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الوكس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deficiency, decrease, and impairment. It extends to negative phenomena like lunar eclipses, unfavorable astrological positions, and lingering injuries. It also describes a person of low character or a business that has failed.

Derived headwords

الوُكسnoun
  1. 1.
    Deficiency, decreaseboth

    A reduction in quantity, value, or quality; a falling short.

  2. 2.
    Eclipse (lunar)classical

    The phenomenon of the moon entering a constellation that is considered inauspicious.

  3. 3.
    Lunar mansion of eclipseclassical

    The specific position of the moon when it undergoes an eclipse.

  4. 4.
    Lingering injuryclassical

    A wound, particularly to the head, that has a remaining trace of blood or bone.

وُكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To decrease, diminishboth

    To become less in quantity, value, or strength. This can be intransitive (لازم) or transitive (متعد).

  2. 2.
    To enter an inauspicious constellationclassical

    Used to describe the moon's movement into an unfavorable astrological position.

أَوْكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To decrease, diminishboth

    To cause something to decrease or become less. This is the transitive form.

  2. 2.
    To fail (in trade)classical

    To suffer a loss or decline in one's business dealings.

  3. 3.
    To perish, be lostclassical

    To be destroyed or lost, often referring to wealth or possessions.

تَوكيِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Reprimand, rebukeclassical

    An act of scolding or criticizing someone severely.

  2. 2.
    Decrease, impairmentboth

    The act or result of diminishing or reducing something.

أَوْكَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Mean, base, ignobleclassical

    Describing a person of low character, lacking in honor or nobility.

كوُكسverb
  1. 1.
    To decrease, diminishclassical

    A variant form of the verb indicating decrease or deficiency, similar to 'wa'ada' (to promise).

Parallel reading

النقصان، والتنقيص، لازم متعد
Deficiency, and causing deficiency, intransitive and transitive.
ودخول القمر في نجم يكره
And the moon's entering a constellation that is disliked.
ومنزل القمر الذي يكسف فيه
And the moon's mansion in which it is eclipsed.
وأن يقع في أم الرأس دم أو عظم
And for blood or bone to be present in the crown of the head.
ووكس الرجل في تجارته
And the man's trade suffered a decrease.
وأوكس ماله: ذهب، لازم
And his wealth perished: it was lost, intransitive.
والتوكيس: التوبيخ، والنقص
And 'at-tawkīs': reprimand, and deficiency.
ورجل أوكس: خسيس
And an 'awxas' man: base.
وبرأت الشجة على وكس، أي: فيها بقية
And the wound healed with a deficiency, meaning: there was a remnant in it.