وكث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of hastening or making something quick, particularly in the context of food and meals. It describes the act of rushing a meal or eating something to tide oneself over until a main meal.

Derived headwords

الوكاثnoun

1.
hastened mealclassical
That which is hastened, referring specifically to a meal that is rushed or eaten quickly.

استوكثناverb

1.
we hastenedclassical
The first-person plural past tense of the verb meaning to hasten or to eat something quickly.
2.
we ateclassical
The first-person plural past tense of the verb meaning to eat a little something to suffice until the main meal.

أكلناverb

1.
we ateclassical
The first-person plural past tense of the verb 'to eat', used here in the context of eating something to sustain oneself until the main meal.

Parallel reading

ما يستعجل به من الغداء

what is hastened of the midday meal

استوكثنا نحن: استعجلنا

We sought to hasten: we hastened

وأكلنا شيئا منه نتبلغ به إلى وقت الغداء

and we ate something of it to sustain us until the time of the midday meal