عكب
Root entry · 15 derived lemmasThe 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
- 1.thickness in the jawclassical
A thickness or coarseness in the jawbone.
- 2.thick lipsclassical
Referring to the thickness of a person's lips.
- 1.coarse, rough womanclassical
A woman who is coarse and rough in her creation or disposition, derived from the concept of thickness.
- 1.crowding, congestionboth
The act of people or animals crowding or gathering together densely.
- 2.boiling, bubblingclassical
The intense boiling and bubbling of a pot, referring to its steam and vigorous motion.
- 3.dustclassical
Dust, particularly that which is stirred up by movement.
- 4.smokeclassical
Smoke, especially the steam and vapor from a boiling pot.
- 1.to crowd togetherboth
To gather or crowd together, used for birds or other groups.
- 2.to boil vigorouslyclassical
Said of a pot when its contents are boiling intensely and steaming.
- 3.to stir up dustboth
To cause dust to rise and swirl.
- 1.gathering, congregationboth
The act of gathering or congregating, similar to 'al-'ukūb'.
- 2.sticking, adheringclassical
The act of birds sticking or remaining in a place.
- 1.to stick, to remainclassical
To remain in a place, to stick to something, often used for birds.
- 1.crowded (camels)classical
Describing camels that are numerous and crowded together.
- 2.large gatheringclassical
A large gathering or multitude.
- 1.light, agileclassical
Someone who is light, active, and energetic in their work.
- 2.intensity in travelclassical
Severity or intensity in the pace of travel.
- 3.wickedness, mischiefclassical
Severity in evil or mischief; also used for a stubborn or rebellious person.
- 4.short and stoutclassical
A short, stout, and coarse person.
- 5.rebellious oneclassical
A rebellious or defiant individual, whether human or jinn.
- 6.son whose mother has a husbandclassical
A child whose mother is married to someone else.
- 7.Iblisclassical
A name for Iblis, the devil.
- 8.poet's nameclassical
The name of a poet.
- 9.prison keeperclassical
The name of a prison keeper for Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.
- 1.short and stoutclassical
Describing someone who is short, stout, and coarse in build.
- 2.crowded toesclassical
Having toes that are close together or overlapping.
- 1.to smokeclassical
Said of fire when it produces smoke.
- 1.to be overcome by worriesclassical
To be burdened or overcome by worries and troubles.
- 1.to stir up dustboth
To stir up and cause dust to swirl and rise.
- 2.to gatherboth
To gather or assemble in a place, causing dust to rise.
- 1.tribe nameclassical
The name of a sub-tribe of Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il, also known as Al-Khudr.
- 1.spidermodern
A spider, a common name for the arachnid.
- 1.a type of plantclassical
A known herb, specifically the 'camel's thorn' plant.