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ذَوَاقٌ

Root: ذوق

Full Definition

ذَوَاقٌ an Verbal.Noun: and also a subst. signifying A thing that is tasted; of the measure فَعَالٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. It is said of Mohammad, لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذُمُّ ذَوَاقًا وَلَا يَمْدَحُهُ, i. e. [He used not to praise] what was tasted [by him nor to dispraise it]. And one says, مَا ذُقْتُ ذَوَاقًا, meaning I tasted not anything.
2 Hence it is said in a trad., كَانُوا إِذَا خَرَجُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لَا يَتَفَرَّقُونَ إِلَّا عَنْ ذَوَاقٍ, i. e. [They used, when they went forth from his presence, not to disperse themselves save after receiving] knowledge and discipline that were, to their minds and souls, as food and drink to their bodies.
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