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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of pressing someone for something, particularly in financial or legal demands. It signifies making things difficult for someone by being insistent and strict in seeking what is owed.

Derived headwords

وَكَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardship in demandsclassical

    The state of being pressed or made to suffer due to insistent demands, especially for payment or fulfillment of an obligation.

وَكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to press for paymentclassical

    To press someone hard in demanding what is due, making things difficult for them in the pursuit of a claim.

Parallel reading

ساكاه: ضيق عليه في المطالبة.
He pressed him hard: he made things difficult for him in the demand.