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ءكر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to digging and cultivating the earth. It encompasses the act of digging holes, particularly for water, and extends to the profession of farming and agricultural practices like sharecropping. It also includes a less common meaning related to a type of children's game ball.

Derived headwords

الأَكَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    contemptible languageclassical

    A despised or base dialect or way of speaking.

  2. 2.
    ball for playingclassical

    A ball used in a game, specifically one that is played with.

  3. 3.
    pit, holeboth

    A pit or hole in the ground where water collects and can be scooped out.

الأَكْرnoun
  1. 1.
    digging a pitboth

    The act of digging a pit, especially one that collects water.

التَّأَكُّرnoun
  1. 1.
    digging a pitboth

    The act of digging a pit, especially one that collects water.

أَكَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a pitboth

    To dig a hole or pit in the ground, particularly one where water gathers.

تَأَكَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a pitboth

    To dig a hole or pit in the ground, particularly one where water gathers.

الأَكَّارnoun
  1. 1.
    farmer, plowmanboth

    A farmer or one who cultivates the land; a plowman.

أَكَرَتverb
  1. 1.
    to cultivate landboth

    To cultivate or till the land, implying digging or preparing it for planting.

المُؤَاكَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sharecroppingclassical

    A form of agricultural partnership where land is leased for a known share of the crop.

آكِرnoun
  1. 1.
    farmer, plowmanboth

    A farmer or one who cultivates the land; a plowman. (This is a singular form implied by the plural 'أكرة').

الطَّرَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    cultivated landclassical

    Land that has been prepared or made ready for cultivation.

Parallel reading

حزاورة بأبطحها الكرينا
Huzawra with its plains, the Karyna (a type of ball).
يجتمع فيها الماء فيغرف صافيا
Water collects in it, and it is scooped out pure.
أكر يأكر أكرا
He digs, digging a pit.
وتأكر، إذا حفر أكرة
And he dug, if he dug a pit.
فلو غير أكار قتلني
If only a farmer had killed me.
نهى عن المؤاكرة
He prohibited sharecropping.
يعني المزارعة على نصيب معلوم مما يزرع في الأرض
Meaning, farming for a known share of what is grown on the land.
وهي المخابرة
And it is sharecropping.
أكرت الأرض، أي حفرتها
I cultivated the land, meaning I dug it.
أن يجعل الطراق أكرا
To make the cultivated land a pit.
هل أكرت الطراق؟
Have you prepared the cultivated land?
أي هل جعلت له أكرا؟
Meaning, have you made a pit for it?