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وكد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 وكّد ذ , (S, L,) inf. n. تَوْكِيدٌ; (S, K;) [and ↓ وَكَدَ as is implied in the K, but app. by the unintentional omission of the word وَكَّدَ;] and ↓ اوكد, inf. n. اـِيكَادٌ; (S, L;) He made a horse's saddle, (S, L,) and a camel's, (L, K,) firm, fast, or strong; or bound or tied it firmly, fastly, or strongly; (S, L, K;) as also أَكَّدَ and اآكَدَ: but more chaste with و. (S, L, K. *) ― -b2- Also, He confirmed, ratified, or corroborated, a compact, a contract, a covenant, or an engagement; as also اكّد (S, L, K) and اآكد: but, in this sense also, more chaste with و; (S, L;) or in this sense more approved with أ: (L:) and in like manner وكّد he confirmed an oath: you say, اـِذَا عَقَدْتَ فَأَكِّدْ واـِذَا حَلَفْتَ فَوَكِّدْ When thou makest a contract, ratify; and when thou swearest, confirm.

Derived headwords

وكّدverb
  1. 1.
اـِذَا عَقَدْتَ فَأَكِّدْ واـِذَا حَلَفْتَ