Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

عَقَّارٌ ذ [ A simple; a drug; ] any of the elements (أُصُول) of medicines; (S, O;) what is used medicinally, of plants and of their roots (أُصُول) and of trees: (K, TA:) [accord. to the CK, what is used medicinally, of plants, or of their roots: and trees: the last word being in the nom. case:] as also ↓ عِقِّيرٌ: (K:) or what is used medicinally, of plants and trees: (L, TA:) or a medicine that is used for moving the bowels: (Az, TA:) or any curative plant; as also its pl., (AHeyth,) which is عَقَاقِيرُ: (AHeyth, S:) nothing thus termed is called فُوهٌ. (AHeyth.) ― -b2- [Hence,] حَدِيدٌ جَيِّدُ العَقَاقِيرِ (assumed tropical:) Iron of excellent manufacture. (O, K.)

عِقِّيرٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

عَاقِرٌ ذ ; see مِعْقَرٌ. -A2- Also, applied to a woman, Barren: (O, K, TA:) that does not conceive: (S, O:) or that has ceased to conceive: (Msb:) as being from عَقُرَتْ, it is an instance of the confusion of dialects; [being properly from عَقَرَتْ;] or it is a possessive epithet [meaning having the quality of barrenness ]: (IJ:) pl. عُقَّرٌ, (K, TA,) which is applied to women and to she-camels, (TA,) or عَوَاقِرُ and عَاقِرَاتٌ: (Msb:) and ↓ عُقَرَةٌ is in like manner applied to a woman, signifying, having a disease in her womb, (O, K, TA,) in consequence of which she does not conceive. (TA.) ― -b2- Applied to a man, Barren; that has no offspring born to him; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ عَقِيرٌ: (K:) the former anomalous; [if regarded as from عَقُرَ, not from عَقَرَ; but عَقُرَ said of a man, I do not find;] the latter regular; [if from عَقُرَ;] and the latter has not been heard applied to a woman: (TA:) pl. عُقَّرٌ: (Msb, TA:) and ↓ عُقَرَةٌ is also applied to a man, and signifies, one who comes to women, and feels them, and indulges himself with them in mutual embracing, or pressing to the bosom, (يُحَاضِنُهُنَّ,) but has no offspring born to him. (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A tree (شَجَرَةٌ) that does not bear; barren: and in like manner ↓ عَقِرَةٌ, occurring in a trad., as the name of a certain tract of land (أَرْضٌ), which name Mohammad changed to خَضِرَةٌ; or this may be from the same epithet applied to a palm-tree. (TA.) [See also عَقِيرٌ.] ― -b4- Applied to a tract of sand (رَمْلَةٌ), (tropical:) That produces no plants or herbage; (O, K, TA;) likened to a [barren] woman: (TA:) or of which the sides produce plants or herbage, but the middle does not produce: (TA:) or such as is large: (K:) or large and producing no plants or herbage. (S.)

عَاقُورٌ ذ : see مِعْقَرٌ.

أَعْقَرُ مِنْ بَغْلَةٍ ذ [ More barren than a she-mule ]. (TA in art. بغل.)

مُعْقِرٌ ذ A man having much properly such as is termed عَقَارٌ. (S, K.) -A2- See also the next paragraph.

مِعْقَرٌ ذ (S, O, K) and ↓ مِعْقَارٌ and ↓ مُعْقِرٌ (K) and ↓ عُقَرٌ (AZ, S, O, K) and ↓ عُقَرَةٌ (S, O, K) and ↓ عَاقُورٌ, (O, K,) applied to the saddle of a horse (S, K) and that of a camel, (TA,) That galls the back; (S, * O, * K;) i. e., that usually galls the back: if it galls it but once it is only termed ↓ عَاقِرٌ. (A' Obeyd.) ― -b2- Also مِعْقَرٌ and ↓ عُقَرٌ and ↓ عُقَرَةٌ A man who galls the backs of camels by fatiguing them with labour, or by urging them much in a journey. (L, K.)

مُعْقَرَةٌ ذ Having her womb rendered barren by God. (TA.)

مِعْقَارٌ ذ : see مِعْقَرٌ.

مَعْقُورٌ ذ and مَعْقُوَرةٌ: see عَقِيرٌ.

مُعْتَقَرٌ ذ A place of عَقْر [or اِعْتِقَار, i. e. of galling, or being galled, upon the back of a camel or the like]. (TA in art. ارى.)

Q. 1 عَقْرَبَ ذ He twisted, wreathed, curled, curved, or bent, a thing. (MA.) -A2- [And, accord. to Freytag, He imitated the scorpion in acting: but for this he names no authority; and I doubt its correctness: see the next paragraph.]

