ن غ ق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sound made by a raven, often described as a caw or croak. It extends to the idea of making a similar sound, particularly when referring to a camel or a specific type of camel.

Derived headwords

نَغَقَverb

1.
to caw, croakboth
The sound made by a raven, described as a cawing or croaking sound.
2.
to speak outclassical
Used metaphorically to mean speaking out, especially in a negative or harmful context.

نَغِيقٌnoun

1.
cawing, croakingboth
The sound of a raven's call.

نَغَاقٌnoun

1.
cawing, croakingboth
The sound of a raven's call, similar to نَغِيقٌ.

نَغِيقٌadjective

1.
croaking (camel)classical
Describing a she-camel that makes a low, guttural sound, similar to a camel's hum or bleat.

نَغُوقٌadjective

1.
croaking (camel)classical
Describing a she-camel that makes a low, guttural sound, similar to a camel's hum or bleat, synonymous with نَغِيقٌ.

نَاغَقَverb

1.
to cawboth
To make the sound of a raven.

Parallel reading

نغق الغراب ينغق وينغق من حد ضرب ومنع نغيقا ونغاقا بالضم

The raven cawed, it caws and caws, from the pattern of ḍaraba and manaʿa, a cawing and a croaking (with dammah).

أو نغق في الخير، ونعب في الشر

Or he cawed in good, and croaked in evil.

وازجروا الطير فإن مر بكم ... ناغق يهوي فقولوا سنحا

And warn the birds, for if one croaking flies by you, then say it is a good omen.

ويقال أيضا: نغق ببين

And it is also said: he cawed with separation.

أمسى بذاك غراب البين قد نغقا

The raven of separation has cawed with that.

وهي التي تبغم بعيدات بين

And she is the one that hums from afar, intermittently.

وقد نغقت نغيقا: إذا بغمت

And she made a croaking sound, if she hummed.

وأظمى كقلب السوذقاني نازعت ... بكفي فتلاء الذراع نغوق

And I weaned, like the heart of al-Suwdqani, a she-camel with twisted forelegs, a hummer.

إبل ظمي، أي: سود

Camels that are thirsty, meaning: black.

وغراب نغاق

And a cawing raven.