ارك

أَرِيكَةٌ ذ A raised couch (سَرِير) in a حَجَلَة, (K, and Jel in xviii. 30,) which is a tent, or pavilion, or chamber, (بيت,) adorned with cloths and curtains, [or a kind of curtained canopy or alcove or the like, ] for a bride; (Jel ubi suprà;) a raised couch (سرير) in a حَجَلَة, and having before it a curtain; when alone, not thus called: (TA:) or a bed, or thing spread upon the ground to sit or lie upon, in a حَجَلَة: (Zj, TA:) or a raised couch (سرير), absolutely, whether in a حجلة or not: (TA:) or [in the CK “ and ”] anything upon which one reclines such as is termed سَرِير or منَصَّة or فِرَاش: (K, TA:) or [in some copies of the K “ and ”] a raised couch (سرير) ornamentally furnished and decorated, in a [ tent, or pavilion, or the like, such as is termed ] قُبَّة, or in a chamber, or an apartment, بَيْت, [or by this may be meant here a tent of any kind, though I think that in this instance it more probably denotes an inner apartment, or an alcove, ]) which, when there is not in it a سرير, is termed حَجَلَة: (S, Sgh, K:) accord. to Er-Rághib, so named because originally made of [the wood of] the أَرَاك; or because it is a place of abode; from أَرَك بِالمَكَانِ “ be abode in the place: ” (TA:) pl أَرَائِكُ (S, K) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ أَرِيكٌ. (K.)