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الوكوكة

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of rolling, stumbling, or unsteady movement, often associated with fear or cowardice. It also extends to describe physical attributes and actions like pushing.

Derived headwords

تَدَحْرُجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Rolling, tumblingboth

    The act of rolling or tumbling, often used to describe a gait.

تَوَكَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    To roll, to stumbleboth

    To move with a rolling or stumbling gait, often implying instability.

وَكْوَاكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Cowardlyclassical

    Describing someone who is a coward, prone to fleeing.

وَكْوَاكٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Cowardclassical

    A person who is cowardly and flees from danger.

بَهَاءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-buttockedclassical

    Describing a woman with large buttocks.

وَكْverb
  1. 1.
    To push, to shoveclassical

    To push or shove something forcefully.

عَكٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of cloth/garmentclassical

    Refers to a specific type of garment or cloth, possibly coarse.

Parallel reading

الوكوكة في المشي: التدحرج
Al-wukūkah in walking: rolling.
وقد توكوك
And he rolled/stumbled.
فهو وكواك
And he is a coward.
والفرار من الحرب
And fleeing from war.
وهدير الحمام
And the cooing of doves.
والوكواك: الجبان
And al-wukwāk: the coward.
وبهاء: العظيمة الأليتين
And bahā': the one with large buttocks.
والوك: الدفع
And al-wakk: the push.
وائتزر إزرة عك وك
And he wore a garment of 'akk and wakk.