عكل

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

The root عكل primarily relates to gathering, collecting, and binding. It extends to concepts of restraint, confinement, and obstruction. Figuratively, it encompasses confusion, complexity, and making a judgment or guess.

Derived headwords

عَكَلَverb

1.
to gatherboth
To collect or bring together things.
2.
to pile upboth
To stack or pile one thing upon another, specifically referring to goods or provisions.
3.
to herdboth
To gather and drive animals like horses or camels, often by restricting their movement.
4.
to bind (animal's leg)both
To tie the leg of an animal, such as a camel, to its upper leg or body with a rope.
5.
to confineboth
To hold or keep something or someone confined or imprisoned.
6.
to judgeboth
To form an opinion or make a judgment about a matter.
7.
to guessboth
To make an estimation or conjecture about something.
8.
to become confusedboth
For a matter or situation to become complicated, ambiguous, or confusing.
9.
to fallclassical
To be thrown down or prostrated.
10.
to striveclassical
To exert effort or seriousness in a matter.
11.
to dieclassical
To pass away or cease to live.
12.
to accumulate (dregs)classical
For dregs or sediment to gather in a vessel.

عَكْلًاnoun

1.
gatheringboth
The act of gathering or collecting.
2.
piling upboth
The act of stacking things upon each other.
3.
herdingboth
The act of driving or herding animals.
4.
bindingboth
The act of tying an animal's leg.
5.
confinementboth
The state of being confined or imprisoned.
6.
judgmentboth
The act of forming an opinion or making a judgment.
7.
guessingboth
The act of guessing or conjecturing.
8.
confusionboth
The state of being confused or complicated.

عَكَلْتُ المَتَاعَverb

1.
to pile up goodsboth
To stack goods one upon another.

عَكَلَ السَّائِقُ الخَيْلَ والإِبِلَverb

1.
to herd horses and camelsboth
For a driver to gather and drive horses and camels, restricting their movement.

عَكَلَ البَعِيرَverb

1.
to bind a camel's legboth
To tie the leg of a camel to its upper part with a rope.

العِكَالُnoun

1.
rope for bindingboth
The rope used to tie an animal's leg.

مَعْكُولَةٌadjective

1.
bound (animal)both
An animal whose leg is tied.
2.
confinedboth
Held or kept in confinement.

المَعْكُولُnoun

1.
the confinedclassical
That which is held or kept confined; a prisoner.

عَكَلَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُverb

1.
matter became confusedboth
For a matter or situation to become complicated, ambiguous, or unclear.

أَعْكَلَverb

1.
matter became confusedboth
For a matter or situation to become complicated, ambiguous, or unclear.

اعْتَكَلَverb

1.
to become confusedboth
For a matter or situation to become complicated, ambiguous, or unclear.
2.
to wrestleclassical
To engage in wrestling or a struggle.

اعْتِكَالُ الضَّرَائِرِnoun

1.
confusion of mattersclassical
The state of affairs being mixed up or complicated.

العُكْلُnoun

1.
mean personboth
A base, ignoble, or mean person.
2.
short, broad manclassical
A short, wide-footed man.

العُكْلُ مِنَ الإِبِلِnoun

1.
type of camelclassical
A type of camel, similar to 'عكر'.

أَعْكَالٌnoun

1.
mean menboth
Plural of 'عكل', referring to base or ignoble men.

العَوْكَلُnoun

1.
sand duneboth
The back or crest of a sand dune.
2.
large sand duneboth
A large sand dune, smaller than 'عقنقل'.
3.
clumped sand duneboth
A sand dune that is piled up and intermingled.
4.
foolish womanboth
A woman characterized by foolishness.
5.
short, broad manboth
A short man with wide-set feet.

العَوْكَلَةُnoun

1.
hareboth
A hare.
2.
vicious hareclassical
A hare known for its viciousness.
3.
large sand duneboth
A large accumulation of sand.

رَجُلٌ عَاكِلٌadjective

1.
short, stingy, unlucky manboth
A man who is short, stingy, and considered unlucky.

عُكْلٌnoun

1.
short, stingy, unlucky menboth
Plural of 'رجل عاكل', referring to short, stingy, and unlucky men.

قَلَائِدُ عَوْكَلٍnoun

1.
shameful thingsclassical
Figurative expression for disgraceful matters or scandals.

العَوْكَلَانِname

1.
two starsboth
A pair of stars.

عَكَلٌname

1.
tribe nameboth
The name of a tribe, known for a certain dullness or lack of understanding.
2.
place nameboth
The name of a place.

عَكْلِيٌّadjective

1.
dull-wittedboth
Someone characterized by dullness, lack of understanding, or absent-mindedness, attributed to the tribe 'عكل'.

العَاكِلُnoun

1.
one who guesses correctlyboth
Someone who makes a guess or conjecture and happens to be correct.

المُخَمِّنُnoun

1.
one who guesses correctlyboth
Someone who makes a guess or conjecture and happens to be correct.

العُكْلِيَّانِname

1.
a clanboth
A branch or clan of Arabs.

عُكْلَانُname

1.
a placeboth
The name of a location.

عَكَّالٌname

1.
given nameboth
A personal name derived from the root.

عَاكِلٌname

1.
given nameboth
A personal name derived from the root.

عُكَيْلٌname

1.
given nameboth
A personal name derived from the root.

Parallel reading

عكل الشيء يعكله ويعكله عكلا جمعه.

He gathered the thing, gathering it and gathering it, a gathering.

وعكلت المتاع أعكله، بالضم، أي نضدت بعضه على بعض.

And I piled up the goods, piling them up, meaning I stacked some of it upon others.

وعكل السائق الخيل والإبل يعكلها عكلا: حازها وساقها وضم قواصيها.

