العكب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to physical thickness or coarseness, particularly in lips and jaws, and also describes crowding or gathering. It extends to concepts of dust, smoke, and intense activity or hardship, as well as physical descriptions of people and animals.

Derived headwords

العَكَبnoun

1.
thickness of lipclassical
A thickness or coarseness in the lip.
2.
thickness of jawclassical
A thickness or coarseness in the jaw.
3.
close-set toesclassical
The close proximity or touching of a man's toes.

العَكْبَاءadjective

1.
coarse in natureclassical
Describing someone as coarse, rough, or ill-bred in their disposition or creation.

العُكُوبnoun

1.
crowdingmodern
The act of people crowding or gathering together.
2.
standing stillclassical
The act of standing or remaining in place.
3.
boiling of a potclassical
The bubbling or boiling of a cooking pot.
4.
group of 'akibclassical
A collection or group of people who are gathered, referring to the plural of 'akib.

العَكَبnoun

1.
dustmodern
Dust, especially that which is stirred up.

العُكَابnoun

1.
dustclassical
Dust, similar to 'akab.

العَاكُوبnoun

1.
dustclassical
Dust, similar to 'akab and 'ukab.

العَكُوبnoun

1.
dustclassical
Dust, similar to 'akab, 'ukab, and 'akab.

العَاكِبnoun

1.
large gatheringmodern
A large gathering or multitude of people.

الدُخَانnoun

1.
smokemodern
Smoke, particularly from a fire.

العَكَبadjective

1.
quick and activemodern
Describing someone as quick, energetic, and active.
2.
intense in paceclassical
Describing a fast and vigorous pace of travel or movement.

القَصِير الضَّخْمadjective

1.
short and stoutmodern
Describing someone or something as short and large or stout.

المَارِدnoun

1.
giantmodern
A giant or monstrous being, referring to humans or jinn.

الَّذِي لِأُمِّهِ زَوْجother

1.
son of a mother with a husbandclassical
A descriptive term for someone whose mother is married to someone else (implying illegitimacy or a specific social context).

اسْم سَجَّان النُّعْمَان بْن المُنْذِرname

1.
name of a jailerclassical
The name of the jailer of Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

عَكَّبَتِ النَّارُverb

1.
to smokemodern
The fire produced smoke.

تَعَكَّبَتْهُ الهُمُومُverb

1.
to be overwhelmed by worriesclassical
Worries or concerns beset or overwhelmed him.

الاعْتِكَابnoun

1.
stirring up dustmodern
The act of stirring up or raising dust.
2.
dust swirlingclassical
The swirling or commotion of dust.

عَكَابَةname

1.
name of a clanclassical
The name of a clan or lineage from the tribe of Bakr.

Parallel reading

العكب، محركة: غلظ في الشفة واللحي، وتداني أصابع الرجل.

Al-'akab, with harakah: thickness in the lip and jaw, and the close proximity of a man's toes.

والعكباء: الجافية الخلق.

And al-'akbā': coarse in creation.

والعكوب: الازدحام، والوقوف، وغليان القدر، وجمع عاكب.

And al-'ukūb: crowding, standing still, the boiling of a pot, and a جمع (plural) of 'ākib.

وبالفتح: الغبار، كالعكب والعكاب والعاكوب والعكوب، مشددة.

And with the fatḥah: dust, like al-'akab, al-'ukāb, al-'ākūb, and al-'ukūb, mushaddadah.

والعاكب: الجمع الكثير.

And al-'ākib: the large gathering.

وكغراب: الدخان.

And like ghurāb: smoke.

والعكب، بالفتح: الخفيف النشيط، والشدة في السير.

And al-'akab, with the fatḥah: the quick and active, and intensity in pace.

وكهجف: القصير الضخم، والمارد من الإنس والجن، والذي لأمه زوج، واسم سجان النعمان بن المنذر.

And like hajaf: the short and stout, the giant among humans and jinn, he whose mother has a husband, and the name of the jailer of Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

وعكبت النار تعكيبا: دخنت.

And the fire 'akkabat 'akbāban: it smoked.

وتعكبته الهموم: ركبته.

And worries ta'akkabat-hu: they rode him (beset him).

والاعتكاب: إثارة الغبار، وثورانه، لازم متعد.

And al-i'tikāb: stirring up dust, and its swirling, intransitive and transitive.

وعكابة، كدخانة، ابن صعب: أبو حي من بكر.

And 'akkābah, like dukhānah, son of Sa'b: the father of a tribe from Bakr.