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زعك

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone or something as short and ignoble, or fat and well-fed. It is used to characterize individuals, particularly in a derogatory sense, and also to describe plumpness in animals, especially camels.

Derived headwords

الأَزْعَكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and ignobleclassical

    Describes a person who is both short in stature and base or ignoble in character.

على كل كهل أزعكي ويافع من اللؤم سربال جديد البنائق — Upon every middle-aged man, short and ignoble, and upon the youth, a new garment of baseness in construction.
الزَّعْكُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camelboth

    Refers to a camel that is fat and well-fed.

  2. 2.
    Short and ignoble personclassical

    Similar to الأزعكي, it describes a person who is short and ignoble.

وكذلك الزعكوك — And likewise the 'za'kūk'.
تستن أولادها زعاكك — She nurses her young, fat ones.
زَعَاكِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camelsboth

    The plural form of الزعكوك, referring to multiple fat camels.

زَعَاكِكnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camelsboth

    Another plural form of الزعكوك, also referring to multiple fat camels.

Parallel reading

الأزعكي: القصير اللئيم.
Al-Az'akiyy: the short, ignoble one.
قال ذو الرمة: على كل كهل أزعكي ويافع من اللؤم سربال جديد البنائق
Dhu al-Rummah said: Upon every middle-aged man, short and ignoble, and upon the youth, a new garment of baseness in construction.
وكذلك الزعكوك.
And likewise the za'kūk.
والزعكوك من الإبل: السمين،
And the za'kūk among camels: the fat one,
والجمع زعاكيك وزعاكك أيضا.
And the plural is za'ākīk and also za'ākik.
وأنشد القنانى * تستن أولادها زعاكك
And Al-Qannani recited: * She nurses her young, fat ones.