عكب

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root عكب (ʿ-k-b) primarily relates to concepts of gathering, crowding, and accumulation. It also extends to terms for dust, smoke, and a specific type of spider, as well as physical descriptions of being short and stout.

Derived headwords

عَكّابَةname

1.
tribe nameclassical
A name of a tribe belonging to Bakr, specifically ʿakkābah son of Ṣaʿb son of ʿAlī son of Bakr son of Wāʾil.

العَكّابnoun

1.
smokeclassical
Smoke, particularly the kind that rises from a fire.

عُكُوبnoun

1.
crowdingclassical
A crowding or congestion, used to describe camels gathering at a watering trough.

العاكِبadjective

1.
numerousclassical
A large gathering or multitude of people or things.

العُكُوبnoun

1.
dustclassical
Dust, especially a cloud of dust raised by movement.

العَنْكَبُوتnoun

1.
the spider is well-known, and it is predominantly feminineboth
the spider is well-known, and it is predominantly feminine

العَكْنَبَاةnoun

1.
spiderclassical
Another term for a spider, similar to 'ankabūt.

كأن ما يسقط من لغامها * بيت عكنباة على زمامها — As if what falls from its bridle is the house of a spider on its reins.

عَكِبadjective

1.
short and stoutclassical
A man who is short and stout or thickset.

عُكْبname

1.
person's nameclassical
The name of a person, specifically al-ʿukb al-Lākhimī, who was the keeper of al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir's prison.

Parallel reading

وللابل عكوب على الحوض، أي ازدحام.

And for camels, there is 'ukūb at the watering trough, meaning crowding.

والعاكب: الجمع الكثير.

And al-ʿākib: the large gathering.

والعكوب، بالفتح: الغبار.

And al-ʿukūb, with fatha: dust.

والعنكبوت: الناسجة، والغالب عليها التأنيث، والجمع العناكب.

And al-ʿankabūt: the weaver, and feminine is predominant for it, and the plural is al-ʿanākib.

والعكنباة أيضا: العنكبوت.

And al-ʿaknabāh also: the spider.

كأن ما يسقط من لغامها * بيت عكنباة على زمامها

As if what falls from its bridle is the house of a spider on its reins.

ورجل عكب مثال هجف، أي قصير ضخم

And a man 'akib, like hajaf, meaning short and stout.

يطوف بى عكب في معد * ويطعن بالصملة في قفيا

ʿUkb circles me in Ma'add, and thrusts with the spearhead into my hindquarters.

فهو عكب اللخمى صاحب سجن النعمان ابن المنذر.

He is ʿUkb al-Lākhimī, the keeper of al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir's prison.