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الءءنك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes qualities of color, texture, and physical attributes, particularly in relation to animals like camels. It also encompasses states of being such as pain, desire, and emotional distress.

Derived headwords

الآنكadjective
  1. 1.
    dark-coloredclassical

    Describing something as dark-colored, possibly referring to a specific shade like lead-colored.

  2. 2.
    paleclassical

    Describing something as pale or whitish.

  3. 3.
    blackclassical

    Describing something as black.

  4. 4.
    pureclassical

    Describing something as pure or unadulterated.

أنكverb
  1. 1.
    to be thickclassical

    To be thick, stout, or robust in build.

  2. 2.
    to be longclassical

    Describing a camel as being long or tall.

  3. 3.
    to feel painclassical

    To experience pain or suffering.

  4. 4.
    to covetclassical

    To desire something strongly, to covet.

  5. 5.
    to grieveclassical

    To feel sorrow or distress, especially due to circumstances aligning with one's moral disposition.

Parallel reading

الآنك، بالمد وضم النون، وليس أفعل غيرها وأشد: الأسرب، أو أبيضه، أو أسوده، أو خالصه.
Al-ānk, with the long vowel and damma on the noon, and no other 'af'al form is like it or stronger: it means lead-colored, or its whitish, or its black, or its pure.
وأنك: عظم وغلظ،
And 'ānk: to be thick and stout,
وبعير: طال،
And a camel: to be long,
وتوجع،
And to feel pain,
وطمع،
And to covet,
وأسف لملائم الأخلاق.
And to grieve for what suits one's disposition.