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الوعك

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to states of discomfort, illness, and physical distress. It also extends to concepts of intense struggle, conflict, and forceful action.

Derived headwords

وَعْكnoun
  1. 1.
    calmness of windclassical

    Stillness of the wind.

  2. 2.
    intense heatclassical

    Severe heat.

وَعْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    illnessmodern

    A minor illness or indisposition, often accompanied by feverish symptoms.

  2. 2.
    feverish discomfortmodern

    The discomfort and pain associated with a fever.

  3. 3.
    intense painmodern

    Pain resulting from extreme fatigue.

  4. 4.
    battleclassical

    A fierce battle or intense conflict.

  5. 5.
    crowding at the watering placeclassical

    The intense crowding and jostling of camels at a watering place.

وَعَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushclassical

    To crush or pound something.

  2. 2.
    to rub in the dirtclassical

    To rub something into the dirt or soil.

أَوْعَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to rub in the dirtclassical

    To rub something into the dirt or soil.

رَجُلٌ وَعِكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    sickly manmodern

    A man who is unwell or suffering from illness.

رَجُلٌ وَعْكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    sickly manmodern

    A man who is unwell or suffering from illness.

مَوْعُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    sickly manmodern

    A man who is unwell or suffering from illness.

Parallel reading

سكون الريح
Stillness of the wind.
شدة الحر
Intense heat.
أذى الحمى
The harm of a fever.
وجعها
Its pain.
مغثها في البدن
Its nausea in the body.
ألم من شدة التعب
Pain from extreme fatigue.
رجل وعك
A sickly man.
رجل وعك
A sickly man.
رجل موعوك
A sickly man.
وعكه: دكه
He crushed it: he pounded it.
في التراب: معكه
In the dirt: he rubbed it.
كأوعكه
Like he rubbed it in the dirt.
المعركة
The battle.
الوقعة الشديدة
The intense encounter.
ازدحام الإبل في الورد
The crowding of camels at the watering place.
وقد أوعكت
And the camels crowded at the watering place.