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الءيك

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes dense, clustered vegetation, such as thickets or groves, often containing specific trees like Sidr and Arak. It can also refer to a collection of trees, even date palms, and by extension, a village or settlement.

Derived headwords

الأَيْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense thicketboth

    A dense, abundant cluster of trees.

  2. 2.
    Groveboth

    A thicket where Sidr and Arak trees grow, or a collection of any trees, including date palms.

أَيْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thicketboth

    A single instance of a dense cluster of trees.

  2. 2.
    Groveboth

    A thicket, particularly one with Sidr and Arak trees.

لَيْكَةname
  1. 1.
    Village nameclassical

    A proper name for a village.

اللاَّيِكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of 'aykah'classical

    A plural form of 'aykah', meaning a collection of thickets or groves.

أَيْكَ الأَرَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Arak groveboth

    A grove specifically of Arak trees.

اِسْتَأَيْكَverb
  1. 1.
    To become a thicketboth

    To become dense with trees, forming a thicket.

أَيْكَadjective
  1. 1.
    Fruitfulboth

    Bearing fruit, referring to trees or groves.

Parallel reading

الأيك: الشجر الملتف الكثير
Al-ayk: dense, abundant trees.
والغيضة تنبت السدر والأراك
And the thicket where Sidr and Arak grow.
أو الجماعة من كل الشجر، حتى من النخل
Or a collection of all trees, even date palms.
الواحدة: أيكة
The singular is: aykah.
ومن قرأ الأيكة: فهي الغيضة
And whoever reads 'al-aykah': it means the thicket.
ومن قرأ ليكة، فهي: اسم القرية
And whoever reads 'laykah', it is: the name of the village.
وموضعه اللام
And its position is the 'lam'.
ووقع في البخاري: اللايكة، جمع أيكة
And it occurred in Al-Bukhari: 'al-layikah', a plural of 'aykah'.
وكأنه وهم
And it seems to be an error.
وأيك الأراك، كسمع
And 'ayk al-arak', as in 'sami'a'.
واستأيك: صار أيكة
And 'ista'ayka': it became a thicket.
وأيك أيك: مثمر
And 'ayk ayk': fruitful.