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ع ر ك س

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root describes the concept of things gathering, piling up, and becoming dense or intertwined. It extends to meanings of darkness, intensity, and even a sense of struggle or entanglement.

Derived headwords

عَرَّكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upclassical

    To gather things, one on top of another, causing them to accumulate.

اعْرَنْكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upclassical

    To accumulate, pile up, and become densely packed together.

  2. 2.
    to become darkclassical

    Used to describe the intensification of darkness, particularly of a night.

اعْرِنْكَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    piling upclassical

    The act of accumulating or piling up, where things gather densely.

شَعْرٌ عَرَنْكَسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, black hairclassical

    Describing hair that is abundant, densely packed, and intensely black.

شَعْرٌ مُعَرَنْكِسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, black hairclassical

    Describing hair that is abundant, densely packed, and intensely black.

لَيْلَةٌ مُعَرَنْكِسَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dark nightclassical

    Describing a night that is intensely dark and oppressive.

مُعْلَنْكِسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, blackclassical

    Describing something that is dense, thick, and intensely black, often used for hair.

مُعْلَنْكِكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, blackclassical

    Describing something that is dense, thick, and intensely black, often used for hair.

Parallel reading

عركس الشي: جمع بعضه على بعض.
The thing was piled up: some of it gathered upon the other.
واعرنكس، أي ارتكم وتراكب واجتمع بعضه على بعض
And it piled up, meaning it accumulated, overlapped, and gathered one part upon another.
واعرنكست أهواله واعرنكسا.
And its horrors piled up and accumulated.
واعرنكس الشعر: اشتد سواده
And the hair became densely black: its blackness intensified.
شعر عرنكس ومعرنكس: كثير متراكب كثيف أسود
Dense and black hair: abundant, piled up, thick, and black.
وكذلك معلنكس ومعلنكك.
And likewise, dense and black.
وليلة معرنكسة: مظلمة.
And a dark night: meaning it was dark.
هو منحوت من عكس وعرك، وذلك أنه شيء يتراد بعض على بعض ويتراجع ويعارك بعضه بعضا، كأنه يلتف به.
It is coined from 'aks and 'ark, because it is something that comes back upon itself, retreats, and wrestles with itself, as if it were entwined.