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عكث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root عكث primarily relates to the concept of gathering, coming together, or coalescing. It describes things joining and becoming unified or dense.

Derived headwords

عَكَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, to come togetherclassical

    This verb signifies the act of things coming together and coalescing into a unified mass or entity.

عَكْثnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, coming togetherclassical

    The noun form representing the state or action of things gathering and becoming unified or dense.

العَكْثnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, unificationclassical

    The act or state of something gathering and becoming unified or coalesced.

العَنْكَثnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A known type of plant. The text suggests the 'n' might be an addition.

Parallel reading

العكث: اجتماع الشيء والتئامه.
Al-'akth: the gathering and coalescing of a thing.
والعنكث: نبت معروف، وكأن النون زائدة، وسيأتي ذكره.
And al-'ankath: a known plant, and it is as if the 'n' is superfluous, and its mention will come later.