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م ع ق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of depth, distance, and remoteness, both physically and metaphorically. It extends to meanings of intense drinking, barren land, stomach issues, and negative character traits.

Derived headwords

المَعْقnoun
  1. 1.
    intense drinkingclassical

    Refers to drinking intensely or excessively.

  2. 2.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is infertile and does not grow plants.

  3. 3.
    distanceclassical

    Remoteness or a great distance, often referring to the depth of the earth.

  4. 4.
    stomach ailmentclassical

    A condition of having a corrupted or disordered stomach.

  5. 5.
    gully/ravineclassical

    A gully or ravine formed by a flood.

  6. 6.
    bad characterclassical

    Poor disposition or unpleasant character.

المُقْعnoun
  1. 1.
    intense drinkingclassical

    Similar to 'al-ma'q', referring to intense drinking.

مَعُوقًاadjective
  1. 1.
    remote/distantclassical

    Describing a place that is remote or distant, particularly in terms of depth or extent.

مَعْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    distanceclassical

    A great distance, used repeatedly to emphasize extreme remoteness.

مَمْقُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    stomach ailmentclassical

    Having a corrupted or disordered stomach.

مُعِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    deep

    Describing something as deep, like a river or a well.

  2. 2.
    remoteclassical

    Describing a place, like a ravine, that is remote or far.

مَعُقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be deepclassical

    The past tense verb indicating something became deep.

مُعَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    depthclassical

    The state of being deep; depth.

أَمْعَقَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to deepenclassical

    To make something deeper, similar to 'a'maqaha'.

تَمَعَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to go deepclassical

    To delve deeply into something, or to travel far.

  2. 2.
    to have bad characterclassical

    To exhibit poor or unpleasant behavior.

الأَمْعَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    remote edgesclassical

    The distant edges or extremities of vast, barren lands.

الأَعْمَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    remote edgesclassical

    Plural of 'al-ma'q', referring to the distant edges of deserts or plains.

المُعَيِّقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small vulvaclassical

    A term for a woman with a small vulva.

  2. 2.
    narrow hipsclassical

    A woman with narrow or thin hips.

Parallel reading

المعق، كالمنع: الشرب الشديد
Al-ma'q, like al-man', is intense drinking.
المعق: الأرض لانبات بها
Al-ma'q is land on which nothing grows.
وهو قلب العمق
It is an inversion of al-'umq (depth).
يريد بعد أجواف الأرض على وجه الأرض يقود المعق الأيام
He means the remoteness of the earth's hollows on the surface of the earth, which leads to days of distance.
علونا أرضا معقا
We ascended barren land.
وإن همرن بعد معق معقا
And if they gallop after great distance upon great distance.
المعق: فساد المعده، وهو ممعوق
Al-ma'q is a stomach ailment, and he is ma'quq (having a disordered stomach).
المعق: جرف السيل
Al-ma'q is a gully formed by a flood.
المعق: سوء الخلق
Al-ma'q is bad character.
نهر معيق أي عميق
A river is mu'ayyiq, meaning deep.
وبئر معيقة أي عميقة
And a well is mu'ayyiqah, meaning deep.
وقد معقت ككرم معقا ومعاقة
And it became deep, like karuma, with ma'q and mu'aqah.
لغة أهل الحجاز عميق، وبنو تميم يقولون: فج معيق
The dialect of the people of Hijaz is 'umq, and Banu Tamim say: faj mu'ayyiq.
من جذبها شبراق شد ذى معق
From its pulling, a strong, distant pull.
يختارون المعق أحيانا في أشياء مثل الأودية والشعاب البعيدة في الأرض
They sometimes choose al-ma'q for things like distant valleys and ravines in the land.
ويختارون أحيانا العمق في البئر ونحوها: إذا كانت ذاهبة في الأرض
And they sometimes choose al-'umq for a well and the like: if it goes deep into the earth.
الإعماق والإمعاق: أن تحفر سفلا
Al-i'maq and al-im'aq mean to dig downwards.
تمعق علينا فلان: إذا ساء خلقه
So-and-so tam'aqa upon us: meaning his character became bad.
غائط معيق: شديد الدخول في الأرض
A mu'ayyiq depression: one that sinks deeply into the ground.