Q. 2 تَعَقْرَبَ ذ [ It was crisp and curved; said of a lock of hair hanging down upon the temple: so accord. to Reiske, as mentioned by Freytag. ― -b2- And He acted like 'Akrab; a man notorious for putting off the fulfilment of his promises; as is said in the TA in the present art.]. (A and TA in art. عرقب: see Q. 2 in that art.)

عَقْرَبٌ ذ [The scorpion; ] a certain venomous reptile, (TA,) well known: (K, TA:) the word is masc. (TA) and it is fem., (S, O, K, TA,) generally the latter; (T, Msb, TA;) but is applied to the male and the female: (Lth, T, O, Msb, TA:) and the male is called ↓ عُقْرُبَانٌ, (T, S, O, Msb, K, TA,) accord. to some, (O,) when one desires to denote it in a corroborative manner, (Msb, TA,) and ↓ عُقْرُبَّانٌ also; (K;) or these two words are syn. with عَقْرَبٌ: (K:) and the female is called ↓ عَقْرَبَةٌ, (T, S, O, Msb, K,) sometimes, (T, Msb,) and ↓ عَقْرَبَاآءُ, which is imperfectly decl.; (S, O, K;) or these two words and عَقْرَبٌ, accord. to the “ Tahreer et-Tembeeh, ” all denote the female, and the male is called ↓ عُقْرُبَانٌ: (TA:) or, as some say, the male and the female are called only عَقْرَبٌ: (Msb, TA:) and of ↓ عُقْرُبَانٌ it is said by IB, on the authority of AHát, that it does not signify the male of عَقَارِب, but [as expl. below] “ a certain creeping thing, having long legs: ” (TA:) IJ says that you may drop the ا and ن, and say ↓ عُقْرُرَّان: (L, TA:) and an instance occurs of ↓ عَقْرَابٌ, as a coll. gen. n., in the following verse: أَعُوذُ بِا@للّٰهِ مِنَ العَقْرَابِ اَلشَّائِلَاتِ عُقَدَ الأَذْنَابِ [ I seek protection by God from the scorpions raising the joints of the tails ]: but the ا here is said to be inserted for the purpose of what is termed الاـِشْبَاع: (MF, from the “ Mukhtasar el-Bayán: ”) and الشائلات is applied as an epithet to a sing. n. because this is used as a coll. gen. n.: (M voce سَبْسَبٌ:) the pl. of عَقْرَبٌ is عَقَارِبُ. (S, O.) ― -b2- And [hence] العَقْرَبُ is the name of (assumed tropical:) A certain sign of the Zodiac, (T, S, O, K,) [i. e. Scorpio, ] to which belong the Mansions of the Moon called الشَّوْلَةُ and القَلْبُ [and الاـِكْلِيلُ] and الزُّبَانَيَانِ. (T, TA. [See these words, and see also شِيبَانُ, and مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in art. نزل. It should also be observed that the Arabs extended the figure of this constellation (as they did that of Leo) far beyond the limits that we assign to it.]) ― -b3- [Hence, likewise,] عَقْرَبٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) A thong, or strap, of a sandal, (O, K, TA,) in the form of the reptile of this name. (TA.) [See also عَقْرَبَة.] ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A thong, or strap, (O, K,) plaited, and having a buckle at its extremity, (O,) by which the crupper of a horse, or the like, is bound to the saddle. (O, K.) ― -b5- And the pl. عَقَارِبُ signifies also (tropical:) Malicious and mischievous misrepresentations, calumnies, or slanders. (O, K, TA.) One says, اـِنَّهُ لَتَدِبُّ عَقَارِبُهُ (tropical:) Verily his malicious and mischievous misrepresentations, &c., creep along: (TA:) or he traduces, or defames, people behind their backs, or otherwise. (O, K.) And the phrase دَبَّتْ عَقَارِبُهُ is sometimes used to signify (tropical:) His downy hair crept [along his cheeks]. (MF.) ― -b6- And (tropical:) Reproaches for benefits conferred: so in the saying of En-Nábighah, عَلَىَّ لِعَمْرٍو نِعْمَةٌ بَعْدَ نِعْمَةٍ لِوَالِدِهِ لَيْسَتْ بِذَاتِ عَقَارِبِ (tropical:) [ I owe unto 'Amr favour after favour, for his father, not accompanied by reproaches for benefits conferred ]. (TA.) ― -b7- And (assumed tropical:) Hardships, severities, difficulties, troubles, or distresses. (K.) عَقَارِبُ الشِّتَاآءِ means (assumed tropical:) The hardships, severities, &c., of winter: (TA:) or the intense cold thereof: (O, K:) and عَقْرَبُ الشِّتَاآءِ, accord. to IB, the assault, and intense cold, of winter. (TA.) And عَيْشٌ ذُو عَقَارِبَ means (assumed tropical:) An uneasy life: or a life in which is evil and roughness. (TA.) ― -b8- See also the next paragraph.

