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ع ن ب ق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a mixture of water and mud, and by extension, to a person of bad character.

Derived headwords

العَنْبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    muddy waterboth

    A mixture of water and mud.

عَنْبَقadjective
  1. 1.
    bad-temperedclassical

    A person of bad character or disposition.

Parallel reading

العنبقة، بالضم: مجتمع الماء والطين.
Al-'anbaqah, with dammah: a gathering of water and mud.
ورجل عنبق، كقنفذ: سيئ الخلق، كما في اللسان.
And a man 'anbaq, like qunfudh: of bad character, as in Al-Lisan.