خرق
Root: خرق
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
خرق karaqa I u (karq) to tear, rend, tear apart (هـ s.th.); to make a hole (هـ in); to perforate, pierce, bore (هـ s.th.); to penetrate (هـ s.th.), break, pass (هـ through s.th.); to traverse, cross, transit (هـ s.th., a country); to violate, impair, infringe (هـ s.th.), encroach (هـ upon); to break (هـ a vow, and the like), commit a breach of (هـ); to exceed the ordinary, be unusual, extraordinary, unprecedented, unheard-of │خرق العادة to go beyond what is ordinary or customary IV to lurk, lie in wait V and VII to be torn, be rent, be pierced, be broken VIII to pierce (هـ s.th.); to cut, break, pass‘ (هـ through s.th.), penetrate (هـ s.th.); to traverse, cross, transit (هـ s.th.), travel through s.th. (هـ); to exceed (هـ e.g., a limit), go beyond s.th. (هـ) │اخترق مسامعه (masāmi‘ahū) to shrill in s.o.’s ears
Entry 2
خرق karq tearing, rending, laceration; piercing, boring, perforation; penetration; disruption; breakthrough; traversion, crossing, transit; violation, breach; (pl. خروق kurūq) hole, aperture, opening │خرق الأمن من العام k. al-amn al-‘āmm violation of public security; خرق العادة offense against common usage, violation of mores; اتسع الخرق على الراقع (ittasa‘a) the rent is beyond repair 235
Entry 3
خرق kurq and خرقة kurqa awkwardness, clumsiness; stupidity │ خرق في الرأي (ra’y) stupidity; folly, madness; من الخرق في الرأي ان ... it would be very unwise to ...
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