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عكرش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of rough, thorny grass and its association with rabbits, particularly large or female ones. It also extends to meanings of being shrunken, contracted, or referring to a specific person and a derogatory term for a short, mean old woman.

Derived headwords

العَكْرَشnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny grassboth

    A plant resembling grass but rougher and coarser, with thorny leaves that can injure the feet. It grows in dry, fine-grained soil.

العَكْرَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large rabbitclassical

    A large rabbit, specifically a female one. It is named so because it eats the 'akrash' plant.

  2. 2.
    contractionclassical

    The act of contracting or shrinking.

عَكْرَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To become shrunken or contracted.

عُكْرُشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short, mean old womanclassical

    A derogatory term for an old woman who is short, mean, and stingy.

عَكْرَاشname
  1. 1.
    person's nameclassical

    A proper name of a man who was renowned as the best archer of his time.

Parallel reading

العكرش نبات شبه الثيل خشن أشد خشونة من الثيل تأكله الأرانب
Al-'akrash is a plant resembling grass, rougher than grass, which rabbits eat.
والعكرشة: الأرنب الضخمة؛ قال ابن سيده: هي الأرنب الأنثى، سميت بذلك لأنها تأكل هذه البقلة
And al-'akrashah: the large rabbit; Ibn Sidah said: it is the female rabbit, named so because she eats this herb.
والخزز الذكر من الأرانب، قال: وسميت أنثى الأرانب عكرشة لكثرة وبرها والتفافه، شبه بالعكرش لالتفافه في منابته
And al-khuzaz is the male of rabbits, he said: and the female rabbit was named 'akrashah for the abundance and entanglement of her fur, likened to al-'akrash for its entanglement in its place of growth.
عنت لي عكرشة فشنقتها بجبوبة
A female rabbit appeared to me, so I strangled it in a hollow.
العكرشة أنثى الأرانب، والجفرة: العناق من المعز
Al-'akrashah is the female rabbit, and al-jafrat: is a young goat.
العكرش منبته نزوز الأرض الدقيقة وفي أطراف ورقه شوك إذا توطأه الإنسان بقدميه أدماهما
Al-'akrash grows in fine-grained dry land, and at the tips of its leaves are thorns; if a person steps on them with his feet, they will bleed.
اعلف حمارك عكرشا، ... حتى يجد ويكمشا
Feed your donkey 'akrash, ... until it finds and shrinks.
والعكرشة: التقبض
And al-'akrashah: contraction.
وعكراش رجل كان أرمى أهل زمانه
And 'Akraash was a man who was the most skilled archer of his time.
عجوز عكرشة، وعجرمة وعضمزة وقلمزة، وهي اللئيمة القصيرة
A short, mean old woman, and 'ajramah, 'adhmazah, and qalamzah, and she is the short, stingy one.