Arabic vocabulary
مَحْقٌremoval in Arabic
مَحْقٌ is how you say “removal” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root م ح ق (m-ḥ-q)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of form I)Pronounced maḥq
Meaning of removal in Arabic
- removal, deprivation of blessing or increase — rendering a thing deficient by taking away its increase or baraka
- annihilation, annulment, total obliteration — doing away with something wholly, so that no trace of it remains
Applied to something being drained of its blessing or increase, or more broadly to a thing being blotted out so completely that nothing of it is left; the related term al-muḥāq names the moonless nights at month's end, where the moon's light is effaced.
Words from the same root
- مَحَقَform I verb: to render deficient and deprive of blessing; to annihilate or wipe out entirely
- مَحَّقَform II verb, same sense as maḥaqa (intensified obliteration)
- المُحَاقِthe dark nights of the lunar month, when the moon's light is effaced
Common questions
- How do you say "removal" in Arabic?
- مَحْقٌ (maḥq).
- What does the root م ح ق (m-ḥ-q) mean?
- To deprive something of its blessing or increase, or to annihilate and obliterate it so no trace remains.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
ومحق الْبركَة فِي الرزق والعمر وحرمان الْعلم
And the removal of blessings in sustenance and lifespan, and deprivation of knowledge.
وَمَحْقُ — and the removal. wa- = 'and'; mahq means 'wiping out, erasing', heading the next 'of…' word.
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