ن م ق

Arabic

Etymology

Originally borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾmk' /⁠nāmag⁠/) as a noun, then becoming a productive root.

Root

ن م ق • (n-m-q)

1. Related to books and embellishment

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: نَمَقَ (namaqa, “to expand, spread, be propagated”)
  • Verbal noun: نَمَق (namaq, “midway; book”)
  • Active participle: نَامِق (nāmiq)
  • Passive participle: مَنْمُوق (manmūq)
• Form II: نَمَّقَ (nammaqa, “to write stylishly; to adorn, embellish”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْمِيق (tanmīq, “embellishment, adornment; writing style”)
  • Active participle: مُنَمِّق (munammiq, “adorned, bombastic, flowery”)
  • Passive participle: مُنَمَّق (munammaq)
• Form IV: أَنْمَقَ (ʔanmaqa, “to give pithless dates”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْمَاق (ʔinmāq)
  • Active participle: مُنْمِق (munmiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنْمَق (munmaq)

Nouns and adjectives

• نَمَقَة f (namaqa, “fetor, pong, stink”)
• مُنْمِق m (munmiq, “a pithless date”)

References

• 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