نمق

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian nʾmk' (nāmag), which gave the productive root ن م ق (n-m-q). Compare Persian نامه (nâme).

Noun

نَمْق • (namq) m

(obsolete)
  1. verbal noun of نَمَقَ (namaqa) (form I)
  2. book
Declension

Verb

نَمَقَ • (namaqa) I, non-past يَنْمُقُ‎ (yanmuqu)

(obsolete)
  1. to write, to compose (a book)

Conjugation

Verb

نَمَّقَ (nammaqa) II, non-past يُنَمِّقُ‎ (yunammiqu)

  1. to embellish, to stylize, to embroider, to refine, to adorn

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), نمق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 339
  • ابن منظور. «نمق»، لسان العرب.
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), نمق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1317
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