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الكرع

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to water, drinking, and the lower or slender parts of things, particularly limbs. It encompasses actions involving water, the physical characteristics of legs and lower limbs, and terms for the base or lower parts of objects and people.

Derived headwords

الكَرعnoun
  1. 1.
    Rainwaterclassical

    Water from the sky, into which one drinks or dips.

  2. 2.
    Animal limbsclassical

    The legs of an animal, specifically their slenderness or the lower part of the forelegs.

  3. 3.
    Lower class/peopleclassical

    The base or lower part of people, referring to those of low status or humble origin.

  4. 4.
    Lowly placeclassical

    A place of low status or humble origin.

يَكرَعُverb
  1. 1.
    To drink from waterclassical

    To drink water directly with one's mouth from its source, without using hands or a vessel.

  2. 2.
    To wade in waterclassical

    To walk or move through water, especially in a marshy or muddy area.

  3. 3.
    To desireclassical

    A woman's longing for a man, specifically sexual desire.

كرع في الماء أو في الإناء، كمنع وسمع، كرعا وكروعا: تناوله بفيه من موضعه من غير أن يشرب بكفيه ولا بإناء — He drank from the water or the vessel, by taking it with his mouth from its place without drinking with his hands or a vessel.
كَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To drink from waterclassical

    To drink water directly with one's mouth from its source, without using hands or a vessel.

  2. 2.
    To wade in waterclassical

    To walk or move through water, especially in a marshy or muddy area.

  3. 3.
    To desireclassical

    A woman's longing for a man, specifically sexual desire.

كرع في الماء أو في الإناء، كمنع وسمع، كرعا وكروعا: تناوله بفيه من موضعه من غير أن يشرب بكفيه ولا بإناء — He drank from the water or the vessel, by taking it with his mouth from its place without drinking with his hands or a vessel.
كُرُوعاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Drinking from waterclassical

    The act of drinking water directly with one's mouth from its source, without using hands or a vessel.

  2. 2.
    Wading in waterclassical

    The act of walking or moving through water, especially in a marshy or muddy area.

كرع في الماء أو في الإناء، كمنع وسمع، كرعا وكروعا: تناوله بفيه من موضعه من غير أن يشرب بكفيه ولا بإناء — He drank from the water or the vessel, by taking it with his mouth from its place without drinking with his hands or a vessel.
اغْتِلامُ الجَارِيَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    Young girl's arousalclassical

    The state of sexual arousal in a young girl.

كُرْعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Aroused (girl)classical

    Describing a young girl who is sexually aroused.

كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    To be satisfied with eatingclassical

    To be content with eating the lower parts of meat (the shanks).

فُلانٌverb
  1. 1.
    To complain of leg painclassical

    To complain of pain in one's shanks or lower legs.

  2. 2.
    To become slenderclassical

    To have slender shanks and arms, whether they were originally long or short.

الرَّجُلُverb
  1. 1.
    To be base/lowlyclassical

    To be of low status or humble origin.

السَّاقُverb
  1. 1.
    To slenderize the legclassical

    To make the front part of the leg slender.

السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    To rainclassical

    The sky having rained.

سَارَ فِي الكُرَاعِverb
  1. 1.
    To walk in lava fieldclassical

    To walk in the 'kurāʿ' (hardened lava) of a 'ḥarra' (volcanic field).

تَطَيَّبَ بِطِيبٍ فَلَصَقَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To be perfumedclassical

    To apply perfume and have it stick to oneself.

اشْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَأَحَبَّتِ الجِمَاعَverb
  1. 1.
    To desire a manclassical

    A woman's strong desire for a man, including sexual desire.

الكارِعَاتُnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm trees by waterclassical

    Palm trees that grow near water.

كارِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Waderclassical

    One who wades through water, whether they drink or not.

أَصَابَ كُرَاعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To hit the shankclassical

    To strike someone's shank or lower leg.

الكَدَّادُadjective
  1. 1.
    Companion of the lowclassical

    One who befriends or associates with lowly people.

  2. 2.
    Waterer of cropsclassical

    One who waters their crops with rainwater.

الكُرَيْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hand-drinkerclassical

    One who drinks water from a river using their hands when a vessel is unavailable.

كَغُرَابٍnoun
  1. 1.
    Lower leg boneclassical

    The slender part of the lower leg of cattle and sheep, analogous to the 'waḍīf' of a horse.

  2. 2.
    Projecting noseclassical

    A nose that juts out from a volcanic rock formation.

  3. 3.
    Tip/extremityclassical

    The tip or outermost part of anything.

  4. 4.
    Collection of horsesclassical

    A name given to a group of horses.

أَكْرَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Lower leg bonesclassical

    Plural of 'kuraiʿ', referring to the slender parts of the lower legs of animals.

  2. 2.
    Projecting nosesclassical

    Plural of 'kurāʿ', referring to jutting noses from rock formations.

  3. 3.
    Extremitiesclassical

    Plural of 'kurāʿ', referring to the tips or outermost parts of things.

أَكَارِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    Lower leg bonesclassical

    Plural of 'kurāʿ', referring to the slender parts of the lower legs of animals.

  2. 2.
    Extremitiesclassical

    Plural of 'kurāʿ', referring to the tips or outermost parts of things.

