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اغرقهُ

Root: غرق

Form: 4

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اغرقهُIV , Verbal.Noun أِغْرَاقٌ; and غرّقهُ , Verbal.Noun تَغْرِيقٌ; [primarily, He drowned him: generally expl. as meaning] he sank him, or it, فِى المَآءِ [in water, or in the water]
2 [Hence,] اغرق أَعْمَالَهُ He annulled his [good] works, by the commission of acts of disobedience.
3 And اغرقهُ النَّاسُ The people multiplied against him and overcame him: and in like manner, أَغْرَقَتْهُ السِّبَاعُ [The beasts of prey multiplied against him &c.] so says IAar.
4 The saying of Lebeed, describing a horse. يُغْرِقُ الثَّعْلَبَ فِى شِرَّتِهِ is said to mean He outstrips the ثَعْلَب [i. e. the fox] in his sprightliness, and leaves him behind: [see also 8:] or he causes the part of the spearshaft that enters into its iron head to disappear in him who is pierced therewith by reason of the vehemence of his running.
5 اغرق الكَأْسَ means He filled the كأس [or wine-cup].
6 See also 2, near the end.
7 اغرق فِى القَوْسِ [السَّهْمَ being understood] He drew the bow to the fall: accord. to ISh, الاغراق signifies the sending the arrow far by vehement drawing [of the bow]: accord. to Useyd El-Ghanawee, the drawing of the bow so that it brings the sinews that are wound upon the socket of the arrow, as far as the iron head, to the part that is grasped by the hand; which is termed شُرْبُ القَوْسِ الرِّصَافَ; and one says of him who does so, يَنْزِعُ حَتَّى يَشْرَبَ بِالرِّصَافِ: غرّق , also, signifies the same, Verbal.Noun تَغْرِيقٌ: and one says, غرّق النَّبْلَ, meaning he drew the bow with the arrows to the utmost extent. In the saying in the Kur [lxxix. 1], وَٱلنَّازِعَاتِ , the last word is put in the place of the proper Verbal.Noun of أَغْرَقَ, for إِغْرَاقًا; the meaning being By those angels that pull forth the souls of the unbelievers from their bosoms with a vehement pulling.
8 Hence, i. e. from اغرق السَّهْمَ [or اغرق فِى القَوْسِ], one says, اغرق فِى القَوْلِ, or فِى الشَّىْءِ, He exceeded the usual bounds, degree, or mode; exerted himself much, beyond measure, or to the utmost; or was extravagant, or immoderate; in the saying, or in the thing. [See also 10.]
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