م وق

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of foolishness, stupidity, and weakness, often extending to ideas of perishing or becoming worthless. It also encompasses specific, less common meanings like winged insects, dust, and a type of footwear.

Derived headwords

المَوْقnoun

1.
winged antsclassical
Refers to ants that possess wings.
2.
dustclassical
A fine, dry powder of earth or other matter.
3.
thick slipperclassical
A type of thick footwear worn over another shoe, possibly of Persian origin.
4.
type of slipperclassical
A specific kind of slipper, considered correct Arabic.
5.
stupidityclassical
Foolishness or lack of intelligence.

المُؤَقnoun

1.
eye conditionclassical
A condition of the eye, specifically referring to the 'maq al-'ayn'.

أمْوَاقnoun

1.
plural of mawqclassical
The plural form of 'mawq', referring to winged ants, dust, or slippers.

آماقnoun

1.
plural of mawq (variant)classical
An alternative plural form of 'mawq', resulting from a phonetic shift.

مَوْقِيْهnoun

1.
his slippersclassical
The dual form of 'mawq', referring to two slippers.

مَائِقadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Characterized by foolishness and stupidity.
2.
ill-manneredclassical
Having bad manners or a poor disposition.
3.
easily moved to tearsclassical
Someone who cries easily, lacking resolve.

مَائقةadjective

1.
foolish (fem.)classical
Feminine form of 'ma'iq', meaning foolish.

مَاقَverb

1.
to be foolishclassical
To act or become foolish or stupid.
2.
to perishclassical
To be destroyed or ruined, often due to foolishness.
3.
to become cheapclassical
Used for a sale becoming inexpensive or losing value.

مَاقَةnoun

1.
foolishnessclassical
The state or quality of being foolish or stupid.

مُؤَوَّقadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Describing someone who is foolish or stupid.

مَوْقَانname

1.
city in Armeniaclassical
A region or city located in Armenia, part of ancient Persia.

اسْتَمَاقَverb

1.
to act foolishclassical
To pretend to be foolish or to behave foolishly.
2.
to perish foolishlyclassical
To meet one's end due to foolishness.

المَائْقadjective

1.
ill-manneredclassical
Of bad character or disposition.

المَئِقadjective

1.
ill-manneredclassical
Possessing a bad disposition or character.

تَمَاوَقَverb

1.
to feign foolishnessclassical
To pretend to be foolish or stupid.

مَاقَ الثوبverb

1.
to wash clothesclassical
To clean garments, likely by washing.

مَاقَ الفصيلverb

1.
to suckleclassical
Used for a young animal nursing from its mother.

امْتَاقَverb

1.
to act foolishclassical
To behave foolishly or stupidly.

مَاقَ الطعامverb

1.
to become staleclassical
Used for food that has become undesirable or unsellable.

ابن المَوَاقname

1.
a Moroccan scholarclassical
A person known as Ibn al-Mawāq, a traditionist from Morocco.

أمَاقَverb

1.
to harbor maliceclassical
To conceal hatred or disbelief within one's heart.

مَائْقname

1.
village in Nishapurclassical
A village in Nishapur, from which a notable Sufi scholar originated.

مُويْقname

1.
village in Egyptclassical
A village located in Egypt.

Parallel reading

الموق، بالضم: النمل له أجنحة

Al-mawqu, with damma: ants that have wings.

والموق: الغبار كما في اللسان.

And al-mawqu: dust, as mentioned in Al-Lisan.

والموق: لغة في المؤق، وهو ماق العين.

And al-mawqu: a variant pronunciation for al-mu'aq, which is the 'maq al-'ayn' (an eye condition).

وجمعهما جميعا: أمواق، وآماق عند القلب.

And their plural is collectively: amwāq, and āmaq with a phonetic shift.

والموق: خف غليظ يلبس فوق الخف، فارسي معرب

And al-mawqu: a thick slipper worn over another shoe, it is an Arabized Persian word.

أن امرأة رأت كلبا في يوم حار، فنزعت له بموقها، فسقته، فغفر لها

A woman saw a dog on a hot day, so she took off her slipper to give it water, and she was forgiven.

أنه توضأ ومسح على موقيه.

He performed ablution and wiped over his two slippers.

ونزع موقيه، وخاض الماء.

He took off his slippers and waded through the water.

الموق: ضرب من الخفاف ج: أمواق، وهو عربي صحيح

Al-mawqu: a type of slipper, plural: amwāq, and it is authentically Arabic.

الموق: الحمق في غباوة.

Al-mawqu: foolishness combined with stupidity.

يقال: أحمق مائق وهي مائقة ج: موقى، كسكرى.

It is said: he is a foolish fool (aḥmaqu mā'iqu) and she is a foolish fool (mā'iqatun), plural: mawqā, like sakrā.

هو مائق ودائق، وقد ماق مواقة

He is foolish and slow-witted, and he has acted foolishly with foolishness.

ماق البيع موقا، بالفتح أي: رخص مثل حمق البيع.

The sale became cheap (māqa al-bay'u mawqan), with fatha, meaning: it became inexpensive, like the foolishness of a sale.

ماق فلان يموق موقا بالفتح وموقا ومؤوقا بضمهما، ومواقة أي: هلك حمقا وغباوة

So-and-so perished (māqa fulānun yamūqu mawqan bil-fatḥi wa mawqan wa mu'awqan bid-ḍammihimā, wa muwāqatan), meaning: he perished from foolishness and stupidity.

لقد غاب عن خيل بموقان أجحرت ... بكير بني الشداخ فارس أطلال

Indeed, horses have disappeared from Mawqan, having been driven into the earth... Bakir of Banu al-Shaddakh, a remnant of Fars.

استماق: استحمق، وقيل: هلك حمقا.

Istamāqa: to act foolishly, and it is said: to perish foolishly.

المائق والمئق: السيئ الخلق.

Al-mā'iqu and al-ma'iqu: the ill-mannered.

وتماوق: أظهر الحمق، نقله الزمخشري.

And tamāwaqa: to feign foolishness, as narrated by Al-Zamakhshari.

ماق الثوب: غسله.

Māqa al-thawbu: he washed the garment.

ماق الفصيل أمه: رضعها، كامتاقها، الثلاثة عن الصاغاني.

The young camel nursed its mother (māqa al-faṣīlu ummahū): it suckled her, like 'amtāqahā', all three from Al-Saghani.

امتاق الرجل: احتمق.

Imtāqa al-rajulu: the man acted foolishly.

ماق الطعام موقا: إذا كسد، عن ثعلب، ونقله الزمخشري.

Food became stale (māqa al-ṭa'āmu mawqan): when it became undesirable, from Tha'lab, and narrated by Al-Zamakhshari.

وأماق إماقة، وإماقا: أضمر الحقد والكفر

And amāqa imāqatan, wa imāqan: to harbor malice and disbelief.

ومائق: قرية بنيسابور، منها عبد الوهاب بن عبد الرحمن الأستوائي - المائقي، أحد الصوفية الكبار

And Mā'iq: a village in Nishapur, from which Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman Al-Ustuwā'i Al-Mā'iqi, one of the great Sufis, originated.