عقص

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root عقص (ʿaqṣ) primarily relates to the concept of coiling, twisting, or braiding, particularly concerning hair. It extends to describe tangled or convoluted things, such as tangled sand dunes or twisted horns, and metaphorically to negative character traits like stinginess or bad temper.

Derived headwords

العقيصةnoun

1.
braidboth
braid

عقصverb

1.
he braided his hair and twisted it on his headboth
he braided his hair and twisted it on his head
2.
plural of ʿaqṣaboth
plural of ʿaqṣa

عقصةnoun

1.
braidboth
braid

عقصnoun

1.
he braided his hair and twisted it on his headboth
he braided his hair and twisted it on his head
2.
plural of ʿaqṣaboth
plural of ʿaqṣa

عقاصnoun

1.
plural of ʿaqṣaboth
plural of ʿaqṣa

عقائصnoun

1.
Braidsboth
Another plural form for عقيصة (ʿaqīṣah), referring to braids of hair.

أعقصadjective

1.
Twisted-hornedclassical
Describing a ram whose horns are twisted and coiled back towards its ears.

العقصnoun

1.
Tangled sandclassical
A description of sand dunes that are tangled and difficult to navigate.

عقصnoun

1.
he braided his hair and twisted it on his headboth
he braided his hair and twisted it on his head
2.
plural of ʿaqṣaboth
plural of ʿaqṣa

المعقصnoun

1.
Crooked arrowclassical
An arrow that is bent or crooked.

معاقصnoun

1.
Crooked arrowsclassical
The plural of المعقص (al-muʿqaṣ), referring to crooked arrows.

Parallel reading

العقيصة: الضفيرة.

Al-ʿuqayṣah: The braid.

يقال لفلان عقيصتان.

It is said that so-and-so has two braids.

وعقص الشعر: ضفره وليه على الرأس.

And ʿaqṣa al-shaʿr: to braid it and wind it around the head.

ولهذا قول النساء: لها عقصة.

And because of this is the saying of women: She has a braid.

وجمعها عقص وعقاص.

And its plural is ʿuqṣ and ʿiqāṣ.

غدائره مستشزرات إلى العلى * تضل العقاص في مثنى ومرسل

Her locks are raised high towards the heavens * the braids get lost in the doubled and the loose.

ويقال: هي التي تتخذ من شعرها مثل الرمانة.

And it is said: It is that which is made from her hair like a pomegranate.

وكل خصلة منه عقيصة.

And every lock of it is an ʿuqayṣah.

والجمع عقاص (1) وعقائص.

And the plural is ʿiqāṣ and ʿaqāʾiṣ.

وتيس أعقص بين العقص، وهو الذي التوى قرناه على أذنيه من خلفه.

And a ram that is aʿqaṣ among the ʿaqṣ, which is one whose horns have twisted back over its ears from behind.

والعقص: رمل متعقد لا طريق فيه.

And al-ʿaqṣ: tangled sand with no path through it.

كيف اهتدت ودونها الجزائر * وعقص من عالج تياهر

How did she find her way when between her and it are the islands * and tangled sand from ʿAlaj that is vast?

والعقص أيضا: البخيل والسيئ الخلق.

And al-ʿaqṣ also: the stingy and the ill-tempered.

وقد عقص بالكسر عقصا.

And he was stingy, with a kasra, ʿaqṣan.

والمعقص: السهم المعوج.

And al-muʿqaṣ: the crooked arrow.

ولو كنتم سهما لكنتم معاقصا

And if you were an arrow, you would be a crooked one.