عَقْرَبَةٌ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An iron thing like the كُلَّاب [or flesh-hook ], which is suspended, or attached, to the horse's saddle. (O, K.) ― -b3- And, of a sandal, (assumed tropical:) The knots of the [ thong, or strap, called ] شِرَاك [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b4- And, (O, K,) thus in all the copies of the K, and in the handwriting of Ibn-Mektoom, but in the L ↓ عَقْرَب, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) An intelligent female slave, who does much service, or work. (O, L, K, TA.)

عَقْرَبَاآءُ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence.

عُقْرُبَانٌ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence, in three places. ― -b2- Also, [or it has this meaning only, as stated above, voce عَقْرَبٌ,] A certain creeping thing, having long legs, and the tail of which is not like that of the عَقْرَب [or scorpion ]: (S, IB, O, TA:) or a small creeping thing that enters the ear; long, yellow, and having many legs: (TA:) i. q. دَخَّالُ الأُذُنِ [an appellation now applied to the earwig ]; (Az, K;) and (K) so ↓ عُقْرُبَّانٌ. (O, K.)

عُقْرُبَانَة ذ : see مُعَقْرَبٌ.

عُقْرُبٌّ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence.

عُقْرُبَّانٌ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence: ― -b2- and عُقْرُبَانٌ.

عَقْرَابٌ ذ : see عَقْرَبٌ, first sentence.

مُعَقْرَبٌ ذ [ Twisted, wreathed, curled, ] curved, or bent. (K.) A صُدْغ [or lock of hair hanging down upon the temple curled, or] curved, or having one part turned upon another. (S, O.) ― -b2- And Strong and compact in make: (K:) or مُعَقْرَبُ الخَلْقِ, applied to a wild ass, compact and strong in make. (O.) ― -b3- Also, and ↓ ذُو عُقْرُبَانَةٍ, One who aids, or assists, much, or well, (O, * K, * TA,) and resists attack: (K:) or an aider who resists attack with energy. (MF.)

مَكَانٌ مُعَقْرِبٌ ذ A place having in it scorpions (عَقَارِب). (S, O.) And أَرْضٌ مُعَقْرِبَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and مَعْقَرَةٌ, (S, O, * K,) the latter as though formed from عَقْرَبٌ after reducing it to three letters, (S,) A land in which are scorpions: (S, O, Msb:) or a land abounding with scorpions. (K.)

1 عَقَصَتْ شَعَرَهَا ذ , aor. عَقِصَ , (Msb,) inf. n. عَقْصٌ, (Lth, S, Mgh, IAth, Msb,) She (a woman, Lth, Msb) twisted her hair, and inserted the ends thereof into the parts next the roots: (Mgh, IAth, Msb:) this is the primary signification: (IAth:) or she took each lock of her hair, and twisted it, then tied it, so that there remained in it a twisting, and then let it hang down; (Lth, O; *) each of the said locks is termed عَقِيصَةٌ: (Lth:) and she tied her hair upon the back of her neck: (TA:) and she plaited her hair: (Msb:) or عَقْصُ الشَّعَرِ signifies the gathering of the hair together upon the head: (Mgh:) or the plaiting of the hair: and the twisting it upon the head: (S:) and you say, عَقَصَ شَعَرَهُ, aor. as above, (and so the inf. n., O,) meaning, he plaited his hair: and he twisted it. (A, O, K.) -A2- عَقِصَ, (S, TA,) aor. عَقَصَ , (TA,) inf. n. عَقَصٌ, [q. v.], (S, O, TA,) (tropical:) He was, or became, niggardly, or close-handed, (S, O, * TA,) and evil in disposition. (S.) ― -b2- And عَقِصَتْ عَلَىَّ الدَّابَّةُ [as also عَكِصَتْ] (tropical:) The beast became restive, or refractory, to me, and stopped. (TA.)

2 عقّص أَمْرَهُ ذ (tropical:) He rendered his affair difficult, or intricate, and involved in confusion, or doubt. (TA.)

3 أَخَذْتُهُ مُعَاقَصَةً ذ (assumed tropical:) I took it striving to overcome; (O, K; *) as also مُقَاصَعَةً. (O.)

