ز ر ق

Arabic

Root

ز ر ق • (z-r-q)

1. related to shining, to being dazzling, piercingly bright, blinding, to be glistening; by extension, the color blue, sky-colored
2. related to polished spearheads, shining points of a javelin or metal-tipped projectile; hence also related to piercing, thrusting

Derived terms

• Form I: زَرِقَ (zariqa, “to be blue, to become blue”)
  • Verbal noun: زَرَق (zaraq)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form I: زَرَقَ (zaraqa, “to pierce, to thrust, to stab; to make the load shift backwards”)
  • Verbal noun: زَرْق (zarq)
  • Active participle: زَارِق (zāriq)
  • Passive participle: مَزْرُوق (mazrūq)
• Form II: زَرَّقَ (zarraqa, “to excite, to instigate; to make blue”)
  • Verbal noun: تَزْرِيق (tazrīq)
  • Active participle: مُزَرِّق (muzarriq)
  • Passive participle: مُزَرَّق (muzarraq)
• Form IV: أَزْرَقَ (ʔazraqa, “to pierce, to thrust, to stab; to make the load shift backwards”)
  • Verbal noun: إِزْرَاق (ʔizrāq)
  • Active participle: مُزْرِق (muzriq)
  • Passive participle: مُزْرَق (muzraq)
• Form VII: اِنْزَرَقَ (inzaraqa, “to enter and pass through, to pervade”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْزِرَاق (inzirāq)
  • Active participle: مُنْزَرِق (munzariq)
• Form VIII: اِزْدَرَقَ (izdaraqa, “to inject”)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْدِرَاق (izdirāq)
  • Active participle: مُزْدَرِق (muzdariq)
  • Passive participle: مُزْدَرَق (muzdaraq)
• Form IX: اِزْرَقَّ (izraqqa, “to be blue, to become blue”)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْرِقَاق (izriqāq)
  • Active participle: مُزْرَقّ (muzraqq)
• Form XI: اِزْرَاقَّ (izrāqqa)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْرِيقَاق (izrīqāq)
  • Active participle: مُزْرَاقّ (muzrāqq)

• زَرَّاقَة f (zarrāqa, “javelin; pipe, siphon”)
• مِزْرَاق m (mizrāq, “javelin”)
• مِزْرَاقِيّ m (mizrāqiyy, “lance-bearer”)
• مِزْرَق m (mizraq, “arrow”)
• زُرْقَة f (zurqa, “the quality of having blue colour”)
• أَزْرَق (ʔazraq, “blue”)
• زُرْقُم (zurqum, “having intensely blue eyes”)
• زَرُوق m (zarūq, “sunrise”)
• زُرُوقَة f (zurūqa, “blue colour”)
• زِرْقَة f (zirqa, “small channel from which one gets water for agricultural purposes”)
• زُرَيْق m (zurayq, “Garrulus glandarius”)

Root

ز ر ق • (z-r-q)

1. alternative form of ذ ر ق (ḏ r q, “related to fecal matter”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ز ر ق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 587–589
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ز ر ق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 234–235
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ز ر ق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1227–1228
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ز ر ق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 522