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عكر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اعتكر ذ : see 1, in two places. ― -b2- Also It (darkness) became confused; (S, Msb;) as though one part thereof turned back upon another, from the slowness of its clearing away: (S, O:) it (night) became intense in its blackness, and confused; (K;) as also ↓ اعكر: (O, K;) or it became dense in its darkness, and confused. (A.) ― -b3- اعتكروا They (people) became confused; (S;) as also ↓ تعاكروا: (S, O:) they became confused, or mixed together, in war, or fight; (K;) as also ↓ تعاكروا: (TA:) they became embroiled together in contention; (TA;) as also ↓ تعاكروا. (K.) [Hence,] اِعْتِكَارُ الضَّرَائِرِ [lit., The wrangling of fellow-wives; meaning,] (assumed tropical:) confusion of discordant affairs. (TA.) ― -b4- اعتكر العَسْكَرُ One part of the army returned upon another, so that it could not be numbered. (O, K.) ― -b5- اعتكر المَطَرُ The rain became vehement: (K:) or copious and vehement. (S, TA.) ― -b6- اعتكرت الرِّيَاحُ, (S, O,) or الرِّيحُ, (K,) The winds, (S, O,) or wind, (K,) brought dust, (S, O, K,) and removed the fruit of the trees. (O.) ― -b7- اعتكر الشَّبَابُ Youthfulness continued (O, K) until its term was ended. (O.)

Derived headwords

اعتكرverb
  1. 1.
اِعْتِكَارُ الضَّرَائِرِ
اعتكر المَطَرُ
اعتكرت الرِّيَاحُ