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عكرمة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to specific types of birds, particularly female pigeons or a type of bird called 'sāq ḥarr'. It also denotes the darkness of night and is used as a proper name for a tribal ancestor and a tribe.

Derived headwords

عِكْرِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female pigeonboth

    The female of the pigeon.

  2. 2.
    female sāq ḥarrclassical

    The female of the bird known as sāq ḥarr.

عِكْرِمَةname
  1. 1.
    tribal ancestorboth

    The name of an ancestor of a tribe, specifically 'ʿIkrima ibn Khuṣafa ibn Qays ʿAylān'.

عِكْرِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    darkness of nightclassical

    The darkness of the night.

عِكْرِمَةname
  1. 1.
    tribeboth

    The name of a tribe belonging to the Banū Balīy.

Parallel reading

عِكْرِمَة، بالكسر، معرفة وبالألف واللام: الأنثى من الحمام، أو أنثى ساق حر.
ʿIkrima, with a kasra, definite, and with the definite article: the female of the pigeon, or the female sāq ḥarr.
وعكرمة بن خصفة بن قيس عيلان: أبو قبيلة.
And ʿIkrima ibn Khuṣafa ibn Qays ʿAylān: the father of a tribe.
وعكرمة الليل: سواده.
And ʿIkrima of the night: its darkness.
وكعلابط: قبيلة من بلي.
And Kaʿlābiṭ: a tribe from Balīy.