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العضنك

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of thickness, sturdiness, and intensity, often applied to physical attributes like body parts, animals, or even the weather. It also extends to meanings of stubbornness, difficulty, and stubbornness in action or speech.

Derived headwords

العَضْنكadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick and strongboth

    Describing something that is thick, robust, and strong.

  2. 2.
    Large and fleshy private partclassical

    Refers to a large, fleshy, and well-developed female private part.

  3. 3.
    Stout womanclassical

    Describes a woman who is stout, with wide thighs and a fleshy appearance.

  4. 4.
    Beautiful and large kneesclassical

    Refers to knees that are large and aesthetically pleasing.

عَفِكَverb
  1. 1.
    To be very foolishclassical

    To exhibit extreme foolishness or lack of sense.

عَفِكَadjective
  1. 1.
    Very foolishclassical

    Someone who is extremely foolish.

  2. 2.
    Left-handedclassical

    Describes a person who is left-handed.

  3. 3.
    Ineptclassical

    Someone who is not skilled or proficient in work.

  4. 4.
    Unsteady in speechclassical

    Someone who cannot maintain a consistent or coherent narrative.

أَعْفَكadjective
  1. 1.
    Left-handedclassical

    Describes a person who is left-handed.

  2. 2.
    Ineptclassical

    Someone who is not skilled or proficient in work.

  3. 3.
    Unsteady in speechclassical

    Someone who cannot maintain a consistent or coherent narrative.

العَكَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Container for gheeboth

    A vessel used for storing ghee, smaller than a waterskin.

  2. 2.
    Feverish heatboth

    The intense heat associated with a fever.

  3. 3.
    Hot sandboth

    Sand that has become intensely hot from the sun.

  4. 4.
    Discoloration on a camelclassical

    A color change that appears on female camels when they are impregnated.

عَكَّverb
  1. 1.
    To be intensely hotboth

    Describes a day or time that is characterized by extreme heat and stillness of the wind.

  2. 2.
    To repeatboth

    To tell someone a story or information multiple times.

  3. 3.
    To delayboth

    To procrastinate or put off something, especially a right or obligation.

  4. 4.
    To turn awayboth

    To divert someone from their need or purpose.

  5. 5.
    To overpowerboth

    To defeat or overcome someone with an argument or evidence.

  6. 6.
    To strikeboth

    To beat someone, particularly with a whip.

  7. 7.
    To explainboth

    To interpret or clarify a matter.

عَاكَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To be devoted toboth

    To be inclined towards or devoted to someone.

العَكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and stockyclassical

    Describes a person who is short and well-built or stout.

  2. 2.
    Fatclassical

    Describes someone who is fat or plump.

العَكُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard groundclassical

    A place with firm or solid ground.

  2. 2.
    Plainclassical

    An open, flat area of land.

رجل عُكّnoun
  1. 1.
    Stubborn opponentclassical

    A man who is a fierce and stubborn adversary.

فرس مَعَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Horse that needs urgingclassical

    A horse that runs only a short distance before needing to be beaten or urged.

إِزْرَة عُكّnoun
  1. 1.
    Turban styleclassical

    A way of wearing a lower garment (izar) where the ends hang down and the rest is gathered.

عَكَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of plantclassical

    Refers to the root or tuber of the mallow plant.

عَلَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To chewboth

    To masticate or chew something thoroughly.

  2. 2.
    To move the bitclassical

    To move the bridle bit around in the horse's mouth.

  3. 3.
    To rub teeth togetherclassical

    To rub one's teeth against another, producing a sound.

عَالِكadjective
  1. 1.
    Tough to chewboth

    Describes food that is difficult to masticate.

العِلْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Gum (resin)both

    A sticky resin from trees like pine, fir, pistachio, cypress, and storax, used medicinally.

عَلَّكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To tan leatherboth

    To expertly tan a waterskin or leather.

  2. 2.
    To manage wealthboth

    To take good care of one's property or wealth.

  3. 3.
    To be stingyboth

    To hold onto one's hands tightly over one's wealth out of stinginess.

العُلْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel's vocalizationclassical

    The sound a camel makes when it bellows.

  2. 2.
    Water-scarce landclassical

    An area of land that is close to water sources.

العَلَكَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Strong teethclassical

    Refers to strong or sturdy teeth.

العُلْكnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A Hijazi tree.

العَوْلَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Vein in animalsclassical

    A hidden vein in horses, donkeys, and sheep.

  2. 2.
    Lispclassical

    A speech impediment characterized by difficulty in pronunciation.

العَنْكَverb
  1. 1.
    To form dunesboth

    Describes sand forming into high, impassable dunes.

  2. 2.
    To be stubbornboth

    Describes a woman who is rebellious or disobedient.

  3. 3.
    To curdleboth

    Describes milk becoming thick or curdled.

  4. 4.
    To go into the landboth

    Describes someone traveling extensively in the land.

  5. 5.
    To carry a loadclassical

    Describes a horse carrying a heavy burden.

  6. 6.
    To intensify colorboth

    Describes the deepening of redness in sand or blood.

  7. 7.
    To struggle in sandboth

    Describes a camel moving through deep sand with difficulty.

  8. 8.
    To close a doorboth

    To shut or lock a door.

العَانِكadjective
  1. 1.
    Persistentclassical

    Someone who is steadfast or persistent.

  2. 2.
    Fat womanclassical

    A woman who is stout or plump.

العَنَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Originboth

    The root or origin of something.

  2. 2.
    Part of the nightboth

    A dark portion of the night, specifically the early or late part.

  3. 3.
    Large partclassical

    The significant or large portion of anything.

  4. 4.
    Doorclassical

    A gate or entrance.

  5. 5.
    Conglomerated sandclassical

    A collection of compacted or solidified sand.

العُنَّكnoun
  1. 1.
    Conglomerated sandclassical

    A collection of compacted or solidified sand.

العَنَكnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A location in Bahrain.

أَعْنكَverb
  1. 1.
    To closeboth

    To shut or lock something, like a door.

  2. 2.
    To frequent doorsclassical

    To go from door to door, seeking something.

  3. 3.
    To fall into sandclassical

    To get stuck in deep sand.

