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عركس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of gathering, collecting, or bringing things together. It can also extend to describe intensity, such as the deepening of color or the strengthening of something.

Derived headwords

الاعرنكاسnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    The act of gathering or coming together; a concourse or assembly.

عركستverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To gather something, to collect it by piling some of it upon others.

اعرنكسverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To gather or collect something, to bring it together.

  2. 2.
    to intensifyclassical

    Used to describe hair that has become intensely black.

Parallel reading

الاعرنكاس: الاجتماع.
Al-iʿrinkās: Gathering.
عركست الشئ، إذا جمعت بعضه على بعض.
You have ʿarkasta a thing, if you have gathered some of it upon others.
وقد اعرنكس الشعر، أي اشتد سواده.
And the hair has iʿrannakasa, meaning its blackness has intensified.