ورك

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the hip and thigh region, specifically the upper part of the thigh. It extends to describe actions related to sitting, resting the hip, and carrying, as well as metaphorical uses related to blame and position.

Derived headwords

الوركnoun

1.
Al-warik: what is above the thigh.both
Al-warik: what is above the thigh.

ورِكverb

1.
to lie downclassical
To lie down, as if placing one's hip on the ground.

روكاnoun

1.
lying downclassical
The act of lying down, as described in the verb form 'waraka'.

التوركnoun

1.
Al-tawarruk on the right: placing the hip in prayer on the right leg.both
Al-tawarruk on the right: placing the hip in prayer on the right leg.

توركverb

1.
And 'tawarraka 'ala ad-dabbah': meaning, he bent his leg and placed one of his hips on the saddle.both
And 'tawarraka 'ala ad-dabbah': meaning, he bent his leg and placed one of his hips on the saddle.

التوريكnoun

1.
sitting postureclassical
Similar to 'al-tawarruk', referring to the act of sitting by bending one's leg and placing one hip on the saddle.

توركتverb

1.
to carryclassical
A woman carrying a child on her hip.

ورّكتverb

1.
to passclassical
To pass beyond a mountain.

ورّكتهverb

1.
to align withclassical
To place something level with one's hip.

وركنverb

1.
to turn asideclassical
To turn aside or deviate.

ورِكverb

1.
to deviateclassical
To turn aside or deviate.

ورِكverb

1.
to blameclassical
To attribute a fault or blame to someone else.

مورِكadjective

1.
blamelessclassical
Not having fault or blame in a matter.

موركةnoun

1.
sandalclassical
A type of sandal, possibly made from hip-leather, or referring to the part of a shoe.
2.
riding cushionclassical
A cushion placed on the front of a saddle for a rider to rest their leg upon.

مورِكnoun

1.
riding cushionclassical
The place where a rider bends their leg and rests their hip on the front of a saddle.

الواركnoun

1.
saddle cushionclassical
A cushion worn on the front of a saddle, then folded underneath, used for adornment.

ورَكnoun

1.
hipclassical
The hip, used in the plural 'wirk' for the cushions.

Parallel reading

ما بين وركيها ذراع عرضا

The space between her hips was a cubit wide.

وربما قالوا ثنى وركه فنزل

And they might say, he bent his hip and dismounted.

وقد ورك يرك وروكا، أي اضطجمع، كأنه وضع وركه على الأرض

And he lay down, he lies down, and 'rukan', meaning he lay down, as if he placed his hip on the ground.

والتورك على المينى: وضع الورك في الصلاة على الرجل اليمنى

And 'al-tawarruk' on the right: placing the hip on the right leg in prayer.

فإنما يريد وضع الأليتين أو إحداهما على الأرض

He means placing both buttocks or one of them on the ground.

نهى أن يسجد الرجل متوركا

He forbade a man from prostrating in a 'mutawarrrik' posture.

وتورك على الدابة، أي ثنى رجلو ووضع إحدى وركيه في السرج

And he sat on the mount, meaning he bent his leg and placed one of his hips on the saddle.

وتوركت المرأة الصبي، إذا حملته على وركها

And the woman carried the boy, if she carried him on her hip.

وركت الجبل توريكا، أي جاوزته

He passed the mountain, 'tawrikan', meaning he went beyond it.

وركته وركا، أي جعلته حيال وركي

And I made it level with my hip, 'warkan'.

ووركن في السوبان يعلون متنه عليهن دل الناعم المتنعم

And they turned aside in al-Suban, ascending its back, upon them the graceful, pampered ones.

ويقال: وركن، أي عدلن

And it is said: 'warkana', meaning they turned aside.

ورك فلان ذنبه على غيره، أي قرفه به

So-and-so attributed his fault to another, meaning he accused him of it.

وإنه لمورك في هذا الامر، أي ليس فسه ذنب

And indeed, he is blameless in this matter, meaning he himself has no fault.

هذه نعل ms1123 موركة، بتسكين الواو، ومورك أيضا، عن أبي عبيد، إذا كانت من الورك، يعني نعل الخف

This is a 'mawrakah' sandal, with a sukun on the wa', and also 'mawrik', according to Abu Ubayd, if it is from the hip, meaning the sole of the shoe.

المورك والموركة: الموضع الذي يثني الراكب رجله عليه قدام واسطة الراحل إذا مل من الركوب

Al-mawrik and al-mawrakah: the place where the rider bends his leg upon, in front of the camel's saddle-girth, when tired of riding.

والوارك: النمرقة التي تلبس مقدم الرحل ثم تثنى تحته يزين بها

And al-wark: the cushion worn on the front of the saddle, then folded beneath it, used for adornment.

مقورة تتبارى لا شوار لها إلا القطوع على ألاجواز والورك

Round, competing, having no adornment except the cuts on the passes and the cushion.