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عبك

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of density, thickness, and a small quantity of something, particularly food or sustenance. It also extends to a sense of value or importance, or lack thereof.

Derived headwords

عَبَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickened substanceboth

    A thick or dense substance, often referring to food items like ground grains or fats.

  2. 2.
    small amountclassical

    A small quantity or portion of something, especially food.

حَبَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    grain from suwiqclassical

    A grain or particle derived from suwiq (ground barley or wheat).

حَبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    grain, particleboth

    A single grain or small particle of something, such as ground food.

سَوِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    well-known (a type of gruel)both

    well-known (a type of gruel)

لَبَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of tharidclassical

    A piece or lump of tharid, which is bread soaked in broth or soup.

ثَرِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    soaked bread dishclassical

    A dish made of bread soaked in broth or soup, a common Arabic meal.

عَبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fragrance, scentclassical

    A pleasant smell or fragrance.

  2. 2.
    fat, gheeclassical

    A small amount of fat or ghee.

سِمْنnoun
  1. 1.
    the man fattened the foodboth

    the man fattened the food

  2. 2.
    he supplied them with fatboth

    he supplied them with fat

  3. 3.
    he became fatboth

    he became fat

Parallel reading

ما ذقت عبكة ولالبكة.
I did not taste any substance, nor any piece of tharid.
فالعبكة مثل الحبكة، وهى الحبة من السويق.
The 'abakah is like the habakah, which is a grain from suwiq.
واللبكة: قطعة ثريد.
And the labakah is a piece of tharid.
وما في النحي عبكة، أي شئ من السمن، مثل عبقة.
And there is not in the waterskin any 'abakah, meaning any amount of ghee, like 'abaqah.
ما أباليه عبكة.
I do not care about it in the slightest.