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عركس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of things being piled up, accumulated, or densely packed together. It extends to describe darkness, intensity, and a state of being intertwined or mixed.

Derived headwords

عَرَكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upboth

    To pile something up, to stack one part upon another.

اعْرَنْكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be piled upboth

    To be piled up or accumulated, with parts lying on top of each other.

  2. 2.
    to become intensely darkclassical

    To become intensely dark, especially referring to the night or the blackness of hair.

واعْرَنْكَسَتْ أَهْوَالُهُ واعْرَنْكَسَا — And its terrors piled up and intensified.
مُعَرْنَكِسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    dark, gloomyclassical

    Describing a night that is dark and gloomy, suggesting a dense lack of light.

وليلةٌ مُعَرْنَكِسَةٌ — And a dark, gloomy night.
عَرْنَكِسadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, thick, abundantclassical

    Describing hair that is abundant, thick, and densely packed together.

وشعرٌ عَرْنَكِسٌ — And dense, abundant hair.
مُعَرْنَكِسadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, thick, abundantclassical

    Describing hair that is abundant, thick, and densely packed together.

وشعرٌ مُعَرْنَكِسٌ — And dense, abundant hair.
اعْرِنْكَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulation, gatheringclassical

    The act or state of gathering together, accumulating, or becoming densely packed.

والاعرِنْكَاسُ الاجتماعُ — And al-i'rinkās is the gathering.

Parallel reading

عركس الشيء واعرنكس: تراكب.
Something was piled up and piled up: it was layered.
وليلة معرنكسة: مظلمة.
And a dark night: gloomy.
وشعر عرنكس ومعرنكس: كثير متراكب.
And dense hair and densely packed hair: abundant, layered.
والاعرنكاس: الاجتماع.
And al-i'rinkās: the gathering.
يقال: عركست الشيء إذا جمعت بعضه على بعض.
It is said: you piled up something if you gathered some of it upon another.
واعرنكس الشيء إذا اجتمع بعضه على بعض؛
And something became piled up if some of it gathered upon another;
واعْرَنْكَسَتْ أَهْوَالُهُ واعْرَنْكَسَا
And its terrors piled up and intensified
وقد اعرنكس الشعر أي اشتد سواده.
And the hair has become intensely black, meaning its blackness intensified.
قال: وعركس أصل بناء اعرنكس.
He said: and 'arakasa is the origin of the construction of 'a'rankasa.