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ع ت ق

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of being old, ancient, or mature. It extends to meanings of being freed or liberated, excelling or outrunning, and also relates to physical attributes like a horse's speed or a bird's stage of development. It can also denote something being repaired or improved.

Derived headwords

اتَّسَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to widenboth

    To become wider or larger in scope.

اتَّسَعَ الخَرَقُ عَلَى الرَّاقِعِother
  1. 1.
    the tear widened beyond the patchclassical

    A proverb indicating that a problem has become too big to be fixed by the available means.

اتسع الخرق على الراقع — The tear widened beyond the patch (a proverb).
العَاتِقnoun
  1. 1.
    bowclassical

    A bow whose color has changed, likely due to age or use.

  2. 2.
    young birdclassical

    The stage of a bird's chick that is above the fledgling stage, where it is shedding its first feathers and growing new, strong ones.

العَاتِكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old, reddish colorclassical

    Describing something that is old and has a reddish hue, similar to the 'ʿātiq'.

عَتَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be oldboth

    To become old or ancient.

  2. 2.
    to be freedboth

    To be liberated or manumitted.

  3. 3.
    to excelboth

    To surpass others, especially in speed or performance.

  4. 4.
    to be repairedboth

    To be fixed, improved, or made sound.

عَتَقَ المالُverb
  1. 1.
    property became soundboth

    When property (like wealth or goods) becomes sound, well-maintained, or valuable.

عَتَقَ الفَرَسُverb
  1. 1.
    horse excelledboth

    When a horse runs fast and outpaces others.

عَاتِقadjective
  1. 1.
    excellingboth

    Describing a horse that excels in speed.

  2. 2.
    oldboth

    Describing something that is old.

عَتِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    oldboth

    Ancient, venerable, or long-standing.

  2. 2.
    freedboth

    Manumitted or liberated.

  3. 3.
    excellentboth

    Of high quality, noble, or distinguished.

  4. 4.
    falconclassical

    A falcon, specifically a goshawk.

  5. 5.
    fatclassical

    Fat or suet.

أَعْتَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to freeboth

    To liberate a slave or captive.

  2. 2.
    to make fastboth

    To make a horse run faster or urge it on.

  3. 3.
    to dig and prepareclassical

    To dig a well thoroughly and prepare it.

  4. 4.
    to repairboth

    To fix or improve something.

  5. 5.
    to claim possessionclassical

    To seize or claim a place, making it one's own.

التَّعْتِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    bitingclassical

    The act of biting.

  2. 2.
    opposite of renewingclassical

    The act of making something old or preserving it, as opposed to making it new.

المُعَتَّقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfumeclassical

    A type of perfume or fragrance.

  2. 2.
    old wineclassical

    A wine that has aged for a long time.

ابن أبي عُتَيْقname
  1. 1.
    a known libertineclassical

    A person known for being dissolute or a libertine.

العِتْقnoun
  1. 1.
    tree for bowsclassical

    A type of tree used for making bows.

  2. 2.
    manumissionclassical

    The act of freeing a slave.

العَتَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    manumissionclassical

    An oath sworn by manumission.

أَعْتَقَ يَمِينَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    his oath has no expiationclassical

    An expression meaning an oath is binding and requires no expiation.

فَرَسٌ عَاتِقnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    a swift horseboth

    A horse that is a swift runner.

مُعْتَاقُ الوَسِيقَةadjective phrase
  1. 1.
    one who outruns the preyclassical

    A hunter who outpaces the animal they are pursuing.

عَتِيقُ الطَّيْرnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    falconclassical

    A falcon or goshawk.

العَتِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    fatclassical

    Fat or suet.

امْرَأَةٌ عَتِيقَةnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    beautiful and noble womanclassical

    A woman who is beautiful and noble.

دَنَانِيرُ عِتْقnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    old coinsclassical

    Ancient or old gold coins.

بَكْرَةٌ عَتِيقَةnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    noble she-camelclassical

    A distinguished and noble female camel.

عَتُقَ السَّمْنُverb
  1. 1.
    ghee became oldclassical

    When ghee or fat becomes old.

عَتُقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be oldboth

    To become old or ancient.

عَاتِقُ الإِنْسَانnoun
  1. 1.
    shoulderboth

    The shoulder of a human.

ثَوْبٌ عَتِيقnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    well-woven garmentclassical

    A garment that is finely and strongly woven.

العَوَاتِقnoun
  1. 1.
    regionsclassical

    The surrounding areas or regions.

  2. 2.
    young birdsclassical

    Plural of 'ʿātiq', referring to young birds.

