ن و ق
Verbs
Nouns and adjectives
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries-
نَوَّقَ Form II He broke, or trained
[He broke, or trained, a camel]. (TA, voce مُصْعَبٌ.) -
تَنَّيَقَ فِى مَطْعَمِهِ وَمَلْبَسِهِ Form V He was nice and luxurious
, and نَنَوَّقَ, He was nice and luxurious (تَجَوَّدَ وَبَالَغَ) in his diet and his apparel. (JK, K.) Better explained voce تَأَنَّقَ. ― -b2- تَنَوَّقَ: see تَأَنَّقَ and تَجَوَّدَ, and نِيقَةٌ. -
نِيقٌ Open entry
quasi-inf. n. of أَنَاقَ. -
نَاقَةٌ Open entry
: see قَلُوصٌ, and بَعِيرٌ, and بَكْرٌ. ― -b2- نَاقَةُ الحَذَّآءِ: see رِحَالَةٌ. ― -b3- أَيْنُقَاتٌ pl. of أَيْنُقٌ pl. of نَاقَةٌ: see a verse cited voce مُسْهَمٌ. -
نِيقَةٌ Daintiness, nicety, exquisiteness, refinement, or scrupulous nicety and exactness
a subst. from ?? (IJ, S, K) as syn. with تَأَنَّقَ (S) [and therefore signifying Daintiness, nicety, exquisiteness, refinement, or scrupulous nicety and exactness; and the exceeding of what is usual in a thing: or the choosing what is excellent, or best, to be done, and doing admirably: or the doing firmly, solidly, soundly, or thoroughly, and skilfully: or] the exceeding what is usual in a thing, and making it good, or beautiful, and firm, solid, sound, or free from defect or imperfection. (Ham, p. 625) See تَأَنَّقَ.
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