تزيّق
Root: زيق
Form: 5
Full Definition
تزيّقV
He ornamented, or adorned, himself, and applied
كُحْل
to his eyes: or تزيّقت, said of a woman, like تزيّغت, she ornamented, or adorned, herself, and applied
كُحْل
to her eyes, and some add, and decked herself with apparel: accord. to Z, it is from الزوق; [app. meaning الزُّوَقُ, syn. with الزَّوُوقُ; or from زَوَاقٌ, (see 2 in art. زوق, last sentence,) so that it is originally تزوّقت;] or it may be from زيق, [i. e. زِيقٌ,] with ى, [meaning the “ builder's string, or line, with which he makes even the rows of stones, or bricks, and with which the building is proportioned, ”] because she who embellishes herself makes her state right by adornment.
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