And the driver herded the horses and camels, herding them, meaning he gathered them, drove them, and brought their flanks together.

وهم على صدف الأميل تداركوا ... نعما، تشل إلى الرئيس وتعكل

And they, upon the shores of Al-Amil, overtook... camels, moving towards the chief and being herded.

وعكل البعير يعكله ويعكله عكلا: شد رسغ يده إلى عضده بحبل.

And he bound the camel, binding its leg to its upper leg with a rope.

وأنشد للفرزدق: وهم على صدف الأميل تداركوا ... نعما، تشل إلى الرئيس وتعكل

And Al-Farazdaq recited: And they, upon the shores of Al-Amil, overtook... camels, moving towards the chief and being herded.

والمعكول: المحبوس؛ عن يعقوب.

And the confined: the imprisoned; according to Ya'qub.

ويقال: عكلوهم معكل سوء.

And it is said: 'We confined them to a bad confinement.'

والعكل من الإبل: كالعكر، لغة، والراء أحسن.

And 'al-'akl' of camels is like 'al-'akr', a dialectal variation, and 'ra' is better.

والعكل والعكل: اللئيم، وخصصه الأزهري فقال: من الرجال، والجمع أعكال.

And 'al-'akl' and 'al-'ukl' mean the base person, and Al-Azhari specified it as pertaining to men, and the plural is 'a'kal'.

وعكل في الأمر يعكل عكلا: قال فيه برأيه.

And he judged in the matter, judging, meaning he gave his opinion on it.

وعكل برأيه يعكل عكلا: مثل حدس يحدس.

And he judged with his opinion, judging, meaning he conjectured.

وعكل عليه الأمر وأعكل واعتكل: التبس واشتبه.

And the matter became confused for him, and became confused, and became confused, meaning it became ambiguous and unclear.

وفي حديث عمرو بن مرة: عند اعتكال الضرائر أي عند اختلاط الأمور، ويروى بالراء، وقد تقدم.

And in the hadith of Amr bin Murrah: 'at the confusion of matters', meaning at the mixing of affairs, and it is narrated with 'ra', and it has preceded.

والعوكلة: الأرنب، وقيل: الأرنب العقور.

And 'al-'awkalat' is the hare, and it is said: the vicious hare.

والعوكل: ظهر الكثيب؛ قال: بكل عقنقل أو رأس برث، ... وعوكل كل قوز مستطير

And 'al-'awkil' is the back of the sand dune; he said: 'By every high dune or rocky summit, ... and the back of every scattered dune.'

وقيل: هو الكثيب العظيم إلا أنه دون العقنقل، وقيل: هو الكثيب المتراكب المتداخل، وقيل: عوكل كل رملة رأسها.

And it is said: it is the great dune, but smaller than 'al-'aqnaqil', and it is said: it is the piled-up, intermingled dune, and it is said: the crest of every sand hill.

والعوكلة: العظيمة من الرمل؛ قال ذو الرمة: وقد قابلته عوكلات عوانك، ... ركام نفين النبت غير المآزر

And 'al-'awkalat' is the great accumulation of sand; Dhu al-Rummah said: 'And great accumulations of sand, barren of vegetation except around them, met it.'

والعوكل: المرأة الحمقاء.

And 'al-'awkil' is the foolish woman.

والعوكل: الرجل القصير الأفحج؛ قال: ليس براعي نعجات عوكل، ... أحل يمشي مشية المحجل

And 'al-'awkil' is the short, wide-footed man; he said: 'He is not a shepherd of short, foolish sheep, ... he walks with a proud gait.'

ورجل عاكل: وهو القصير البخيل المشؤوم، وجمعه عكل.

And a 'a'kil' man: he is the short, stingy, unlucky one, and his plural is 'ukl'.

وقلدته قلائد عوكل: يعني الفضائح؛ عن كراع.

And I adorned her with 'awkil' necklaces: meaning scandals; according to Kraa'.

والعوكلان: نجمان.

And 'al-'awklan': two stars.

وعكل وتيم وعدي: قبائل من الرباب.

And 'Akl, Taym, and Adi: tribes from Rabab.

وعكل: بلد.

And 'Akl: a country.

وعكل: قبيلة فيهم غباوة وقلة فهم، ولذلك يقال لكل من فيه غفلة ويستحمق: عكلي؛ قال: جاءت به عجز مقابلة، ... ما هن من جرم ولا عكل

And 'Akl: a tribe with dullness and lack of understanding, and therefore anyone with absent-mindedness and foolishness is called 'Aklī'; he said: 'She brought him forth from behind, ... they are neither from جرم nor from 'Akl'.

وعكله: صرعه.

And he threw him down: he prostrated him.

وعكل في الأمر: جد.

And he was serious in the matter.

وعكل فلان: مات.

And so-and-so died.

واعتكل الثوران: تناطحا.

And the two bulls clashed: they butted heads.

والاعتكال: الاعتلاج والاصطراع؛ قال البولاني: واعتكلا وأيما اعتكال

And 'al-i'tikāl': wrestling and grappling; Al-Bulani said: 'And they wrestled, and what a wrestling!'

وعكلت المسرجة، بالكسر: أي اجتمع فيها الدردي مثل عكرت.

And the oil lamp accumulated dregs, meaning the sediment gathered in it like it was curdled.

وقد سموا عكالا وعاكلا وعكيلا.

And they have named [people] 'Akkāl, 'Ākil, and 'Ukayl'.

وبنو عوكلان: بطن من العرب.

And Banu 'Awklān: a clan of Arabs.

وعوكلان: موضع.

And 'Awklān: a place.

والعوكل: القصير.

And 'al-'awkil': the short one.