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عيك

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, specifically a distinctive gait involving the shoulders. It also denotes a type of dense, intertwined vegetation, akin to a thicket.

Derived headwords

عَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with swaying shouldersclassical

    To walk with a distinctive gait, characterized by the movement and swaying of the shoulders.

عَيْكَاناًnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying of shouldersclassical

    The act of walking with swaying shoulders, as described in the verb form.

العَيْكnoun
  1. 1.
    intertwined treesboth

    Dense, intertwined trees or vegetation, forming a thicket.

  2. 2.
    thicketboth

    A dense growth of trees or shrubs; a thicket.

الأَيْكnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketboth

    A dense growth of trees or shrubs; a thicket. This is presented as a variant spelling or pronunciation of 'al-ʿayk'.

عَيْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    single tree in a thicketboth

    A single tree within a dense growth of trees, or a small thicket itself.

العَيْكَتَيْنname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A specific location mentioned in poetry, situated in the territory of the Bajila tribe.

العَيْتَتَيْنname
  1. 1.
    place name (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'al-ʿaykatayn', referring to the same place name.

Parallel reading

عاك عيكانا مشى وحرك منكبيه كحاك
He walked with a swaying of his shoulders, moving his shoulders like 'ḥāk'.
والعيك: الشجر الملتف، لغة في الأيك، واحدته عيكة
And 'al-ʿayk' refers to intertwined trees, a variant for 'al-ayk', the singular of which is 'ʿaykah'.
والعيكتان، بفتح أوله على لفظ تثنية عيكة: موضع في ديار بجيلة
And 'al-ʿaykatayn', with the first letter pronounced open, as in the dual of 'ʿaykah', is a place in the territory of Bajila.
ليلة صاحوا، وأغروا بي سراعهم ... بالعيكتين، لدى معدى ابن براق
One night they shouted, and incited their swift ones against me... at al-ʿaykatayn, near Maʿaddā ibn Barrāq.
قال الأخفش: ويروى بالعيتتين
Al-Akhfash said: And it is narrated as 'al-ʿaytatayn'.