مَحْقٌ removal in Arabic
مَحْقٌ is how you say “removal” in Arabic.
Root م ح ق m-ḥ-q. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of form I). maḥq.
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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
Example sentence
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.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
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
- مَحَقَ form I verb: to render deficient and deprive of blessing; to annihilate or wipe out entirely
- مَحَّقَ form II verb, same sense as maḥaqa (intensified obliteration)
- المُحَاقِ the 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.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).