ن ق ع

Arabic

Etymology

The meaning of “riving” is original, reconstructible for Proto-West Semitic, whence meanings of landforms have developed, then in Arabic specifically crevasses filled with water encountered by desert-dwellers. The meanings of vociferation are separate, paralleling نَقَّ (naqqa, “to croak”), نَعَقَ (naʕaqa, “to caw, to bleat, to croak, to hoot”), قَعْقَعَ (qaʕqaʕa, “to clatter”).

Root

ن ق ع • (n-q-ʕ)

1. related to water stagnation

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: نَقَعَ (naqaʕa, “to rive, to jugulate; to soak, to drench, to let be instilled, to infuse, to macerate, to steep, to dissolve in liquid”)
  • Verbal noun: نَقْع (naqʕ)
  • Active participle: نَاقِع (nāqiʕ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوع (manqūʕ)
• Form I: نَقَعَ (naqaʕa, “to irritate, to provoke, to vociferate, to injure”)
  • Verbal noun: نَقْع (naqʕ), نَقِيع (naqīʕ)
  • Active participle: نَاقِع (nāqiʕ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوع (manqūʕ)
• Form I: نَقَعَ (naqaʕa, “to be immobile, to stagnate”)
  • Verbal noun: نُقُوع (nuqūʕ)
  • Active participle: نَاقِع (nāqiʕ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوع (manqūʕ)
• Form II: نَقَّعَ (naqqaʕa, “to soak, to drench, to let be instilled, to infuse, to macerate, to steep, to dissolve in liquid”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْقِيع (tanqīʕ)
  • Active participle: مُنَقِّع (munaqqiʕ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَقَّع (munaqqaʕ)
• Form IV: أَنْقَعَ (ʔanqaʕa, “to rive, to slaughter, to jugulate; to soak, to drench, to let be instilled, to infuse, to macerate, to steep, to dissolve in liquid, to quench”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْقَاع (ʔinqāʕ)
  • Active participle: مُنْقِع (munqiʕ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْقَع (munqaʕ)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَقَعَ (intaqaʕa, “to rive, to slaughter, to jugulate; to be soaked; to jugulate the نَقِيعَة (naqīʕa) camel for the guests; to appall, to have one's colour absorbed”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِقَاع (intiqāʕ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَقِع (muntaqiʕ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَقَع (muntaqaʕ)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْقَعَ (istanqaʕa, “to stagnate, to be boggy (water); to descend to the pool of water, to go to the swamp; to be collected in a pond”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنْقَاع (istinqāʕ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْقِع (mustanqiʕ)

Nouns from verbs

• مَنْقُوع (manqūʕ, “infusion”)
• مُنْقَع (munqaʕ, “liquid particularly apt to quench the thirst”)

Nouns

• نَقْع (naqʕ, “dust raised up dense”); pl. نُقُوع (nuqūʕ) and نِقَاع (niqāʕ)
• نَقْع (naqʕ, “collected water, standing water, water restagnating in a well, pool”); pl. أَنْقُع (ʔanquʕ)
• نَقُوع (naqūʕ, “what is macerated and then dried, tincture, dried fruits, compote, etc.; infusion, liquid where substances bide”)
• نَقِيع (naqīʕ, “cold and sweet water, well abundating in sapid water, source of aqua apt to soak; macerated and dried piece of sustenance; infusion, liquid where substances bide; the desert-thistle Blepharis gen. et spp.”)
• نُقَاعَة (nuqāʕa, “infusion, soaking, the liquid after one soaks; tanner's vat”)
• نَقَاعَة (naqāʕa, “infusion, soaking (the action when one soaks; small lake, puddle, spot where water has collected and stagnates)”); pl. نَقَائِع (naqāʔiʕ)
• مُسْتَنْقَع (mustanqaʕ, “swamp, quagmire”)
• مَنْقَع (manqaʕ, “place where water has collected and stagnates, pool”).
• مِنْقَع (minqaʕ, “container where one macerates or makes a tincture or infusion for medicine etc.”)
• مَنْقَعَة (manqaʕa, “place where water has collected and stagnates, pool; muddy place where animals like swine wallow”)
• مِنْقَعَة (minqaʕa, “container where one macerates or makes a tincture or infusion for medicine etc.”)
• أُنْقُوعَة (ʔunqūʕa, “streak of fat in a piece of meat”)
• نَقْعَاء (naqʕāʔ, “flat country”)
• نَقِيعَة (naqīʕa, “camel slaughtered for the guests, or other meal prepared for someone for a special cause”); pl. نَقَائِع (naqāʔiʕ)
•  نَقَّاع (naqqāʕ, “braggart”)

Adjectives

• نَقِيع (naqīʕ, “salubrious, wholesome, sweet”)
• أَنْقَع (ʔanqaʕ, “quenching the thirst better”)

References

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