Parallel reading

الغليظ الشديد
The thick and strong.
والفرج العظيم المكتنز
And the large, fleshy private part.
والمرأة اللفاء التي ضاق ملتقى فخذيها مع ترارتها
And the stout woman whose thighs meet tightly with her fleshiness.
وبهاء: اللحيمة المضطربة، والعظيمة الركب كالعضنك.
And beauty: the fleshy, well-formed, and large knees like the 'adhnak.
حمق جدا
To be extremely foolish.
لم يقمه، أو لفته لفتا
He did not straighten it, or he twisted it.
الأعسر، ومن لا يحسن العمل، ومن لا يثبت على حديث
The left-handed one, the one who does not do work well, and the one who is not firm in speech.
قتله سالم بن عمير في سرية جهزها النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم
Sālim bin ‘Umayr killed him in a detachment prepared by the Prophet, peace be upon him.
الناقة فيها صعوبة
The she-camel that has difficulty.
شدة الحر مع سكون الريح
Intense heat with stillness of the wind.
أرض عكة، نعتا وإضافة: حارة
A hot land, described and added: hot.
يوم عك وعكيك، وليلة عكة: شديدة الحر مع لثق واحتباس ريح
A hot day and night: intensely hot with stillness and trapped wind.
وقد عك يومنا يعك عكا
And our day became intensely hot, becoming intensely hot.
آنية السمن، أصغر من القربة
A container for ghee, smaller than a waterskin.
عرواء الحمى
The feverish heat.
الرملة الحارة قد حميت عليها الشمس
The hot sand that the sun has heated.
لون يعلو النوق عند لقاحها مثل كلف المرأة
A color that appears on female camels upon impregnation, like a woman's freckles.
وقد أعكت الناقة: تبدلت لونا غير لونها
And the she-camel changed color: it took on a color different from its original color.
عطفه، كعاكه
He inclined him to him, like he was devoted to him.
فلانا: حدثه بحديث فاستعاده منه مرتين أو ثلاثا، وماطله بحقه
Someone: he told him a story, and he asked for it back two or three times, and he delayed him in his right.
وبشر: كرره عليه
And with good news: he repeated it to him.
وعن حاجته: صرفه، وحبسه
And from his need: he turned him away, and he detained him.
وبالحجة: قهره بها
And with the argument: he overpowered him with it.
وبالأمر: رده حتى أتعبه
And with the command: he sent him back until he tired him out.
وبالسوط: ضربه
And with the whip: he struck him.
والكلام: فسره
And the speech: he explained it.
القصير الملزز، أو السمين
The short and stocky, or the fat one.
المكان الصلب، أو السهل
The hard place, or the plain.
رجل
A man.
رجل معك، كمتل: خصم ألد
A stubborn man, like a fierce opponent.
فرس معك: يجري قليلا ثم يحتاج إلى الضرب
A horse that runs a little then needs to be beaten.
ائتزر إزرة عك وك، وإزرة عكى، كحتى، وهو: أن يسبل طرفي إزاره، ويضم سائره
He wore an 'izar of 'ukk and 'akki style, which is: letting the ends of his 'izar hang down and gathering the rest.
سويق المقل
The flour of the mallow plant.
مضغه ولجلجه
He chewed it and mumbled it.
اللجام: حركه في فيه
The bridle: he moved it in its mouth.
نابِيه: حرق أحدهما بالآخر، فحدث صوت
His teeth: he rubbed one against the other, making a sound.
متين الممضغة
Tough to chew.
صمغ الصنوبر والأرزة والفستق والسرو والينبوت والبطم، وهو أجودها، مسخن مدر باهي
Gum of pine, fir, pistachio, cypress, storax, and balm, which is the best of them, warming, diuretic, and pleasing.
وبائعه: علاك
And its seller: 'allāk.
وما ذاق علاكا
And he did not taste any gum.
القربة تعليكا: أجاد دبغها
The waterskin, to tan it well.
وماله: أحسن القيام عليه
And his wealth: he took good care of it.
ويديه على ماله: شدهما بخلا
And his hands over his wealth: he held them tightly out of stinginess.
شقشقة الجمل عند الهدير
The camel's vocalization when bellowing.
ومن الأراضي: القريبة الماء
And from the lands: those close to water.
الأنياب الشداد
The strong teeth.
شجرة حجازية
A Hijazi tree.
عرق في الخيل والأتن والغنم، غامض في البظارة
A vein in horses, donkeys, and sheep, hidden in the flesh.
ولجلجة في اللسان
And a lisp in the tongue.
كثر واجتمع
It became abundant and gathered.
الناقة السمينة الحسنة
The fat, beautiful she-camel.
عنكا وعنوكا: تعقد وارتفع، فلم يكن فيه طريق
It formed dunes and rose, so there was no path in it.
المرأة: نشزت، وعصت
The woman: she became rebellious, and she disobeyed.
اللبن: خثر
The milk: it curdled.
فلان: ذهب في الأرض
So-and-so: he went into the land.
الفرس: حمل وكر
The horse: it carried a heavy load.
الرمل، والدم: اشتدت حمرتهما
The sand, and the blood: their redness intensified.
البعير: سار في الرمل فلم يكد يتخلص منه
The camel: it walked in the sand and could hardly escape from it.
الباب: أغلقه
The door: he closed it.
اللازم
The persistent one.
المرأة السمينة
The fat woman.
الأصل
The origin.
سدفة من الليل، من أوله إلى ثلثه، أو قطعة منه مظلمة، أو الثلث الباقي
A dark part of the night, from its beginning to its third, or a dark piece of it, or the remaining third.
ما عظم منه
What is large of it.
الباب
The door.
جمع عنيك: للرمل المتعقد
A collection of 'unayk: for the compacted sand.
المغلق
The closed one.
أغلقه
He closed it.
تجر في الأبواب
He went from door to door.
وقع في الرمل الكثير
He fell into deep sand.