عنكب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the spider and its web, extending to related concepts like fragility, weakness, and entanglement. It also encompasses terms for specific geographical locations and descriptive adjectives.

Derived headwords

العنكبوتnoun

1.
spiderboth
A small creature that spins a delicate, loose web, often found in holes or near wells.
2.
spider's webboth
The intricate structure spun by a spider, used metaphorically for weakness or fragility.

عنكبnoun

1.
spider (masculine)classical
A masculine form referring to the spider, sometimes used as a general term for the genus.
2.
short personclassical
A descriptive term for someone who is short.

عنْكَبَةnoun

1.
spider (feminine)classical
A feminine form referring to the spider.

العُكْبوُطnoun

1.
spiderclassical
An alternative name for the spider.

العكنباةnoun

1.
spider (Yemen dialect)classical
A term for the spider used in the dialect of Yemen, with the letters 'k' and 'n' transposed.

العنكباةnoun

1.
spiderclassical
Another term for the spider, similar to العكنباة but with a different order of letters.

العنكبوهnoun

1.
spiderclassical
A variant form of the word for spider, ending with 'h'.

العنكباءnoun

1.
spiderclassical
A form of the word for spider, cited as evidence for the additionality of the final 't'.

عنكبوتاتnoun

1.
spiders (plural)both
The plural form of العنكبوت.

عناكبnoun

1.
spiders (plural)both
A broken plural form of العنكبوت.

عناكيبnoun

1.
spiders (plural)classical
Another broken plural form of العنكبوت.

عُكابnoun

1.
collective noun for spidersclassical
A collective noun referring to spiders, not a direct plural.

العُكْبnoun

1.
collective noun for spidersclassical
A collective noun referring to spiders, not a direct plural.

الأعْكَبnoun

1.
collective noun for spidersclassical
A collective noun referring to spiders, not a direct plural.

عُنيْكِبnoun

1.
small spider (diminutive)both
The diminutive form of العنكبوت, referring to a small spider.

عُنيْكيبnoun

1.
small spider (diminutive)classical
Another diminutive form of العنكبوت, referring to a very small spider.

عُناكبِيتnoun

1.
small spider (diminutive)classical
An unusual diminutive form of العنكبوت.

عُنيْكبيتnoun

1.
small spider (diminutive)classical
An unusual diminutive form of العنكبوت.

معنكبadjective

1.
twisted-hornedclassical
Describing a male goat whose horns are twisted and coiled, resembling a ring.

مُشعنْبadjective

1.
straightclassical
The opposite of twisted or coiled; straight.

Parallel reading

دويبه تنسج في الهاء وعلى رأس البئر نسجا رفيقا مهلهلا

A small creature that spins a delicate, loose web in holes and at the top of a well.

إذا كانت النون ثانية فلا تجعل زائدة إلا بثبت

If the 'nun' is second, do not consider it superfluous except with proof.

فوزنه فعللوت

Its weight is 'fa'al'aloot'.

والعنكبوت مؤنثة (وقد تذكر)

And 'al-'ankaboot' is feminine (and may be mentioned as masculine).

مما يسدي العنكبوت إذ خلا

From what the spider spins when it is empty.

كأن نسج العنكبوت المرمل

Like the sand-colored spider's web.

على هطالهم منهم بيوت كأن العنكبوت هو ابتناها

Upon their high places, they have houses as if the spider built them.

كأنما يسقط من لغامها بيت عكنباة على زمامها

As if from its foam a house of 'aknabah' falls upon its bridle.

فلا أدري أهو اسم للواحد أم هو اسم للجمع

So I do not know if it is a name for the singular or a name for the plural.

وهتان بلغة أهل اليمن

And these two are in the language of the people of Yemen.

العنكبوت: دود يتولد في الشهد، ويفسد، عنه العسل

The spider: a worm that generates in honey, spoils it, and the honey comes from it.

إنه لمعنكب القرن، وهو الملتوي القرن حتى صار كأنه حلقة

He has twisted horns, meaning the horns are twisted until they become like a ring.

مثل الذين اتخذوا من دون الله أوليآء كمثل العنكبوت اتخذت بيتا

The example of those who take protectors other than Allah is like the example of the spider, which takes a house.

ضرب الله بيت العنكبوت مثلا لمن اتخذ من دون الله وليا أنه لا ينفع ولا يضره كما أن بيت العنكبوت لا يقيها حرا ولا بردا

Allah strikes the spider's web as an example for those who take protectors other than Allah, that it neither benefits nor harms them, just as the spider's web does not protect it from heat or cold.