ن ق ع

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 (naʿaqa, “to caw, to bleat, to croak, to hoot”), قَعْقَعَ‎ (qaʿqaʿa, “to clatter”).

Root

ن ق ع • (n-q-ʿ)

1. related to water stagnation

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: نَقَعَ‎ (naqaʿa, “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 (naqʿ)
  • Active participle: نَاقِع‎ (nāqiʿ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوع‎ (manqūʿ)
• Form I: نَقَعَ‎ (naqaʿa, “to irritate, to provoke, to vociferate, to injure”)
  • Verbal noun: نَقْع‎ (naqʿ), نَقِيع‎ (naqīʿ)
  • Active participle: نَاقِع‎ (nāqiʿ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوع‎ (manqūʿ)
• Form I: نَقَعَ‎ (naqaʿa, “to be immobile, to stagnate”)
  • Verbal noun: نُقُوع‎ (nuqūʿ)
  • Active participle: نَاقِع‎ (nāqiʿ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوع‎ (manqūʿ)
• Form II: نَقَّعَ‎ (naqqaʿa, “to soak, to drench, to let be instilled, to infuse, to macerate, to steep, to dissolve in liquid”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْقِيع‎ (tanqīʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنَقِّع‎ (munaqqiʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَقَّع‎ (munaqqaʿ)
• Form IV: أَنْقَعَ‎ (ʾanqaʿa, “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 (ʾinqāʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنْقِع‎ (munqiʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْقَع‎ (munqaʿ)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَقَعَ‎ (intaqaʿa, “to rive, to slaughter, to jugulate; to be soaked; to jugulate the نَقِيعَة‎ (naqīʿa) camel for the guests; to appall, to have one's colour absorbed”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِقَاع‎ (intiqāʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَقِع‎ (muntaqiʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَقَع‎ (muntaqaʿ)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْقَعَ‎ (istanqaʿa, “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 (istinqāʿ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْقِع‎ (mustanqiʿ)

Nouns from verbs

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

Nouns

• نَقْع‎ (naqʿ, “dust raised up dense”); pl. نُقُوع‎ (nuqūʿ) and نِقَاع‎ (niqāʿ)
• نَقْع‎ (naqʿ, “collected water, standing water, water restagnating in a well, pool”); pl. أَنْقُع‎ (ʾanquʿ)
• نَقُوع‎ (naqūʿ, “what is macerated and then dried, tincture, dried fruits, compote, etc.; infusion, liquid where substances bide”)
• نَقِيع‎ (naqīʿ, “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 (nuqāʿa, “infusion, soaking, the liquid after one soaks; tanner's vat”)
• نَقَاعَة‎ (naqāʿa, “infusion, soaking (the action when one soaks; small lake, puddle, spot where water has collected and stagnates)”); pl. نَقَائِع‎ (naqāʾiʿ)
• مُسْتَنْقَع‎ (mustanqaʿ, “swamp, quagmire”)
• مَنْقَع‎ (manqaʿ, “place where water has collected and stagnates, pool”).
• مِنْقَع‎ (minqaʿ, “container where one macerates or makes a tincture or infusion for medicine etc.”)
• مَنْقَعَة‎ (manqaʿa, “place where water has collected and stagnates, pool; muddy place where animals like swine wallow”)
• مِنْقَعَة‎ (minqaʿa, “container where one macerates or makes a tincture or infusion for medicine etc.”)
• أُنْقُوعَة‎ (ʾunqūʿa, “streak of fat in a piece of meat”)
• نَقْعَاء‎ (naqʿāʾ, “flat country”)
• نَقِيعَة‎ (naqīʿa, “camel slaughtered for the guests, or other meal prepared for someone for a special cause”); pl. نَقَائِع‎ (naqāʾiʿ)
•  نَقَّاع‎ (naqqāʿ, “braggart”)

Adjectives

• نَقِيع‎ (naqīʿ, “salubrious, wholesome, sweet”)
• أَنْقَع‎ (ʾanqaʿ, “quenching the thirst better”)

References

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