فقع

Core meaning

The brightness of a pure colour: a vivid hue, unmixed.

Uses

1. فَاقِعٌ → "vivid" : qualifies the colour already named and brings it to its brightness.

   • «إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌۭ لَّوْنُهَا» — "she is a yellow cow, of a vivid yellow" (2:69)

Evidence from the text

The root has a single use, in the series of details demanded about the cow: her age (2:68), then her colour (2:69). The answer does not only say "yellow": it names the brightness of that yellow, and its effect, a colour "which delights the eyes" (2:69).

Distinctions

• صفر — yellow: the colour, which فقع brings to its brightness

See also

لون (colour) · بقر (the cow)