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عركس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of gathering, accumulating, or piling things up. It can also describe something becoming intense or dark, particularly in the context of hair color.

Derived headwords

عَرَكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upboth

    To gather parts of something and place them on top of each other, creating a pile or accumulation.

اِعْرَنْكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateclassical

    To gather or pile up, often implying a process of accumulation or becoming dense.

  2. 2.
    to become intenseclassical

    Used to describe the intensification of something, such as darkness or severity.

واعرنكس، أي: ارتكم — And it became accumulated, meaning it piled up.
والشعر: اشتد سواده — And hair: its blackness intensified.

Parallel reading

عركس الشيء: جمع بعضه على بعض.
To pile up something: to gather parts of it upon each other.
واعرنكس، أي: ارتكم
And it became accumulated, meaning it piled up.
والشعر: اشتد سواده
And hair: its blackness intensified.