عرك

1 عَرَكَهُ ذ , (S, O, K,) aor. عَرُكَ , (S,) inf. n. عَرْكٌ, (S, O,) He rubbed it, or rubbed and pressed it, or did so well; syn. دَلَكَهُ; namely, a thing; (S, O;) such as a skin or hide, or a tanned skin or hide, and the like. (TA.) ― -b2- And [ He wore it away by scraping, &c.;] he scraped, rubbed, chafed, or fretted, it, until he erased, or effaced, it. (K.) ― -b3- Hence, عَرَكَ بِجَنْبِهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, meaning (assumed tropical:) [ He acted ] as though he scraped, &c., [ with his side, ] what had proceeded from his companion, until he erased, or effaced, it: (TA;) [like as a camel allays an itching by rubbing with his side the trunk of a tree: i. e. he bore, or endured, what proceeded from his companion: for] يَعْرُكُ الأَذَى بِجَنْبِهِ means يَحْتَمِلُهُ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) He bears, or endures, annoyance, or molestation; or forgives it, and feigns himself neglectful of it ]. (O and K in explanation of عُرَكَةٌ.) ― -b4- And عَرَكْتُ القَوْمَ فِى الحَرْبِ, inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) [ I fretted, or ground, or crushed, the party in the war, or battle. ] (S, O.) And عَرَكَتْهُمُ الحَرْبُ i. q. دَارَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ (tropical:) [i. e., lit., The war, or battle, revolved upon them like the mill or mill-stone; meaning fretted, or ground, or crushed, them ]. (TA.) Zuheyr says, فَتَعْرُكْكُمُ عَرْكَ الرَّحَى بِثِفَالِهِا وَتَلْقَحٌ كِشَافًا ثُمَّ تُنْتَجٌ فَتُتْئِمِ (O) meaning (tropical:) And it, i. e. war, will fret [or grind or crush ] you, as the mill with its skin put beneath it, upon which the flour falls, frets [or grinds ] the grain; and it, i. e. war, will conceive two years, one after the other; then bring forth, and give birth to twins: he makes war's destruction of them to be like the mill's grinding of the grain, and the various evils that are engendered from war to be like children. (EM pp. 123-4.) ― -b5- عَرَكَ أُذُنَهُ, (MA,) inf. n. عَرْكٌ, (MA, KL,) He rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, [or generally, as now used, he wrung, or twisted, ] his ear. (MA, KL.) ― -b6- عَرَكَ ظَهْرَهَا, aor. and inf. n. as above, He felt her back, namely, that of a she-camel, &c., doing so much or often, to know her state of fatness: (TA:) and عَرَكَ السَّنَامَ He felt the hump, to know if there were in it fatness or not. (S, O, TA.) ― -b7- عَرَكَ البَعِيُر جَنْبَهُ بِمِرْفَقِهِ, (S, K, *) inf. n. as above, (TA,) The camel made an incision, or a cut, in his side with his elbow, (K, TA,) and rubbed it, or rubbed and pressed it, (TA,) so as to reach to the flesh, (K, TA,) cutting through the skin: (TA:) in which case the epithets ↓ عَارِكٌ and ↓ عَرَكْرَكٌ are applied to the camel. (K.) [See also عَرْكٌ below, which indicates another meaning.] ― -b8- عَرَكَهُ (Lh, K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Lh, TA,) also signifies (assumed tropical:) He put upon him evil (Lh, K, TA) and misfortune: (K, TA: [the CK has حَمَلَ عليهِ الشَّرُّ والدَّهْرُ, meaning evil and misfortune assailed him, instead of حَمَلَ عَلَيهِ الشَّرَّ وَالدَّهْرَ, as in other copies of the K and in the TA:]) and, as some say, عَرَكَهُ بِشَرٍّ signifies he did evil to him, or brought evil upon him, repeatedly. (TA.) ― -b9- عَرَكَ الدَّهْرُ فُلَانًا (tropical:) Time, or fortune, rendered such a one experienced; or trained, or disciplined, and reformed, or improved, him. (K, TA.) ― -b10- عَرَكَ الاـِبِلَ فِى الحَمْضِ He left the camels amid the plants termed حَمْض, to obtain thereof what they wanted. (Lh, K.) ― -b11- عَرَكَتِ المَاشِيَةُ النَّبَاتَ The cattle ate the plants, or herbage. (K.) ― -b12- عَرَكَتْ said of a woman, (S, O, K,) or of a girl, or young woman, (Lh, TA,) aor. عَرُكَ , (S, O,) inf. n. عُرُوكٌ (S, O, K) and عَرَاكٌ (O, * K) and عَرْكٌ, (K,) She menstruated; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ اعركت. (K.) -A2- عَرِكَ, (K,) [aor. عَرَكَ ,] inf. n. عَرَكٌ, (TA,) He was, or became, such as is termed عِرِكٌ [q. v.]; strong, or vehement, in striving, contending, or conflicting, (K, TA,) and in might, courage, valour, or prowess, (TA,) in war, or battle, (K, TA,) and in altercation. (TA.)