وتك

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of date, particularly one that has ripened and dried to a certain stage. It also encompasses the process of dates becoming firm or dried.

Derived headwords

الأوتكnoun

1.
Type of dateclassical
A specific variety of date, also known as al-shahrīz or al-qaṭīʿāʾ, or al-sawādī.

الأوتكىnoun

1.
Type of dateclassical
A specific variety of date, also known as al-shahrīz or al-qaṭīʿāʾ, or al-sawādī. It is also described as a type of date that has ripened to dryness.

القطيعاءnoun

1.
Type of dateclassical
A name for a specific type of date, synonymous with al-shahrīz and al-sawādī.

السواديnoun

1.
Type of dateclassical
A name for a specific type of date, synonymous with al-shahrīz and al-qaṭīʿāʾ.

البرنيnoun

1.
Type of dateclassical
A type of date, mentioned in contrast to al-awtakī.

مصلبةadjective

1.
Dried, firm (date)classical
Describing a date that has reached the stage of dryness and firmness.

مصلبadjective

1.
Dried, firm (date)classical
Describing a date that has become dried and firm.

مصلوبadjective

1.
Dried, firm (date)classical
Describing a date that has been made dried and firm by the sun.

صلبverb

1.
to become firm/dryclassical
To become firm or dry, referring to dates.

صلبتهverb

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made it firm/dryclassical
To make something firm or dry, especially dates by the sun.

Parallel reading

باتوا يعشون القطيعاء ضيفهم

They spent the night feeding their guest al-qaṭīʿāʾ.

وعندهم البرني في حلل دسم فما أطعمونا الأوتكى عن سماحة

And they had the Barnī dates in rich layers, yet they did not offer us al-awtakī out of generosity.

ولا منعوا البرني إلا من اللؤم

And they did not withhold the Barnī dates except out of stinginess.

البحرانيون يسمونه أوتكى

The Bahrainis call it awtakī.

تديم له، في كل يوم إذا شتا وراح، عشار الحي من بردها صعرا

You keep it for him, every day when winter comes and goes, the best of the herd's young camels, stiffened by its cold.

مصلبة من أوتكى القاع، كلما زهتها النعامى، خلت، من لين، صخرا

Firm from the awtakī of the plain, whenever the ostriches stirred it, you would think, due to its softness, it was rock.

وإذا بلغ الرطب اليبس فذلك التصليب

And when the fresh date reaches dryness, that is the process of becoming firm.

وقد صلب فهو مصلب

And it has become firm, so it is firm.

وصلبته الشمس تصلبه فهو مصلوب

And the sun made it firm, so it is dried and firm.

وأوتكى: بوزن أجفلى، وقيل: الأوتكى ضرب من التمر

And awtakī: on the pattern of ajfalā, and it is said: al-awtakī is a type of date.