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عرك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اعتركوا ذ , (S, O,) or اعتركوا فِى المَعْرَكَةِ, (K, TA,) [and ↓ تعاركوا, mentioned by Freytag, and agreeable with analogy, but I do not find any authority for it,] They pressed, straitened, or crowded, one another, (S, O, TA,) and rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, one another, (TA,) or strove together, and fought one another, (K, TA,) in the place of fight, or battle; (S, O, K, TA;) and فِى الخُصُومَةِ [ in altercation ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And اعتركتِ الاـِبِلُ فِى الوِرْدِ The camels pressed, or crowded, one another, in the coming to water. (K.) [See also 3.] ― -b3- اعتركت مِعْرَكَةً, (Ibn- 'Abbád, O,) or بِمِعْرَكَةٍ, (K,) said of a woman [menstruating] She stuffed her vulva with a piece of rag. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

Derived headwords

اعتركواverb
  1. 1.
اعتركوا فِى المَعْرَكَةِ
فِى الخُصُومَةِ
اعتركتِ الاـِبِلُ فِى الوِرْدِ
اعتركت مِعْرَكَةً