عَقَصٌ ذ [app. an inf. n. of which the verb is عَقِصَ] A twisting, or contortion, in the horn of a sheep or goat: (A:) or a twisting, or contortion, of the horns of a goat, upon his ears, backwards. (S.)

عَقِصٌ ذ Sand accumulated, or congested, in which there is no way: (S, O, K:) said to be syn. with عَقِدٌ: and ↓ عَقَصَةٌ signifies sand like such as is termed سِلْسِلَةٌ [q. v.]; or عَقَصَةٌ and ↓ عَقِصَةٌ, as expl. by Aboo-'Alee, signify sand contorted, one part upon another, and extended; like عَقَدَةٌ and عَقِدَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And The neck of the كَرِش [or stomach of a ruminant animal ]. (IF, O, K. [In the CK, for وَعُنُقُ الكَرِشِ is erroneously put وكعُنُقٍ الكَرِشُ; after which a و should have been inserted.]) ― -b3- Also, (S, O, K,) and ↓ عِقِّيصٌ, (O, K,) and ↓ عَيْقَصٌ, (IDrd, O, K,) and ↓ أَعْقَصُ, (TA,) (tropical:) Niggardly, stingy, or close-handed, (S, O, K, TA,) and evil in disposition: (S:) and عقيص [app. ↓ عِقِّيصٌ, or perhaps ↓ عَقِيصٌ,] signifies evil and perverse in disposition. (TA.)

عُقْصَةٌ ذ A knot of a horn: (O, K:) pl. عُقَصٌ. (O.)

عِقْصَةٌ ذ : see عَقِيصَةٌ, in two places.

عَقَصَةٌ ذ and عَقِصَةٌ: see عَقِصٌ.

عِقَاصٌ ذ A string with which the ends of the ذَوَائِب [or locks of hair hanging down loosely from the middle of the head to the back ] are tied: (O, Msb, K:) or a thong with which the hair is gathered together: (Mgh:) pl. عُقُصٌ: (Msb:) or, as some say, عُقُصٌ, (Mgh,) or عُقُوصٌ, (TA,) signifies black strings, (Mgh,) or strings of twisted wool, dyed black, (TA,) which a woman joins to her hair: (Mgh, TA:) of the dial. of El-Yemen: (TA:) [in Egypt, in the present day, the term عُقُوص is applied to red silk strings, each with a tassel at the end, worn by women of the lower orders, who divide their hair behind into two tresses, and plait, with each tress, three of these strings, which reach more than half-way towards the ground, so that they are usually obliged to draw aside the tassels before they sit down: ] MF says that, accord. to some, عِقَاصٌ signifies a thorn, or the like, with which a woman arranges, or puts in order, her hair: which is strange: (TA:) and IAar says that it signifies مَدَارِىُّ [i. e. horns with which people scratch their heads; or things like packing-needles, with which the female hair-dresser arranges, or puts in order, the locks of women's hair ]; and this meaning he assigns to it in explaining a verse of Imra-el-Keys [which see below, voce عَقِيصَةٌ, of which word, as well as of عِقْصَةٌ, the word عِقَاصٌ is also a pl.]. (O, * TA.)

عُقُوصٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

عَقِيصٌ ذ : see عَقِصٌ, last sentence.

عَقِيصَةٌ ذ A portion of a woman's hair which is twisted, and of which the ends are inserted into the parts next the roots; (IAth, * Msb;) as also ↓ عِقْصَةٌ: (Msb:) or a lock of a woman's hair which she twists, then ties, so that there remains in it a twisting, and then lets hang down: (Lth, A:) [i. e., a twisted lock of a woman's hair, which either has its end inserted into the part next the roots, or is tied, and left to hang down: ] or i. q. ضَفَيرَةٌ; as also ↓ عِقْصَةٌ; (S, O, K;) the latter on the authority of A'Obeyd: (S:) pl. (of the former, S, A, Msb, TA) عَقَائِصُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and (of the latter, S, Msb) عِقَصٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) and (of the former also, S, Msb, and of the latter also, S, TA) عِقَاصٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) of which A'Obeyd cites the following ex. in a verse of Imra-el-Keys: غَدَائِرُهُ مُسْتَشْزِرَاتٌ اـِلَى العُلَى تَضِلُّ العِقَاصُ فِى مُثَنًّى وَمُرْسَلِ [ Its pendent locks being twisted upwards, the twists becoming concealed among hair doubled and hair made to hang down ]: or, as some say, it [عقاص] signifies what a woman makes, of her hair, like a pomegranate; each lock of which is termed عَقِيصَةٌ; the pl. being عِقَاصٌ and عَقَائِصُ. (S, O.) [See also عِقَاصٌ as expl. by IAar, above.] عِقَاصٌ is also used in the sense of ذَوَائِبُ [or Locks of hair hanging down loosely from the middle of the head to the back ]. (Mgh. [But this is said in relation to an instance of its occurrence in which it may with propriety be regarded as pl. of عَقِيصَةٌ or عِقْصَةٌ in any of the senses before explained.])

