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ترك

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root 'ترك' primarily denotes the act of leaving, abandoning, or letting something be. It extends to concepts of preservation, inheritance, and even specific natural phenomena like bird eggs or types of vegetation, reflecting a broad semantic field of separation and cessation.

Derived headwords

تَرَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to leaveboth

    To depart from a place, person, or thing; to abandon or forsake.

  2. 2.
    to letboth

    To allow something to remain in a particular state or condition; to permit.

تَرْكnoun
  1. 1.
    leavingboth

    The act of abandoning, forsaking, or letting something be.

  2. 2.
    abandonmentboth

    The state of being forsaken or neglected.

تَارَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to bargain withclassical

    To engage in a transaction or negotiation, specifically regarding a sale.

مُتَارَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bargainingclassical

    The act of negotiating a sale or transaction.

تَرَاكِparticle
  1. 1.
    leave it!classical

    An imperative form used to mean 'leave it!' or 'abandon it!', functioning as a noun for the imperative verb.

تَرَكَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he left itboth

    Past tense verb indicating the act of leaving or abandoning something.

تُتَارَكverb
  1. 1.
    to be left amongclassical

    To be left or abandoned within a group or among people.

تَرِكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    inheritanceboth

    The property or possessions left by a deceased person.

  2. 2.
    legacyboth

    Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor.

  3. 3.
    ostrich eggclassical

    A specific type of ostrich egg, often round and isolated.

  4. 4.
    helmetclassical

    A piece of armor worn on the head, likened to an egg.

مَتْرُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    leftboth

    Abandoned, forsaken, or neglected.

  2. 2.
    left behindboth

    Remaining after others have departed.

تَرِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spinsterclassical

    A woman who is not married, especially one who is not young.

  2. 2.
    meadowclassical

    A pasture or grazing area that is neglected or unmanaged.

  3. 3.
    ostrich eggclassical

    An ostrich egg, particularly one left behind or isolated.

  4. 4.
    helmetclassical

    A helmet, compared to an egg.

تَرَائِكnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich eggsclassical

    Plural of ostrich eggs, often referring to isolated or abandoned ones.

  2. 2.
    helmetsclassical

    Plural of helmets, likened to eggs.

تُرُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich eggsclassical

    Plural of ostrich eggs.

  2. 2.
    helmetsclassical

    Plural of helmets.

تَرِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    grape clusterclassical

    A bunch of grapes after the fruit has been eaten.

  2. 2.
    date palm clusterclassical

    A cluster of dates after the fruit has been picked.

تَارِكnoun
  1. 1.
    one who leavesboth

    Someone who abandons or forsakes.

  2. 2.
    one who leaves behindclassical

    Someone who leaves something or someone behind.

تُرْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Turksboth

    A people or nation, specifically referring to Turks.

  2. 2.
    ostrich eggsclassical

    Plural of ostrich eggs.

  3. 3.
    helmetsclassical

    Plural of helmets.

أَتْرَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Turksboth

    Plural of Turk, referring to the people.

تَرَكْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I left itboth

    First-person singular past tense verb indicating the act of leaving or abandoning.

Parallel reading

ودعك الشيء، تركه يتركه تركا واتركه.
To leave a thing, to leave it, he leaves it, leaving, and leave it.
وتركت الشيء تركا: خليته.
And I left the thing, leaving: I let it go.
وتاركته البيع متاركة.
And I bargained with him concerning the sale, a bargaining.
تراكها من إبل تراكها ... أما ترى الموت لدى أوراكها؟
Leave them of camels, leave them... Do you not see death at their flanks?
فما اترك أي ما ترك شيئا، وهو افتعل.
So he did not leave, meaning he did not leave anything, and it is 'ift'ala'.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفر
The covenant between us and them is the prayer; whoever abandons it has disbelieved.
وتركنا عليه في الآخرين* ؛ أي أبقينا عليه.
And We left for him among the later generations*; meaning, We preserved for him.
وتركة الرجل الميت: ما يتركه من التراث المتروك.
And the deceased man's inheritance: what he leaves of the abandoned legacy.
والتريكة: التي تترك فلا تتزوج، قال اللحياني: ولا يقال ذلك للذكر.
And the 'tarikah': she who is left and does not marry, Al-Lihyani said: and it is not said of a male.
والتريكة: الروضة التي يغفلها الناس فلا يرعونها
And the 'tarikah': the meadow that people neglect and do not graze.
والترك: ضرب من البيض مستدير شبه بالتركة والتريكة وهي بيض النعام المنفرد؛
And 'turk': a type of round egg, likened to 'tarikah' and 'tarikah', which are isolated ostrich eggs;
والتريكة بيضة النعامة التي يتركها؛
And the 'tarikah' is the ostrich egg that she leaves;
وتلقى بها بيض النعام ترائكا
And you find ostrich eggs scattered there.
والتريكة البيضة بعد ما يخرج منها الفرخ، وخص بعضهم به بيض النعام التي تتركها بالفلاة بعد خلوها مما فيها
And the 'tarikah' is the egg after the chick has emerged from it, and some have specified it for ostrich eggs that are left in the desert after it is empty of its contents.
والتريكة: بيضة الحديد للرأس؛
And the 'tarikah': the iron egg for the head;
فخمة ذفراء ترتى بالعرى، ... قردمانيا وتركا كالبصل
Majestic, fragrant, it is adorned with ropes, ... like onions.
والتريك، بغير هاء، العذق إذا نفض فلم يبق فيه شيء.
And the 'tarik', without 'ha', is the palm cluster when it is shaken and nothing remains on it.
ولا بارك الله فيه ولا تارك ولا دارك: كل ذلك إتباع
And may Allah not bless it, nor a leaver, nor a follower: all of that is for emphasis.
تركت الحبل شديدا أي جعلته شديدا
I made the rope tight, meaning I made it tight.
والترك: الجيل المعروف الذي يقال له الديلم، والجمع أتراك.
And 'turk': the known people called Daylam, and the plural is 'atrak'.
أنه جاء إلى مكة يطالع تركته ؛
That he came to Mecca to check on his abandoned family;
وأنتم تريكة الإسلام وبقية الناس
And you are the remnant of Islam and the rest of the people.
إن لله تعالى ترائك في خلقه ، أراد أمورا أبقاها في العباد من الأمل والغفلة حتى ينبسطوا بها إلى الدنيا.
Indeed, Allah has remnants among His creation, meaning matters He has preserved among people of hope and heedlessness until they expand with them into the world.