علكس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of things being gathered, accumulated, or densely packed together. It extends to descriptions of dense hair, accumulated sand or dry vegetation, and even the gathering of animals.

Derived headwords

مُعَلْنِكِسَةadjective

1.
gathered, accumulatedclassical
Describing a night that is dark and dense, similar to being gathered or accumulated.

عَلِكْسadjective

1.
dense, accumulatedclassical
Describing hair, sand, or dry vegetation that is abundant, densely packed, and accumulated.

مُعَلْنِكِسadjective

1.
dense, accumulatedclassical
Describing hair, sand, or dry vegetation that is abundant, densely packed, and accumulated.
2.
intense blackclassical
Specifically describing hair that is intensely black and dense.

اِعْلَنْكَسَverb

1.
to gather, accumulateclassical
Used to describe animals gathering or accumulating in a place.
2.
to gather, accumulateclassical
Used to describe eggs gathering or accumulating.
3.
to become dense, intenseclassical
Used to describe hair becoming intensely black and dense.
4.
to hesitate, waverclassical
Describing something that hesitates or wavers.

عَلْكَسَverb

1.
to gather, accumulateclassical
Used in relation to eggs gathering or accumulating.

مُعَلْنِكِسadjective

1.
dense, accumulatedclassical
Describing dry vegetation that is abundant, densely packed, and accumulated.

عَلْكِسname

1.
man's nameclassical
A proper name of a man from Yemen.

عَلَنْدَسadjective

1.
solid, strongclassical
Describing something as solid and strong.

عُرَنْدِسadjective

1.
solid, strongclassical
Describing something as solid and strong.

Parallel reading

ليلة معلنكسة: كمعرنكسة.

A gathered night: like a gathered one.

وشعر علكس وعلنكس ومعلنكس: كثير متراكب

And hair 'aliks, 'alanakis, and mu'alankis: abundant and piled up.

وكذلك الرمل ويبيس الكلإ.

And likewise sand and dry vegetation.

واعلنكست الإبل في الموضع: اجتمعت.

And the camels gathered in the place: they assembled.

وعلكس البيض واعلنكس: اجتمع.

And the eggs gathered and accumulated: they came together.

واعلنكس الشعر: اشتد سواده

And the hair became dense: its blackness intensified.

وقال الفراء: شعر معلنكس ومعلنكك الكثيف المجتمع الأسود.

And Al-Farra' said: dense, accumulated, black hair.

قال الأزهري: علكس أصل بناء اعلنكس الشعر إذا اشتد سواده وكثر؛

Al-Azhari said: 'alaks is the root of the construction 'i'alanaksa for hair when its blackness intensifies and it becomes abundant.

بفاحم دووي حتى اعلنكسا

With intensely black, abundant hair until it became dense.

ويقال: اعلنكس الشيء أي تردد.

And it is said: 'i'alanaksa the thing, meaning it hesitated.

والمعلكس والمعلنكس من اليبيس: ما كثر واجتمع.

And the mu'alkis and mu'alankis from dry vegetation: what is abundant and gathered.

وعلكس: اسم رجل من أهل اليمن.

And 'Aliks: the name of a man from the people of Yemen.

العلندس والعرندس: الصلب الشديد.

Al-'alandas and al-'urandas: the solid, the strong.