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عرك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُعَرَّكٌ ذ [ Much rubbed, or much rubbed and pressed: &c.: see 1]. أَصْبَرُ مِنْ ذِى ضَاغِطٍ مُعَرَّكِ [ More patient than a camel, such as has a ضاغط much rubbed, or much rubbed and pressed ]: or, as some relate it, ↓ عَرَكْرَكِ, meaning a camel strong and thick: the ضاغط is a tumour in the armpit of a camel, like a bag, straitening him: the saying is a proverb. (Meyd. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 737 — 9.])

Derived headwords

مُعَرَّكٌ
  1. 1.
أَصْبَرُ مِنْ ذِى ضَاغِطٍ مُعَرَّكِ