ك ر ك س

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root ك ر ك س primarily relates to repetition, turning, or rolling. It also extends to concepts of being restricted or impure, often stemming from the idea of being repeatedly moved or turned.

Derived headwords

الْكَرْكَسَةnoun

1.
repetitionboth
The act of repeating something.
2.
hesitationclassical
The act of hesitating or wavering.
3.
gait of the fetteredclassical
A manner of walking characteristic of someone who is fettered or restricted.
4.
rolling downboth
The act of tumbling or rolling from a higher place to a lower one.

مُكَرْكَسadjective

1.
son of slave mothersclassical
Describes someone born to slave mothers, or whose paternal and maternal grandmothers were slaves.
2.
fetteredclassical
Describes someone who is chained or restricted.

كَركَسَهُverb

1.
to fetter himclassical
To chain or restrict someone.

تَكَرْكَسَverb

1.
to roll downboth
To tumble or roll from a higher place to a lower one.
2.
to become soiledclassical
To become dirty or contaminated, especially by being immersed in something.

التَّكَرْكُسnoun

1.
soilingclassical
The act of becoming soiled or contaminated.

Parallel reading

الكركسة: ترديد الشيء

Al-karkasah: repeating something.

وهو أيضا التردد

And it is also hesitation.

والمكركس: من ولدته الإماء

And al-mukarkas: one born to slave mothers.

كأنه المردد في الهجناء

As if he were the one repeatedly moved among the illegitimate.

وقال الليث: المكركس: المقيد

And Al-Layth said: Al-mukarkas: the fettered.

فهل يأكلن مالي بنو نخعية ... لها نسب في حضرموت مكركس

So will the sons of Nakh'a eat my wealth... they have a lineage in Hadramawt that is fettered.

وقد كركسه، إذا قيده

And he fettered him, if he chained him.

الكركسة: مشية المقيد

Al-karkasah: the gait of the fettered.

الكركسة: تدحرج الإنسان من علو إلى سفل

Al-karkasah: a person's rolling down from a height to a lower place.

وقد تكركس

And he rolled down.

التكركس: التلوث فيما فيه الإنسان

At-takarkus: becoming soiled in what one is in.