Arabic - English Dictionary أغرقَ/ أغرقَ في يُغرق، إغراقًا، فهو مُغرِق، والمفعول مُغرَق
Root: غ ر قSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
أغرقه في الماء
غرَّقه، جعله يغرق، غمسه فيه، غطّسه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Submerged him in water, made him drown, dipped him, immersed him.
- أضاع أعماله الصالحة بما ارتكبه من المعاصي
- أغرق الرَّقبةَ في القبَّة : جعلها تبدو كأنّها غائرة بين الكتفين
- أغرق السُّوقَ بالبضاعة : جعل فيها كميّات تفوق حاجة الاستهلاك
- أغرق ثروة : ضيَّعها وبدَّدها
- أغرق ثورة في الدَّم : قمَعها بوحشيَّة وضراوة
- أغرق خصمًا : عمل على خرابه وخسارته
- أغرقه بالفضّة : حلاّه
- أغرق همَّه في الشَّراب : شرِب لينسى همومَه.
🇬🇧 Translation:
- Ruined his good deeds through the sins he committed
- Sunk the neck into the hood: making it appear as if it were recessed between the shoulders
- Flooded the market with goods: introduced quantities exceeding consumption needs
- Squandered a fortune: wasted and dissipated it
- Drowned a revolution in blood: suppressed it savagely and fiercely
- Ruined an opponent: worked towards his ruin and loss
- Adorned him with silver: decorated him
- Drowned his sorrow in drink: drank to forget his sorrows.
جعله يموت تحت الماء بالاختناق، أهلكه بالغرق
🇬🇧 Translation:
Caused him to die underwater by asphyxiation, destroyed him by drowning.
أغرق في الضَّحِك
جاوز الحدَّ وبالغ
🇬🇧 Translation:
Exceeded the limit and exaggerated.
Example / Citation:
- " أغرقتِ الأمطارُ القريةَ
- علّمته السِّباحة فحاول إغراقي [مثل أجنبيّ] : يماثله في المعنى قول الشاعر : أعلِّمه الرِّمايةَ كلّ يوم … فلما اشتدّ ساعده رماني
- {فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " The rains flooded the village
- I taught him swimming and then he tried to drown me [proverb]: similar in meaning to the poet's saying: I teach him archery every day... and when his forearm grew strong, he shot me
- {And We drowned them in the sea} "