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ن ق ق

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sounds made by certain animals, particularly frogs and chickens. It extends to describe the act of making such sounds, and by extension, can refer to the animals themselves or qualities associated with them, like swiftness.

Derived headwords

نَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to croakboth

    The sound made by a frog.

  2. 2.
    to chirp/cluckboth

    The sound made by a chicken, especially when laying eggs.

نَقِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    croakingboth

    The sound of a frog.

  2. 2.
    soundclassical

    A general term for a sound, as made by various creatures.

  3. 3.
    chirping/cluckingboth

    The sound made by a chicken.

نَقِيقةnoun
  1. 1.
    croakingboth

    The sound of a frog.

النَّقَّاقnoun
  1. 1.
    frogclassical

    A frog, often used as a descriptive epithet.

النَّقَّاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    frogclassical

    A female frog.

نَقْنَقةnoun
  1. 1.
    repeated croaking/cluckingboth

    The sound of a frog or chicken when it is prolonged, modulated, or repeated.

نَقْنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to croak repeatedlyboth

    To make a prolonged or modulated croaking sound.

  2. 2.
    to cluck repeatedlyboth

    To make a prolonged or modulated clucking sound, as a hen.

النَّقْنَقةnoun
  1. 1.
    repeated croaking/cluckingboth

    The act of making a repeated or modulated sound, like a frog or chicken.

النَّقْنَقةnoun
  1. 1.
    swift/agile oneclassical

    A descriptor for a swift, agile, or restless creature, such as a male ostrich.

نَقْنَقةadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftclassical

    Describing something as swift, agile, or restless.

Parallel reading

ينق نقيقا: صاح.
It croaks with a croak: it cries out.
وفي الصحاح: صوت.
And in Al-Sihah: sound.
وفي العباب: صاحت.
And in Al-Abab: it cried out.
يا ضفدع، تنقين، لا الشراب تمنعين، ولا الماء تكدرين.
O frog, you croak, you do not prevent drinking, nor do you muddy the water.
تسـامر الضفدع في نقيقها.
She converses with the frog in its croaking.
وكذا العقرب، والدجاجة، والهر، والحجلة، والرخمة، والظليم.
And so do the scorpion, the chicken, the cat, the partridge, the vulture, and the ostrich.
كأن نقيق الحب في حاويائه ... فحيح الأفاعي أو نقيق العقارب
As if the croaking of the grain in its container is the hissing of snakes or the croaking of scorpions.
مثل نقيق الهر
Like the meowing of the cat.
والنقاقة: الضفدعة
And Al-Naqqāfah: the frog.
والنقاق: الضفدع، صفة غالبة، تقول العرب: أروى من النقاق.
And Al-Naqqāq: the frog, a prevalent description; the Arabs say: more eloquent than Al-Naqqāq.
الدجاجة تنقنق للبيض، ولا تنق، لأنها ترجع في صوتها.
The chicken clucks for the eggs, and does not croak, because it modulates its sound.
النَّقْنَقة: صوتها إذا ضوعف كما في الصحاح، أي: إذا فصل بين بمد وترجيع.
Al-Naqnaqah: its sound when it is doubled as in Al-Sihah, meaning: when it is separated by elongation and modulation.
النَّقْنَقة: الظليم، أو النافر، أو الخفيف.
Al-Naqnaqah: the ostrich, or the fleeing one, or the swift one.
يخيل في المرعى لهن بنفسه ... مصعلك أعلى قلة الرأس نقنق
He imagines in the pasture for them by himself... a swift one at the top of his head, a naqnaq.