عكس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of reversal, turning something back, or inverting its position. It extends to actions like pulling back, restraining, or bending, and metaphorically to self-restraint or a peculiar gait.

Derived headwords

عَكَسَverb

1.
to reverseboth
To turn something so its end becomes its beginning, or to return its latter part to its former part.
2.
to pull backboth
To pull the head of an animal towards oneself to make it retreat backward.
3.
to restrainclassical
To pull the neck of a camel towards one of its hands while it is kneeling, or to tie a rope to its noseband and its wrists to subdue it.
4.
to bendboth
To bend the head of a camel.
5.
to pull downboth
To pull something down towards the ground.
6.
to press downboth
To pull and press something down forcefully towards the ground.

عَكْسًاnoun

1.
reversalboth
The act of reversing something, turning its end to its beginning.
2.
pulling backboth
The act of pulling an animal's head back to make it retreat.
3.
restraintclassical
The act of restraining a camel by tying its head or neck.
4.
bendingboth
The act of bending a camel's head.

اِنْعَكَسَverb

1.
to be reversedboth
To have its end turned to its beginning; to be turned back.
2.
to reflectmodern
To be reflected, as light or an image.

عَكَّسَverb

1.
to make reverseboth
To cause something to be reversed or turned back.

تَعَكَّسَverb

1.
to walk like a snakeclassical
To walk with a sinuous, undulating gait, as if one's veins have stiffened.
2.
to walk drunkenlyclassical
To walk in a staggering or unsteady manner, like a drunkard.

اِعْكَسُواverb

1.
restrain yourselvesclassical
An imperative form meaning to curb, restrain, and turn yourselves back, like horses are restrained by bridles.

عَكَّاسnoun

1.
rope for restraintclassical
The rope used to tie a camel's head to its hands or noseband to subdue it.
2.
male spiderclassical
The male spider.

عُكَّاسnoun

1.
struggleclassical
A struggle or wrestling, where one person grabs another by the forelock and vice versa.

مَعْكُوسadjective

1.
reversedboth
Having its end turned to its beginning; inverted.
2.
inverted headclassical
Describing an animal whose head is bent or turned back.

مُتَعَكِّسadjective

1.
bent at the napeclassical
Describing a person whose nape is bent or folded, often implying a sturdy or well-fed physique.

عُكَيْسnoun

1.
thickened milk drinkclassical
Milk into which fat and broth are poured and then drunk, or sometimes flour mixed with water and drunk.

عُكَيْسnoun

1.
rod in a vineclassical
A rod or shoot of a vine that is bent or directed underground to another spot.

عَكْسnoun

1.
holding animal without feedclassical
The act of keeping an animal confined without providing it with fodder.

اِعْتِكَاسnoun

1.
reversalclassical
The act of being reversed or turned back.

Parallel reading

عكس الشيء يعكسه عكسا فانعكس: رد آخره على أوله

He reversed a thing, reversing it with a reversal, so it was reversed: its end was returned to its beginning.

وهن لدى الأكوار يعكسن بالبرى

And they, at the saddle-mounds, reverse [them] with the pith.

عكس البلية عند القبر لأنهم كانوا يربطونها معكوسة الرأس إلى ما يلي كلكلها وبطنها

And the reversal of the sacrificial animal at the grave, because they used to tie it with its head reversed towards its chest and belly.

عكس الدابة إذا جذب رأسها إليه لترجع إلى ورائها القهقرى

And reversing a beast when you pull its head towards you to make it go backward.

عكس البعير يعكسه عكسا وعكاسا: شد عنقه إلى إحدى يديه وهو بارك

He reversed a camel, reversing it with a reversal and a 'akkas: he pulled its neck to one of its hands while it was kneeling.

والعكاس: ما شده به

And the 'akkas: what he tied it with.

عكس رأس البعير يعكسه عكسا: عطفه

He reversed the camel's head, reversing it with a reversal: he bent it.

جاوزتها بأمون ذات معجمة، ... تنجو بكلكلها، والرأس معكوس

I passed her by with a she-camel of the breed of 'Amjah, ... escaping with her chest, and her head reversed.

والعكس أيضا: أن تعكس رأس البعير إلى يده بخطام تضيق بذلك عليه

And the 'aks is also: to reverse the camel's head to its hand with a halter, thus constricting it.

العكس أن يجعل الرجل في رأس البعير خطاما ثم يعقده إلى ركبته لئلا يصول

The 'aks is for a man to put a halter on a camel's head and then tie it to his knee so it does not become unruly.

اعكسوا أنفسكم عكس الخيل باللجم ؛ معناه اقدعوها وكفوها وردوها

Restrain yourselves like horses are restrained by bridles; its meaning is to curb them, hold them back, and turn them away.

شنقت البعير وعكسته إذا جذبت من جريره ولزمت من رأسه فهملج

I hobbled the camel and reversed it when I pulled from its foreleg and held its head, so it moved with a swagger.

عكس الشيء: جذبه إلى الأرض

To reverse a thing: to pull it down to the ground.

وتعكس الرجل: مشى مشي الأفعى، وهو يتعكس تعكسا كأنه قد يبست عروقه

And the man walked with a 'ta'akkus: he walked like a snake, and he walks with a 'ta'akkus' as if his veins have stiffened.

ويقال: من دون ذلك عكاس ومكاس، وهو أن تأخذ بناصيته ويأخذ بناصيتك

And it is said: less than that is 'akkas and makkas, which is for you to grab his forelock and he grabs your forelock.

ورجل متعكس: متثني غضون القفا

And a 'mut'akkis' man: one whose nape is bent with folds.

وأنت امرؤ جعد القفا متعكس، ... من الأقط الحولي شبعان كانب

And you are a man with a curly nape, bent at the nape, ... from aged cheese, satiated like a camel.

وعكسه إلى الأرض: جذبه وضغطه ضغطا شديدا

And to reverse it to the ground: to pull and press it down forcefully.

والعكيس من اللبن: الحليب تصب عليه الإهالة والمرق ثم يشرب

And the 'ukays of milk: is milk into which fat and broth are poured and then drunk.

فلما سقيناها العكيس تمدحت ... خواصرها، وازداد رشحا وريدها

And when we gave them the 'ukays to drink, her flanks boasted, and her veins increased their flow.

خير من العكيس بالألبان

Better than the 'ukays made with milk.

والعكس: حبس الدابة على غير علف

And the 'aks: is confining the animal without fodder.

والعكاس: ذكر العنكبوت؛ عن كراع

And the 'akkas: is the male spider; according to Kara'.

والعكيس: القضيب من الحبلة يعكس تحت الأرض إلى موضع آخر

And the 'ukays: is a rod from the vine that is bent underground to another place.