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كرت

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to completeness, fullness, and perfection, often applied to time periods like years, months, or days. It also appears as a place name.

Derived headwords

كَرِيتadjective
  1. 1.
    complete, fullclassical

    Describing a year, month, or day as being complete or full in its count of days or time.

تَكْرِيتname
  1. 1.
    Taqritboth

    A place name, likely referring to a specific location or region.

Parallel reading

سنة كريت، وحول كريت أي تام العدد
A complete year, and a complete year meaning full in number.
وكذلك اليوم والشهر
And likewise the day and the month.
وتكريت: أرض
And Taqrit: a land.
لسنا كمن حلت إياد دارها ... تكريت، ترقب حبها أن يحصدا
We are not like those whose dwelling place was settled by Iyad... Taqrit, awaiting its harvest to be reaped.