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عكمس

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root describes things that are numerous, crowded, and dense, particularly large herds of camels. It also extends to describe darkness and overwhelming intensity, such as a very dark night.

Derived headwords

العِكْمِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Large herd of camelsclassical

    A large, dense herd of camels.

  2. 2.
    Crowded, dense massclassical

    Anything that is piled up, accumulated, and numerous to the point of obscuring.

العَكَامِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Large herd of camelsclassical

    A large, dense herd of camels, especially when numbering close to a thousand.

  2. 2.
    Crowded, dense massclassical

    Anything that is piled up, accumulated, and numerous to the point of obscuring.

عِكْمِسadjective
  1. 1.
    Numerous, denseclassical

    Describing camels that are numerous and crowded together.

  2. 2.
    Dark, denseclassical

    Describing darkness that is thick and overwhelming.

عَكَابِسadjective
  1. 1.
    Numerous, crowdedclassical

    Describing camels that are numerous and crowded together.

عَكْبَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Numerous, crowdedclassical

    Describing camels that are numerous and crowded together.

عَكْمَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To become dark and denseclassical

    The night became dark, dense, and intensely so.

تَعَكْمَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To become dark and denseclassical

    The night became dark, dense, and intensely so.

Parallel reading

إبل عكامس وعكابس وعكمس وعكبس إذا كثرت.
Camels are described as 'ukkāmis', 'akābis', 'ukmus', and 'ukbus' when they are numerous.
إذا قاربت الإبل الألف فهي عكامس.
When camels approach a thousand, they are called 'ukkāmis'.
وكل شيء تراكب وتراكم وكثر حتى يظلم من كثرته، فهو عكامس وعكمس
And anything that is piled up, accumulated, and numerous to the point of obscuring due to its abundance is called 'ukkāmis' and 'ukmus'.
عكامس كالسندس المنشور
Numerous like spread silk.
وليل عكامس: مظلم متراكب الظلمة شديدها.
And a dark night ('laylun 'ukkāmis'): dark, with accumulated darkness, intense.
وقد عكمس الليل عكمسة إذا أظلم وتعكمس.
And the night became dark (' 'akmas al-laylu 'akmasatan) if it grew dark and dense, and it became dark ('ta'akkamas').