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ن م ق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root ن-م-ق primarily relates to the act of writing, embellishing, and decorating, often with fine or intricate details. It extends to concepts of making something beautiful, refined, or even deceptive, and can also refer to specific physical attributes like a smell or a place name.

Derived headwords

نَمَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to writeboth

    To write something, to inscribe it.

  2. 2.
    to embellishboth

    To make something beautiful, to adorn it with writing or fine detail.

  3. 3.
    to slapclassical

    To strike or slap someone, specifically the eye.

  4. 4.
    to make smoothclassical

    To make a path smooth or easy to traverse.

ونمق الكتاب ينمقه نمقا: كتبه — And he wrote the book, inscribing it.
ونمقه تنميقا: حسنه وزينه بالكتابة وجوده — And he embellished it, making it beautiful and decorating it with writing and refining it.
نمق عينه ينمقها: لطمها — He slapped his eye.
نَمْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    embellishmentboth

    A fine detail, an embellishment, especially in writing or decoration.

  2. 2.
    foul smellclassical

    A foul or putrid smell, a stench, often specifically a greasy or rancid odor.

فيه نمقة، محركة أي: زهومة — It has a foul smell, meaning greasiness.
فيه نمقة، أي: ريح منتنة — It has a foul smell, meaning a putrid odor.
تَنْمِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    embellishmentboth

    The act of making something beautiful, decorating it, or refining it, especially through writing or intricate work.

  2. 2.
    engravingclassical

    The act of engraving or carving patterns onto a surface, such as leather.

ونمق الجلد تنميقا: نقشه — And he engraved the leather, decorating it.
ونمقه تنميقا: حسنه وزينه بالكتابة وجوده — And he embellished it, making it beautiful and decorating it with writing and refining it.
مُنَمَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    embellishedboth

    Made beautiful, adorned, or refined, especially with writing or fine details.

  2. 2.
    engravedclassical

    Decorated with patterns or engravings.

  3. 3.
    deceptiveclassical

    Artfully crafted or presented, potentially to deceive or mislead.

وثوب نميق ومنمق: منقوش — And a fine and embellished garment: engraved.
ورطب منمق، كمحسن: ما له نوى — And embellished dates, like the improved ones: which have no pits.
نَمَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    greasy residueclassical

    A greasy or oily residue, a sign of staleness or rancidity.

فيه نمقة، محركة أي: زهومة — It has a greasy residue, meaning staleness.
نَمَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foul smellclassical

    A foul or putrid smell, similar to 'namqah'.

وكذلك نمسة، وزهمقة، عن الأصمعي — And likewise 'namasah' and 'zahmaqah', according to Al-Asma'i.
زَهْمَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foul smellclassical

    A foul or putrid smell, a stench.

وكذلك نمسة، وزهمقة، عن الأصمعي — And likewise 'namasah' and 'zahmaqah', according to Al-Asma'i.
نَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to writeclassical

    To write something, used synonymously with 'namaqa'.

وكذلك نبقه وقد ذكر — And likewise 'nabaqahu', which has been mentioned.
مُلَمَّقverb
  1. 1.
    to make smoothclassical

    To make a path smooth or easy to traverse.

ونمق الطريق ولمقه: لقمه عن ابن عباد — And he smoothed the path and made it easy to traverse, according to Ibn Al-Abbad.
أَنْمَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to have no pitsclassical

    Said of a palm tree whose dates have no pits.

وقد أنمقت النخلة لم يكن لرطبها نواة — And the palm tree became 'anmaqah' (produced dates without pits).
نَامِقname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A village in Khurasan, in the district of Jam.

ونامق: قرية بخراسان من أعمال جام — And Namik: a village in Khurasan, in the district of Jam.

Parallel reading

نمق عينه ينمقها: لطمها عن ابن عباد.
He slapped his eye, according to Ibn Al-Abbad.
ونمق الكتاب ينمقه نمقا: كتبه، وكذلك نبقه وقد ذكر.
And he wrote the book, inscribing it, and similarly he wrote it, as has been mentioned.
ونمقه تنميقا: حسنه وزينه بالكتابة وجوده.
And he embellished it, making it beautiful and decorating it with writing and refining it.
كأن مجر الرامسات ذيولهاعليه قضيم نمقته الصوانع
As if the trail of the trailing (animals) whose tails are like fine woven cloth, embellished by the craftswomen.
ويروى: حصير نمقته.
And it is narrated: a mat that he embellished.
ويقال للشيء المروح أي: المنتن: فيه نمقة، محركة أي: زهومة، وكذلك نمسة، وزهمقة، عن الأصمعي.
And for something foul-smelling, meaning putrid: it has a 'namqah', pronounced with a vowel, meaning greasiness, and likewise 'namasah' and 'zahmaqah', according to Al-Asma'i.
وقال أبو حنيفة: فيه نمقة، أي: ريح منتنة، كأنه مقلوب من قنمة.
And Abu Hanifa said: it has a 'namqah', meaning a putrid smell, as if it were an inversion of 'qanmah'.
ونمق الطريق ولمقه: لقمه عن ابن عباد.
And he smoothed the path and made it easy to traverse, according to Ibn Al-Abbad.
قال: ورطب منمق، كمحسن: ما له نوى.
He said: And embellished dates, like the improved ones: which have no pits.
وقد أنمقت النخلة لم يكن لرطبها نواة.
And the palm tree became 'anmaqah' (produced dates without pits).
نمق الجلد تنميقا: نقشه.
He engraved the leather, decorating it.
وثوب نميق ومنمق: منقوش.
And a fine and embellished garment: engraved.
ومن المجاز: وعد منمق، وقول منمق.
And metaphorically: an embellished promise, and an embellished saying.
ونامق: قرية بخراسان من أعمال جام.
And Namik: a village in Khurasan, in the district of Jam.