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عكك

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root عكك primarily relates to concepts of restraint, confinement, and holding back. It extends to meanings of repetition, intense heat, and physical attributes like stoutness and hardness. It also encompasses specific terms for containers, colors, and places.

Derived headwords

عَكَكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To hold someone back from their need or desire.

  2. 2.
    to denyclassical

    To deny someone their right.

عَكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    name of a town in the border regionsboth

    name of a town in the border regions

عَكًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    repetitionclassical

    The act of repeating a story or request.

مِعْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    container for gheeclassical

    A vessel, similar to a waterskin, used to hold ghee.

عُكَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    name of a town in the border regionsboth

    name of a town in the border regions

العُكَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a container for gheeboth

    a container for ghee

العُكَيْكnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heatclassical

    The peak of intense heat, especially during summer.

العَكَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heatclassical

    The peak of intense heat, especially during summer.

أَعَكَّتverb
  1. 1.
    to change colorclassical

    A female camel changes to a different color due to gaining fat.

عَكَّadjective
  1. 1.
    strongclassical

    A man who is strong and robust.

عَكَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    name of a town in the border regionsboth

    name of a town in the border regions

مَعْكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-movingclassical

    A horse that runs a short distance and then needs to be urged on with a whip.

عَكَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to afflictclassical

    Fever afflicted him, making him hot and persistent.

عُكٌّname
  1. 1.
    name of a personclassical

    Ukk bin Adnan, brother of Ma'add, residing in Yemen.

عَكٌّ وَكَكٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    style of wearing a lower garmentclassical

    A manner of wearing an izar (lower garment) where its ends are let down and the rest is gathered.

عَكًىadjective
  1. 1.
    style of wearing a lower garmentclassical

    A manner of wearing an izar (lower garment) where its ends are let down and the rest is gathered.

عَكَّةname
  1. 1.
    name of a town in the border regionsboth

    name of a town in the border regions

العُكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    stout and shortclassical

    A person who is stout, short, and firm.

  2. 2.
    hard groundclassical

    A rough and solid place.

Parallel reading

عككته، أي حبسته عن حاجته
I restrained him, meaning I held him back from his need.
وكذلك إذا ما طلته بحقه
And likewise if I denied him his right.
وإبل معكوكة، أي محبوسة
And restrained camels, meaning confined ones.
عككته الحديث أعكه عكا، إذا استعدته الحديث حتى كرره عليك مرتين
I asked him for the story repeatedly, I asked it of him a repetition, meaning you asked for the story until he repeated it to you twice.
والعكة، بالضم: آنية السمن
And al-'ukkah, with dammah: a container for ghee.
يقال لمثل الشكوة مما يكون فيه السمن عكة
It is said for something like a waterskin that contains ghee, it is an 'ukkah.
والعكة أيضا: رملة حميت عليها الشمس
And al-'ukkah is also: a sand dune over which the sun has intensely heated.
وعكة العشار أيضا: لون يعلو النون عند لقاحها
And the 'ukkah of a pregnant camel is also: a color that appears on the udder upon conception.
وقد أعكت الناقة، إذا تبدلت لونا غير لونها سمنا
And the she-camel has changed color, if she changed to a color other than her own due to gaining fat.
والعكة والعكة: فورة الحر، وكذلك العكيك والعكاك
And al-'ukkah and al-'ukkah: the peak of the heat, and likewise al-'ukayk and al-'akak.
ويوم عك وعكيك، أي شديد الحر
And a day of 'akk and 'ukayk, meaning intensely hot.
وقد عك يومنا يعك
And our day became intensely hot, it becomes intensely hot.
ورجل عك، أي صلب شديد
And a man is 'akk, meaning hard and strong.
وعكه بالسوط، أي ضربه
And I struck him with the whip, meaning I beat him.
وفرس معك، على مفعل بكسر الميم: يجري قليلا ثم يحتاج إلى الضرب
And a horse is ma'kūk, on the pattern maf'al with a kasra on the mim: it runs a little then needs to be beaten.
وعكنه الحمى، أي لزمته وأحمته
And the fever afflicted him, meaning it stuck to him and made him hot.
وقولهم: ائتزر فلان إزرة عك وك، وإزرة عكى، وهو أن يسبل طرفي إزاره ويضم سائره
And their saying: So-and-so wore an izar in the 'akk wa kak style, and an 'akki style, which is to let the ends of his izar hang down and gather the rest.
وعكة: اسم بلد في الثغور
And 'Akka: the name of a city in the borderlands.
قال الفراء: هذه أرض عكة، تضاف ولا تضاف، أي حارة
Al-Farra' said: This is the land of 'Akka, it is used with and without annexation, meaning hot.
والعكوك: السمين القصير مع صلابة، وهو فعلع، بتكرير العين وليس من المضاعف
And al-'akūk: the stout, short, with firmness, and it is on the pattern fa'la', with repetition of the 'ayn and not from a geminate root.
والعكوك أيضا: المكان الغليظ الصلب
And al-'akūk is also: a rough and solid place.