عقا

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of enclosure, obstruction, and the initial stages of something. It encompasses areas around a dwelling, the first excretions of an infant, and pure, unadulterated substances. It also touches upon actions of hindering, holding back, and rising or soaring.

Derived headwords

العقاةnoun

1.
Courtyard, surroundingsboth
The open space within or immediately around a house or dwelling.

العقوةnoun

1.
Courtyard, surroundingsboth
The open space within or immediately around a house or dwelling.

العقيnoun

1.
Infant's first excretionclassical
What comes from a baby's stomach before it has eaten solid food; also refers to the first excrement of a young animal like a lamb or kid.

العقيانnoun

1.
Pure goldclassical
Refers to pure gold that grows naturally in its mine, not obtained from stones.

عقىverb

1.
To hinder, obstructclassical
To prevent someone or something from proceeding; used poetically with a reversed order of letters (قلب).

يعقيverb

1.
To excrete (infant)classical
When a baby passes its first excrement.

عقياnoun

1.
Excretion (infant)classical
The act of passing the first excrement, especially by an infant.

الاعتقاءnoun

1.
Holding back, detentionclassical
To be held back or detained; a reversal of the form 'i'tiyāq'.
2.
Digging sideways in a wellclassical
When a well-digger works sideways in a well because they cannot reach water from the bottom.
3.
Digressing in speechclassical
Taking a circuitous route in conversation or argument.

أعقىverb

1.
To become intensely bitterclassical
When something's bitterness becomes severe.
2.
To spit out due to bitternessclassical
To remove something from one's mouth because of its extreme bitterness.

أعقيتverb

1.
To spit out due to bitternessclassical
To remove something from one's mouth because of its extreme bitterness.

عقّواverb

1.
To throw (arrow/spear)classical
To throw one's arrow or spear into the air.

عقىverb

1.
To soar, rise highclassical
When a bird ascends high in its flight.

Parallel reading

اذهب فلا أرينك بعقوة

Go, and may I not see you in the courtyard.

ما يطور بعقوته أحد

No one circles around his courtyard.

والعقي بالكسر: ما يخرج من بطن الصبي قبل أن يأكل

And 'al-'aqiyy' (with kasra) is what comes out of a baby's stomach before it eats.

عقى الصبي يعقي عقيا، إذا أحدث أول ما يحدث

A boy 'aqa' (verb) 'a'qyan' (masdar) when he first excretes.

أحرص من كلب على عقي صبي

More eager than a dog for a baby's first excrement.

وهو الردج من السخلة والمهر

And it is the first dung of a lamb and a colt.

والعقيان من الذهب: الخالص

And 'al-'aqyān' (of gold) is the pure.

هو ما ينبت نباتا في معدنه وليس مما يحصل من الحجارة

It is what grows naturally in its mine and is not obtained from stones.

عقاه يعقوه، أي عاقه، على القلب

He 'a'qāhu' (verb) 'a'qūhu' (verb), meaning he hindered him, with letters transposed.

ولو أنى رميتك من بعيد لعاقك عن دعاء الذئب عاقى

And if I had shot you from afar, a hinderer would have prevented you from calling the wolf.

والاعتقاء: الاحتباس، وهو قلب الاعتياق

And 'al-i'tiqā'' is detention, which is a transposition of 'al-i'tiyāq'.

وكذلك الاخذ في شعب الكلام

And likewise, taking a side path in speech.

ويعتقى بالعقم التعقيما

And he takes a circuitous route in the barrenness, a thorough circuitousness.

وأعقى الشئ، إذا اشتدت مرارته

And something 'a'qā' (verb) if its bitterness intensified.

وأعقيت الشئ، إذا أزلته من فيك لمرارته

And you 'a'qayta' (verb) something if you removed it from your mouth due to its bitterness.

لا تكن حلوا فتسترط ولا مرا فتعقى

Do not be too sweet to be swallowed, nor too bitter to be spat out.

عقى بسهمه، إذا رمى به في الهواء، لغة في عقه

He 'aqqā' (verb) with his arrow if he threw it in the air, a variant pronunciation of 'a'qqahu'.

عقوا بسهم فلم يشعر به أحد

They threw an arrow, and no one noticed it.

عقى الطائر، إذا ارتفع في طيرانه

The bird 'aqqā' (verb) if it rose high in its flight.