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عكم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اعتكموا ذ They equalized the أَعْدَال [i. e. the burdens called أَعْكَام, pl. of عِكْمٌ], in order to their taking them up and carrying them, (K, TA,) and binding them upon the camel, or camels, that was, or were, to bear them: Az says, I have heard the Arabs say thus to their servants on the day of departure. (TA.) ― -b2- And اعتكم الشَّىْءُ The thing was, or became, heaped up, one part upon another: (K:) or mixed. (TA.)

Derived headwords

اعتكمواverb
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اعتكم الشَّىْءُ