محق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ح ق (m-ḥ-q). Compare Hebrew מָחַק (māḥaq).

Verb

مَحَقَ • (maḥaqa) I, non-past يَمْحَقُ‎ (yamḥaqu)

  1. to efface, to blot out, to destroy, to annihilate, to ruin
  2. to burn, to scorch
  3. to withdraw one's blessing from, to render unfortunate

Conjugation

Verb

مَحَّقَ • (maḥḥaqa) II, non-past يُمَحِّقُ‎ (yumaḥḥiqu)

  1. to destroy entirely, to blot out entirely
  2. to withdraw one's blessing from, to render unfortunate

Conjugation

Noun

مَحْق • (maḥq) m

  1. verbal noun of مَحَقَ (maḥaqa) (form I)

Declension

Adjective

مُحِقّ • (muḥiqq) (feminine مُحِقَّة (muḥiqqa), masculine plural مُحِقُّونَ (muḥiqqūna), feminine plural مُحِقَّات (muḥiqqāt))

  1. active participle of أَحَقَّ (ʔaḥaqqa)
  2. telling the truth, in the right
    Antonym: مُبْطِل (mubṭil)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “محق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 570
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “محق”, 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 154
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “محق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 967
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “محق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1050
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