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كءكء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of retreating, cowardice, and fear. It also extends to meanings of gathering, speech impediments, and physical descriptions like shortness.

Derived headwords

كَأَكَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to retreatboth

    To draw back or retreat, especially from fear or cowardice.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice or fearfulness.

تَكَأَكَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To assemble or congregate, to come together.

  2. 2.
    to stammerclassical

    To have a speech impediment or to stammer in one's speech.

كَأْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    intense cowardiceclassical

    A state of extreme fear or cowardice, often leading to paralysis.

  2. 2.
    enemy of a thiefclassical

    Someone who opposes or apprehends a thief; a pursuer of thieves.

المُتَكَئْكِئadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing someone who is short in stature.

Parallel reading

نكص وجبن
He retreated and was cowardly.
كتكأكأ
He retreated and was cowardly.
الجبن الهالع
The overwhelming cowardice.
وعدو اللص
And the enemy of the thief.
تجمع
It gathered.
ككأكأ
It gathered.
و في كلامه: عي
And in his speech: a stammer.
المتوسط
The short one.