عِقِّيصٌ ذ : see عَقِصٌ, last sentence, in two places.

عَيْقَصٌ ذ : see عَقِصٌ, last sentence.

أَعْقَصُ ذ A goat (S, O, Msb, K) or sheep (Msb) whose horns are twisted, or contorted, upon his ears, (S, O, Msb, K,) backwards: (S, O, K:) fem. عَقْصَاآءُ: (Msb:) or عَقْصَاآءُ القَرْنِ signifies a شَاة [i. e. sheep or goat] having a twisting, or contortion, in the horn: (A:) and ↓ مِعْقَاصٌ, a sheep or goat crooked in the horn. (K.) ― -b2- Also Having the fingers twisting, one upon another. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b3- And Whose central incisors enter into his mouth, (O, K, TA,) and are twisted. (TA.) ― -b4- See also عَقِصٌ, last sentence.

مِعْقَصٌ ذ A crooked arrow: (S, O, K:) and, (K,) or accord. to As, (TA,) an arrow of which the head breaks, and its tongue, or tang, remaining therein, is extracted, and beaten until it becomes long, and then restored in its place; (K, TA;) but it does not perfectly serve in its stead: (TA:) pl. مَعَاقِصُ. (S.)

مِعْقَاصٌ ذ : see أَعْقَصُ. ― -b2- See also مِعْفَاصٌ.

1 عَقَفَهُ ذ , (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. عَقِفَ , (O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَقْفٌ, (S, O, Msb, KL,) He bent it; (S, O, Msb, K, KL;) crooked it; made it hooked; or doubled it: (KL:) and ↓ عقّفهُ, (Msb,) inf. n. تَعْقِيفٌ, (S, KL,) signifies [the same, or] he bent it, or crooked it: (S, Msb, KL:) [or he did so much: ] and تَعْقِيفٌ signifies also the making crook-backed. (KL.) -A2- عقفت, [app. عَقَفَتْ, the part. n. being عَاقِفَ, or this may be a possessive epithet, and, if so, the verb may be عَقِفَت or عُقِفَت,] said of a sheep or goat (شَاة), and likewise, sometimes, of any beast (دَابَّة), It had the disease termed عُقَاف [q. v.]. (TA.)

2 عَقَّفَ see the preceding paragraph.

5 تَعَقَّفَ see the next following paragraph.

7 انعقف ذ It became bent, (S, O, Msb, K,) or crooked; (K;) as also in either sense, ↓ تعقّف. (O, K.)

عَقْفٌ ذ The fox. (IF, S, O, K.) So in the following verse, (ascribed by IF and IB to Homeyd El-Arkat, and by J to Homeyd Ibn-Thowr, but said by Sgh to be of neither of the Homeyds, TA,) كَأَنَّهُ عَقْفٌ تَوَلَّى يَهْرُبُ مِنْ أَكْلُبٍ يَتْبَعُهُنَّ أَكْلُبُ [ As though he were a fox that had turned away fleeing from dogs which (other) dogs were following ]. (S, O, TA.)

عُقَافٌ ذ A disease that attacks the sheep or goat, (S, O, K,) and sometimes any beast, (O,) in its legs, so that they become bent, or crooked, in consequence of it. (S, O, K.)

عَقُوفٌ ذ A cow's udder of which the stream of milk comes forth contrarily, on the occasion of milking. (AHát, O, K.)

شَوْكَةٌ عَقِيفَةٌ ذ A thorn bent like the crooked piece of iron in the head of the spindle. (TA.)

عُقَّافَةٌ ذ A piece of wood [or a stick ] crooked [or hooked ] at the head thereof, with which a thing is extended, (يُمَدّ, so in the O and L and copies of the K,) or drawn, or pulled, towards one, (يُحْجَنُ, so in the CK,) like the مِحْجَن [q. v.]: (O, L, K:) or it is [ a part, app. the crooked, or hooked, head, ] of the مِحْجَن: (Msb:) and some say that it is a صَوْلَجَان [q. v.]. (TA.) [In the present day it is applied to A hook, or a small hook. ]

عَاقِفٌ ذ , applied to a sheep or goat (شَاة, O, K), and sometimes to any beast (دَابَّة, O), Having the disease termed عُقَاف; as also الرِّجْلِ ↓ مَعْقُوفَةُ. (O, K.)