A state of difficulty or suffering.

يكرهها الجبناء الضاقة العطن — The cowardly, those suffering from hardship and stagnation, hate it.

مُضَايَقَةٌnoun

1.
harassmentmodern
Aggressive pressure or intimidation.
2.
difficultyclassical
A state of being made difficult or challenging.

ضايقه في كذا — He made it difficult for him in such-and-such.

مَضَايِقٌnoun

1.
narrow placesboth
Multiple locations that are narrow or constricted.
2.
difficultiesboth
Multiple challenging situations or predicaments.

وجمع المضيق: المضايق — And the plural of 'al-madyiq' is 'al-madyāyiq'.

Parallel reading

ولا تك في ضيق مما يمكرون

And do not be in distress because of their plotting.

وتضيق، وتضايق، وهو: ضد اتسع

And it becomes narrow, and they become distressed, and it is the opposite of spacious.

والضيق: ضد السعة

And narrowness is the opposite of spaciousness.

أضاقه إضاقة

He made it narrow for him, causing him distress.

وضائـق به صدرك

And your chest is constricted by it.

والضيق: الشك في القلب عن أبي عمرو

And narrowness: doubt in the heart, according to Abu Amr.

الضيق، بالفتح: ما ضاق عنه صدرك فهو فيما لا يتسع

Narrowness, with the فتحة: what your chest is constricted by, meaning it is something that does not accommodate.

من أهل قرن وأهل الضيق بالحرم

From the people of Qarn and the people of Al-Diq in Al-Haram.

والضيق، بالكسر يكون فيما يتسع كالدار والثوب

And narrowness, with the كسرة, occurs in things that are spacious, like a house or a garment.

والمضيق: ما ضاق من الأماكن والأمور

And the narrow place: what is constricted of places and matters.

أي: بالخروج من المضيق

Meaning: by exiting the narrow passage.

والضيقى، والضوقى، كضيزى وطوبى

And Al-Dhayqā, and Al-Dawqā, like Dīzā and Tūbā.

وهو فعلى من الضيق، وهو في الأصل ضيقي، قلبت الياء واوا لسكونها وضمة ما قبلها

And it is 'fū'lā' from 'al-ḍayq', and it was originally 'ḍayqī', the 'yā' was changed to 'wāw' due to its stillness and the vowel before it.

الضوقى: جمع ضيقة

Al-Dawqā: a plural of 'ḍayqah'.

ما أنت بالخورى ولا الضوقى حرا

You are neither weak nor constricted in freedom.

الضيقة، بالكسر: الفقر وسوء الحال

Narrowness, with the كسرة: poverty and a bad state.

فلئن ربك من رحمته كشف الضيقة عنا وفسح

By your Lord, from His mercy, He relieved us of hardship and made things spacious.

إذا رأيت الضيق قد وقع في موضع الضيق

If you see 'al-ḍayq' occurring in the place of 'al-ḍayq'.

بضيقة بين النجم والدبران

In the narrow place between the star and Aldebaran.

فسلك في طريق يقال له: الضيقة

So he took a road called: Al-Dhayqah.

فقيل: الضيقة، فقال: بل هي اليسراء تفاؤلا

And it was said: Al-Dhayqah, so he said: Rather, it is Al-Yusrā (the easy one) as an omen.

ضاق يضيق ضيقا: إذا بخل

He became narrow, he becomes narrow, a narrowness: if he was stingy.

وأضاق فهو مضيق: إذا ضاق عليه معاشه وذهب ماله وافتقر

And he became impoverished, being made narrow: if his livelihood became constricted and his wealth was lost and he became poor.

ضايقه في كذا: إذا عاسره ولم يسامحه

He made it difficult for him in such-and-such: if he was harsh with him and did not forgive him.

لا ضيقة المجرى ولا مروس

Neither narrow of passage nor leading to a head.

وضاق بهم ذرعا، أي: ضاقت حيلته ومذهبه

And he became exasperated with them, meaning: his stratagem and method became constricted.

والضاقة: جمع الضائق

And Al-Ḍāqah: a plural of Al-Ḍā'iq.

يكرهها الجبناء الضاقة العطن

The cowardly, those suffering from hardship and stagnation, hate it.

وجمع المضيق: المضايق

And the plural of 'al-madyiq' is 'al-madyāyiq'.

لعمرك ما ضاقت بلاد بأهلها ... ولكن أخلاق الرجال تضيق

By your life, lands did not become narrow for their people... but rather the character of men causes narrowness.

وتضايق القوم: إذا لم يتوسعوا في خلق أو مكان

And the people became constricted: if they did not expand in character or place.

وتضايق به الأمر، أي: ضاق عليه

And the matter became difficult for him, meaning: it became constricted for him.

وله نفس ضيقة

And he has a constricted soul.

وضيق على فلان

And he was constricted for so-and-so.

وأمر مضيق

And a constricted matter.

ولا تضاروهن لتضيقوا عليهن

And do not harm them so that you may make things difficult for them.