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عكب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root عكب (ʿakaba) primarily relates to concepts of thickness, heaviness, and gathering or crowding. It extends to meanings of stubbornness, intensity, and even specific physical attributes like thick lips or crowded toes. The root also encompasses terms for dust, smoke, and certain types of plants and people.

Derived headwords

العَكَبُ مُحَرَّكةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness in the jawclassical

    A thickness or coarseness in the jawbone.

  2. 2.
    thick lipsclassical

    Referring to the thickness of a person's lips.

العَكْبَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse, rough womanclassical

    A woman who is coarse and rough in her creation or disposition, derived from the concept of thickness.

العُكُوبُnoun
  1. 1.
    crowding, congestionboth

    The act of people or animals crowding or gathering together densely.

  2. 2.
    boiling, bubblingclassical

    The intense boiling and bubbling of a pot, referring to its steam and vigorous motion.

  3. 3.
    dustclassical

    Dust, particularly that which is stirred up by movement.

  4. 4.
    smokeclassical

    Smoke, especially the steam and vapor from a boiling pot.

عَكَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to crowd togetherboth

    To gather or crowd together, used for birds or other groups.

  2. 2.
    to boil vigorouslyclassical

    Said of a pot when its contents are boiling intensely and steaming.

  3. 3.
    to stir up dustboth

    To cause dust to rise and swirl.

العُكُوفُnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, congregationboth

    The act of gathering or congregating, similar to 'al-'ukūb'.

  2. 2.
    sticking, adheringclassical

    The act of birds sticking or remaining in a place.

عَكَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick, to remainclassical

    To remain in a place, to stick to something, often used for birds.

العَاكِبُnoun
  1. 1.
    crowded (camels)classical

    Describing camels that are numerous and crowded together.

  2. 2.
    large gatheringclassical

    A large gathering or multitude.

العُكْبُnoun
  1. 1.
    light, agileclassical

    Someone who is light, active, and energetic in their work.

  2. 2.
    intensity in travelclassical

    Severity or intensity in the pace of travel.

  3. 3.
    wickedness, mischiefclassical

    Severity in evil or mischief; also used for a stubborn or rebellious person.

  4. 4.
    short and stoutclassical

    A short, stout, and coarse person.

  5. 5.
    rebellious oneclassical

    A rebellious or defiant individual, whether human or jinn.

  6. 6.
    son whose mother has a husbandclassical

    A child whose mother is married to someone else.

  7. 7.
    Iblisclassical

    A name for Iblis, the devil.

  8. 8.
    poet's nameclassical

    The name of a poet.

  9. 9.
    prison keeperclassical

    The name of a prison keeper for Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

الأَعْكَبُadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutclassical

    Describing someone who is short, stout, and coarse in build.

  2. 2.
    crowded toesclassical

    Having toes that are close together or overlapping.

عَكَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to smokeclassical

    Said of fire when it produces smoke.

تَعَكَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be overcome by worriesclassical

    To be burdened or overcome by worries and troubles.

اعْتَكَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir up dustboth

    To stir up and cause dust to swirl and rise.

  2. 2.
    to gatherboth

    To gather or assemble in a place, causing dust to rise.

عُكَابَةُname
  1. 1.
    tribe nameclassical

    The name of a sub-tribe of Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il, also known as Al-Khudr.

العَنْكَبُوتُnoun
  1. 1.
    spidermodern

    A spider, a common name for the arachnid.

العَكُوبُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A known herb, specifically the 'camel's thorn' plant.

Parallel reading

غلظ في اللحي
thickness in the jaw
غلظ الشفتين
thickness of the lips
تنهي أصابع الرجل بعضها إلى بعض
the toes of a man's foot are close together
الامة العكباء هي العلجة الجافية الخلق
The coarse woman is the rough one in creation.
العكوب بالضم ازدحام
Al-'ukūb (with damma) means crowding.
وللإبل عكوب أي ازدحام
And for camels, there is 'ukūb, meaning crowding.
عكبت الطير تعكب عكوبا: عكفت
Birds 'akaba, 'akaba 'ukūban: they remained.
عكفت الطير المجتمعة
The gathering of birds.
عكبت القدر تعكب عكوبا إذا ثار عكابها
The pot 'akaba, 'akaba 'ukūban when its steam rose.
كأن مغيرات الجيوش التقت بها إذا استحمشت غليا وفاض عكوبها
As if invading armies met within it when it boiled fiercely and its steam overflowed.
والعكوب بالفتح الغبار
And al-'ukūb (with fatha) is dust.
نقلناهم نقل الكلاب جراءها على كخ معلوب يثور عكوبها
We moved them like bitches move their pups, over a dusty ground whose dust was stirred up.
والعاكب من الإبل: الكثيرة
And al-'ākib from camels: the numerous.
والعكب بالفتح هو الخفيف النشيط في العمل
And al-'akab (with fatha) is the light, energetic one in work.
والعكب: الشدة في الشر، والشيطنة
And al-'akab: intensity in evil, and mischief.
والعكب بالكسر ففتح فتشديد كهجف: القصير الضخم الجافي
And al-'akab (kasra, fatha, shadda) like 'hajaf': the short, stout, coarse one.
والمارد من الإنس والجن
And the rebellious one from humans and jinn.
وعكب: اسم شاعر
And 'Akab: the name of a poet.
وعكب: اسم إبليس
And 'Akab: the name of Iblis.
من يطع عكبا يمس منكبا
He who obeys 'Akab will be struck on the shoulder.
عكب اللخمي: اسم سجان النعمان بن المنذر
'Akab Al-Lakhmi: the name of the prison keeper of Al-Nu'man ibn Al-Mundhir.
يطوف بي عكب في معد ويطعن بالصملة في قفيا
'Akab roams with me among Ma'add and thrusts with the spear in the hindquarters.
عكبت النار تعكيبا: أثارت العكاب أي دخنت
Fire 'akkaba, 'akkāban: it stirred up smoke, meaning it smoked.
تعكبته الهموم إذا ركبته
Worries 'takabbathu if they mounted him.
الاعتكاب: إثارة الغبار وثورانه لزم ومتعد
Al-I'tikāb: stirring up and swirling dust, intransitive and transitive.
اعتكبت الإبل: اجتمعت في موضع، فأثارت الغبار فيه
The camels 'i'takabat: they gathered in a place, and stirred up dust therein.
إني إذا بل النفي غاربي واعتكبت أغنيت عنك جانبي
Indeed, when the dust of exile wets my neck and I stir it up, I suffice for you on my side.
اعتكب المكان: ثار فيه العكوب
He 'i'takaba the place: the dust rose in it.
عكابة كدخانة
'Ukābah like 'dukhānah'.
ابن صعب ابن علي بن بكر بن وائل
Ibn Sa'b, son of Ali, son of Bakr ibn Wa'il.
بقي هنا: ذكر العكاب والعكب والأعكب اسم لجمع العنكبوت
It remains here: the mention of al-'akkāb, al-'akab, and al-a'kab as names for a collection of spiders.
والأعكب: الذي تدانى بعض أصابع رجليه من بعض مع تراكب
And al-a'kab: one whose toes are close together with overlapping.
والعكوب كتنور: بقلة معروفة؛ وهي شوك الجمال
And al-'ukūb (like 'tannūr'): a known herb; it is the camel's thorn.