  3. 3.
    shouldersboth

    Plural of 'ʿātiq', referring to shoulders.

أَعْتَقَ دِيوَانَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    his collection became establishedclassical

    When one's collection (e.g., of poetry) becomes well-established or coherent.

عَتِيقُ بْنِ عَلِيّname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A person named ʿAtīq ibn ʿAlī who narrated hadith.

أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَتِيقname
  1. 1.
    a scholarclassical

    A scholar known as Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān ibn ʿAtīq, who was the first from Egypt to travel for knowledge to Iraq.

Parallel reading

اتسع الفتق على الراتق
The tear widened beyond the patch.
العَاتِق: القوس التي قد تغير لونها
The 'ʿātiq': the bow whose color has changed.
والعاتق من فرخ الطائر: فوق الناهض وهو الذي يتحسر من ريشه الأول، وينبت له ريش جلذي، أي: شديد، يقال: أخذت فرخ قطاة عاتقا وذلك إذا طار واستقل.
And the 'ʿātiq' of a bird's chick: it is above the fledgling, which is shedding its first feathers and growing new, strong ones. It is said: 'I took a 'ʿātiq' chick of a sandgrouse,' meaning when it flies and is independent.
أمرنا أن نخرج العواتق وذوات الخدور تعني في العيد.
We were ordered to bring out the young women and those secluded in their chambers for the Eid.
وعتقه بفيه عتقا إذا عضه.
And 'he bit it with his mouth' means he bit it.
وعتق المال يعتقه عتقا: أصلحه فعتق
And 'property became sound' means it was repaired and became sound.
وعتق الفرس عتقا: تقدم في السير، فهو عاتق وعتيق وهو من حد ضرب كما تقدم.
And 'the horse excelled' means it advanced in speed, so it is 'ʿātiq' and 'ʿatīq', and it is from the pattern 'ḍaraba' as previously mentioned.
وأعتق فرسه: أعجلها وأنجاها
And 'he made his horse fast' means he hastened it and made it swift.
وقال أبو عمرو: أعتق قليبه: إذا حفرها وطواها وأجادها.
And Abū ʿAmr said: 'he dug his well thoroughly' means he dug it, prepared it, and perfected it.
والتعتيق: ضد التجديد.
And 'taʿtīq': is the opposite of renewal.
والمعتقة: الخمر القديمة التي عتقت زمانا.
And 'al-muʿattaqah': is the old wine that has aged for a long time.
وسبيئة مما تعتق بابل ... كدم الذبيح سلبتها جريالها
And a drink from what ages in Babylon... like the blood of a slaughtered one, I stripped it of its essence.
والعتق، بالكسر، وبضمتين: شجر للقسي العربية، عن أبي حنيفة، قال: يراد به كرم القوس لا العتق الذي هو القدم.
And 'al-ʿitq', with kasra and damma: is a tree for Arabic bows, according to Abū Ḥanīfah, who said: it refers to the nobility of the bow, not the 'ʿitq' which means oldness.
يقال: حلف بالعتاق، كسحاب، أي: الإعتاق.
It is said: 'he swore by al-ʿitāq', like 'salāḥ', meaning manumission.
وقال أبو زيد: أعتق يمينه، أي: ليس لها كفارة.
And Abū Zayd said: 'he made his oath free', meaning it has no expiation.
وكل شيء بلغ إناه فقد عتق.
And everything that has reached its maturity has become old.
وعتيق الطير: البازي.
And 'ʿatīq al-ṭayr': is the falcon.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: كل شيء بلغ النهاية في جودة أو رداءة أو حسن أو قبح فهو عتيق، جمعه: عتق.
And Ibn al-Aʿrābī said: Everything that has reached the extreme in quality, poorness, beauty, or ugliness is 'ʿatīq', its plural is 'ʿutq'.
ودنانير عتق: قديمة.
And 'ʿutq' dinars: are old.
وبكرة عتيقة: نجيبة كريمة.
And a 'ʿatīqah' she-camel: is noble and generous.
وعتق السمن وعتق، يعني: قدم، عن اللحياني.
And 'ghee became old' and 'it became old', meaning: it became ancient, according to al-Laythānī.
ويقال: ثوب عتيق، أي: جيد الحبكة.
And it is said: a 'ʿatīq' garment, meaning: well-woven.
والعواتق: النواحي، عن ابن عباد.
And 'al-ʿawātiq': are the regions, according to Ibn ʿAbbād.
وأعتق ديوانه: إذا استقام له.
And 'he made his collection established': means it became coherent for him.