ن م ق
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally borrowed from Middle Persian nʾmk' (nāmag) as a noun, then becoming a productive root.
Root[edit]
ن م ق • (n-m-q)
- Related to books and embellishment
Derived terms[edit]
- Verbs and verbal derivatives
- Form I: نَمَقَ (namaqa, “to expand, spread, be propagated”)
- Form II: نَمَّقَ (nammaqa, “to write stylishly; to adorn, embellish”)
- Form IV: أَنْمَقَ (ʔanmaqa, “to give pithless dates”)
- Nouns and adjectives
References[edit]
- Corriente, Federico (2005) “ن م ق”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 1206
- Ibn Sīda al-Mursī, Al-Muḥkam wa-l-Muḥīṭ al-Aʿẓam (d. 1066 CE) المحكم والمحيط الأعظم لإبن سيده الأندلسي