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مكر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deception, cunning, and trickery. It extends to meanings related to coloring or dyeing, and also refers to specific types of trees and their fruits, as well as a description of women's legs.

Derived headwords

المَكْرnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatha: the place of warboth

    with fatha: the place of war

مَكَرَverb
  1. 1.
    with kasra: a horse fit for charging and carryingboth

    with kasra: a horse fit for charging and carrying

  2. 2.
    cunning and deceptionboth

    cunning and deception

  3. 3.
    he plotted against himboth

    he plotted against him

يَمْكُرُverb
  1. 1.
    he deceivesboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to deceive', indicating ongoing or habitual trickery.

مَاكِرadjective
  1. 1.
    cunning, deceitfulboth

    cunning, deceitful

مَكَّارadjective
  1. 1.
    very cunning, a great deceiverboth

    very cunning, a great deceiver

  2. 2.
    a cunning manboth

    a cunning man

اِمْتَكَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dyed, to be coloredclassical

    To become colored or stained, especially when dyed with ochre.

المُكَوَّرnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree mentioned in classical Arabic poetry.

مُكَوَّرnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    Singular form of 'al-mukawwar', referring to a specific tree.

فِراخ المَكْرnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of the treeclassical

    The fruit produced by the tree referred to as 'mukawwar'.

المَمْكُورَةadjective
  1. 1.
    folded in form (women)classical

    Describing women whose legs are described as being plump or shapely, like folded material.

Parallel reading

المَكْر: الاحتيال والخديعة.
Al-makr: Deception and trickery.
وقد مكر به يمكر فهو ماكر ومكار.
And he deceived him, he deceives, so he is a deceiver and a very cunning one.
والمكر أيضا: المغرة.
And al-makr also: ochre.
وقد مكره فامتكر، أي خضبه فاختضب.
And he dyed it, so it became dyed, meaning he colored it, so it became colored.
بضرب تهلك الابطال فيه * وتمتكر اللحى من امتكارا
By blows in which heroes perish * And beards are dyed from being colored.
والمكور (1) : ضرب من الشجر.
And al-mukawwar: a type of tree.
فحط في علقى وفى مكور
He descended upon thorny bushes and upon a mukawwar tree.
الواحد مكر.
The singular is mukar.
يصف بقرة: تعاطى فراخ المكر طورا وتارة * تثير رخاماها وتعلق ضالها
Describing a cow: she seeks the fruits of the mukawwar tree at one time and at another * she stirs up her dung and picks up her straying calf.
وفراخ المكر: ثمره.
And faraakh al-makr: its fruit.
والممكورة: المطوية الخلق من النساء.
And al-mamkurah: women folded in their creation.
يقال: امرأة ممكورة الساقين، أي خدلاء.
It is said: a woman with shapely legs, meaning plump.