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ع ك ب س

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of a large or numerous quantity, specifically applied to camels. It describes a significant herd size or a group approaching a thousand.

Derived headwords

العَكْبَسnoun
  1. 1.
    Large herd of camelsclassical

    A large number of camels, or a herd that is approaching one thousand in number.

كَعْلَبَطother
  1. 1.
    Unexplained termclassical

    This term is mentioned as a variant or related word, but its specific meaning is not provided in the text.

عَلَابِطother
  1. 1.
    Unexplained termclassical

    This term is mentioned as a variant or related word, but its specific meaning is not provided in the text.

Parallel reading

العكبس، كعلبط وعلابط، أهمله الجوهري، وقال اللحياني: هي الكثيرة من الإبل، أو التي تقارب الألف، وهذا قول أبي حاتم، وهو لغة في ال
Al-'akbas, ka'labat and 'alabit, Imam Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Laythiyani said: it is the numerous of camels, or that which approaches a thousand, and this is the saying of Abu Hatim, and it is a dialectical variant of...