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سك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَكٌّ ذ A nail; a pin, or peg, of iron; as also ↓ سَكِىٌّ; (S, K;) like as one says دَوٌّ and دَوِىٌّ: (S:) pl. سِكَاكٌ (S, K) and سُكُوكٌ. (K.) [A verse of Aboo-Dahbal El-Jumahee is cited as an ex. in the TA as follows: دِرْعِى دِلَاصٌ سَكُّهَا سَكٌّ عَجَبْ وَجَوْبُهَا القَاتِرُ مِنْ سَيرِ اليَلَبْ but see يَلَبٌ.] -A2- A straight, or an even, building, and excavation, (O, K,) like a wall, without curvity, or bending. (O.) ― -b2- A coat of mail narrow in the rings; (S, K;) as also ↓ سُكٌّ, and ↓ سَكَّاآءُ: (K:) or, accord. to the O, soft in the rings. (TA.) ― -b3- See also the next paragraph.

Derived headwords

سَكٌّ
  1. 1.
دِرْعِى دِلَاصٌ سَكُّهَا سَكٌّ عَجَبْ
وَجَوْبُهَا القَاتِرُ مِنْ سَيرِ اليَلَبْ