تنقوز

North Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ق ز
2 terms

Etymology

Diminutive of نقز (naʔaz, “to flinch, be startled”), with the "to peek" sense likely formed when its meaning was still closer to the original Arabic نَقَزَ (naqaza, “to jump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tnaʔ.waz/
  • (Druze, coastal Syria) IPA(key): /tnaq.waz/

Verb

تنقوز • (tnaʔwaz) IIq (non-past يتنقوز (yitnaʔwaz), verbal noun نقوزة (naʔwaze) or تنقوز (tniʔwuz))

  1. to be startled (especially continually or in little frights)
    Synonym: نَقَز (naʔaz)
  2. to peek over the top of something [with على (ʕala) ‘at’]
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