كُرَاعُ الغَمِيمِname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A specific location named 'Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm', situated three miles from 'Usfān.

أَكْرَعُ الجَوْزَاءِname
  1. 1.
    Late part of Geminiclassical

    The latter part of the period associated with the constellation Gemini.

أَكَارِعُ الأَرْضِnoun
  1. 1.
    Distant landsclassical

    The remote or outlying parts of the earth.

أَمْكَنَكَ الصَّيْدُverb
  1. 1.
    Prey became accessibleclassical

    The prey became easy for you to catch or obtain.

المُكْرِعَاتُ مِنَ الإِبِلِnoun
  1. 1.
    Camels with dark necksclassical

    Female camels whose heads go into the heat, causing their necks to darken.

مَا غُرِسَ فِي المَاءِnoun
  1. 1.
    Planted in waterclassical

    Plants, such as palm trees, that are planted and grow in water.

فَرَسٌ مُكْرِعُ القَوَائِمِadjective
  1. 1.
    Horse with strong legsclassical

    A horse with strong and sturdy legs.

تَوَضَّأَ لِلصَّلَاةِverb
  1. 1.
    To perform ablutionclassical

    To perform ritual ablution for prayer, interpreted as applying water to the extremities ('akāriʿ').

Parallel reading

ماء السماء يكرع فيه
Rainwater into which one drinks.
و من الدابة: قوائمها، ودقة مقدم الساقين
And of an animal: its legs, and the slenderness of the front of the shanks.
والسفل من الناس، الدنيء النفس والمكان، للواحد والجمع
And the base of people, the base of soul and place, for singular and plural.
واغتلام الجارية، وهي كرعة، كفرحة: مغليم
And the arousal of a young girl, and she is 'kurʿah', like 'farḥah': aroused.
وفلان: شكا كراعه، أو صار دقيق الأكارع والأذرع؛ طويلة كانت أو قصيرة
And so-and-so: complained of his shank, or became slender in shanks and arms; whether they were long or short.
والرجل: سفل
And the man: was base.
والساق: دق مقدمها
And the leg: its front part became slender.
والسماء: أمطرت
And the sky: rained.
وسار في الكراع من الحرة
And he walked in the lava field of the volcanic area.
وتطيب بطيب فلصق به
And he perfumed himself with a fragrance that stuck to him.
والمرأة إلى الرجل: اشتهت إليه، وأحبت الجماع
And the woman towards the man: desired him, and loved intercourse.
وكرع في الماء، أو في الإناء، كمنع وسمع، كرعا وكروعا: تناوله بفيه من موضعه من غير أن يشرب بكفيه ولا بإناء
And he drank from the water, or from the vessel, like 'manaʿa' and 'samiʿa', 'karʿan' and 'kurūʿan': he took it with his mouth from its place without drinking with his hands or a vessel.
والكارعات: النخيل التي على الماء
And the 'kāriʿāt': the palm trees that are by the water.
وكل خائض ماء: كارع، شرب أو لم يشرب
And everyone who wades through water: is a 'kāriʿ', whether they drank or not.
ورماه فكرعه، كمنعه: أصاب كراعه
And he shot at him, and he hit his shank, like 'manaʿahu': he struck his shank.
وكشداد: من يخادن السفل من الناس، ومن يسقي ماله بماء السماء
And 'kashdād': one who befriends the lowly among people, and one who waters his property with rainwater.
والكريع، كأمير: الشارب من النهر بيديه إذا فقد الإناء
And the 'kuraiʿ', like 'amīr': one who drinks from the river with his hands when a vessel is lost.
وكغراب، من البقر والغنم: بمنزلة الوظيف من الفرس، وهو مستدق الساق، ويؤنث، ج: أكرع وأكارع
And like 'ghurāb', from cattle and sheep: is like the 'waḍīf' of a horse, which is the slender part of the leg, and it is feminine, plural: 'akraʿ' and 'akāriʿ'.
و: أنف يتقدم من الحرة ممتد، ج: كغربان
And: a nose that extends from the lava field, plural: like 'aghrāb'.
ومن كل شيء: طرفه، واسم يجمع الخيل
And of everything: its tip, and a name that gathers horses.
وكراع الغميم: ع على ثلاثة أميال من عسفان
And 'Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm': a place three miles from 'Usfān.
وأكرع الجوزاء: أواخرها
And 'Akraʿ al-Jawzāʾ': its latter parts.
وأكارع الأرض: أطرافها القاصية
And 'Akāriʿ al-Arḍ': its distant extremities.
وأكرعك الصيد: أمكنك
And the prey became 'akraʿ' for you: it became possible for you.
والمكرعات من الإبل: اللواتي تدخل رؤوسها إلى الصلاء فتسود أعناقها
And the 'mukriʿāt' from the camels: those whose heads go into the heat, so their necks turn black.
وبفتح الراء: ما غرس في الماء من النخيل وغيرها
And with 'fatḥah' on the 'rāʾ': what is planted in water, from palm trees and others.
وفرس مكرع القوائم، كمكرم: شديدها
And a horse with 'mukriʿ' legs, like 'mukram': its strong legs.
وتكرع: توضأ للصلاة، لأنه أمر الماء على أكارعه، أي: أطرافه
And he performed 'takraʿa': he performed ablution for prayer, because he passed water over its extremities, meaning: its edges.