Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَقَعَ andاِسْتَنْقَعَ↓ It (water) remained, or stagnated, or collected, in a hollow, or cavity: (Mgh:) or remained long, and became altered: (Mṣb:) or the former [and latter] collected in a مَنْقَع: (Ṣ:) or the latter [and former] became yellow and altered. (Ḳ.)

نَقَعَ andأَنْقَعَ↓ [He macerated, steeped, or soaked, a medicine, in water,] he left it in water until its colour became changed. (Mṣb.)

نَقِيعٌ An infusion; meaning, a beverage made by steeping something in water: (Mṣb:) and a mash.

سَمٌّ نَاقِعٌ Poison that takes effect; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) that kills: (TA:) that remains fixed, (Abu-nNasr, Ḳ, TA,) and collects. (Abu-Naṣr, TA.)

أَنْقَعُ More, or most, thirst-quenching: see an ex. under الحَاذُ, in art. حوذ; and another voce رَشَفَ.

أَنْقُوعَةٌ The hollow, or depression, of ثَرِيد, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) in which the gravy collects. (A, Ḳ.*)

مَنْقَعُ مَآءِ, andمَسْتَنْقَعُ↓ مَآءٍ, A place where water remains and collects; where it collects and stagnates; or where it remains long, and becomes altered. See نَقَعَ.

مَنْقَعُ البُرْمِ Untwisted old thread which a woman spins a second time, and puts into the stone cooking-pots, because she has nothing but these [in which to deposit it]. (Ṣgh, Ḳ, TA. [From the Ḳ it would seem to be مُنْقعٌ alone: and in the CK, البُرام is erroneously put for البِرام: Golius found it written البَرَام; and has wrongly explained it in his Appendix.])

سَمٌّ مُنْقَعٌ Poison made into a confection. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)