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الكركسة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of repetition or returning something. It also extends to describe individuals of mixed or complex lineage, particularly those born to enslaved mothers or from a long line of enslaved ancestors, and also refers to someone who is restrained or confined.

Derived headwords

الكَركَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    repetitionboth

    The act of repeating or returning something.

كَركَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to repeatclassical

    To cause something to be repeated or returned.

  2. 2.
    to restrainclassical

    To confine or hold back.

مُكَركَسadjective
  1. 1.
    of mixed lineageclassical

    Describing someone born to enslaved mothers, or from a lineage where multiple maternal ancestors were enslaved.

  2. 2.
    restrainedclassical

    Confined, held back, or restricted.

Parallel reading

الكركسة: ترديد الشيء.
Al-karkasah: repeating something.
والمكركس: من ولدته الإماء، أو أمتان، أو ثلاث، أو أم أبيه وأم أمه وأم أم أمه وأم أم أبيه إماء
And al-mukarkas: one whose mother was enslaved, or two, or three enslaved women, or the mother of his father, and the mother of his mother, and the mother of his mother's mother, and the mother of his father's mother were enslaved.
والمقيد، وقد كركسه.
And the confined one, and he has been confined.