ع ك ش

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of entanglement, clumping, and intertwining, often applied to hair, plants, or even abstract matters. It also extends to meanings of gathering, surrounding, and binding, with specific applications to spiders and their webs, as well as certain objects and places.

Derived headwords

عَكَشَverb

1.
to tangle, matboth
To become twisted and matted, especially referring to hair.
2.
to grow denselyclassical
Used for plants that grow thickly and intertwine.
3.
to bend, carryclassical
To bend towards something or carry it.
4.
to weaveclassical
Used for a spider weaving its web.
5.
to gather, collectclassical
To collect or bring things together.
6.
to surroundclassical
Used for dogs surrounding a bull.
7.
to bind tightlyclassical
To tie someone's bonds tightly.

تَعَكَّشَverb

1.
to become tangledboth
To become twisted and matted, similar to عكش.
2.
to become denseclassical
Used for plants that become dense and intertwined.
3.
to become difficultclassical
Used for a matter or situation becoming complicated or difficult.
4.
to contract limbsclassical
Used for a spider contracting its limbs as if weaving.
5.
to become entangledboth
To become intertwined or tangled together.

العَكْشُnoun

1.
tangled hairclassical
Hair that is curly, matted, and tangled at the ends.
2.
lack of goodnessclassical
A person who has little or no goodness originating from within.
3.
a collectionclassical
That which is gathered or collected.

عَكْشَةnoun

1.
tangled treeboth
A tree with many branches and intertwined, gnarled limbs.
2.
a type of treeclassical
A tree that twists around other trees, is fragrant, and sold in Mecca and Jeddah; it is thin and leafless.

مُتَعَكِّشadjective

1.
tangledclassical
Describing hair that is tangled and matted.

العَكَّاشُnoun

1.
spiderboth
A spider, or specifically its male.
2.
a mountainclassical
A mountain near Mecca.
3.
a bannerclassical
A banner or flag that twists around trees and spreads out.
4.
a place nameclassical
A place name.

العَكَّاشَةُnoun

1.
spiderboth
A spider, or its web.
2.
a nameboth
A name of a person, derived from the spider.

عَكَّشَverb

1.
to weaveclassical
Used for a spider weaving its web.

عَكَّشَverb

1.
to gatherclassical
To gather something.

عَكَّشَverb

1.
to surroundclassical
Used for dogs surrounding a bull.

عَكَّشَverb

1.
to bind tightlyclassical
To tie someone's bonds tightly.

تَعْكِيشnoun

1.
drying outclassical
The process of bread becoming dry and hard.

تَعَكَّشَverb

1.
to contract limbsclassical
A spider contracting its limbs as if weaving.

تَعَكَّشَverb

1.
to become entangledboth
To become intertwined or tangled together.

العَوْكَشَةُnoun

1.
winnowing toolclassical
A tool used by farmers to winnow threshed grain.

أَعْكَشَname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name near Kufa.

عَكَّاشname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name.
2.
a person's nameclassical
The name of a person, Abu 'Ukkasha al-Hamdani.

عَكَّاشَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْعَدَةَname

1.
a poet's nameclassical
The name of a poet.

عَكَشْتُكَverb

1.
I outran youclassical
I outran you, derived from the saying 'Ukkasha outran you with it'.

عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ مُحَصِّنٍname

1.
a companion's nameclassical
A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his beauty and bravery.

عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ ثَوْرٍname

1.
a companion's nameclassical
A companion who was an agent of the Prophet Muhammad.

العُكْشَةُnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A tree that twists around other trees, is fragrant, and sold in Mecca and Jeddah; it is thin and leafless.

Parallel reading

عكش الشعر، كفرح: التوى وتلبد

Hair tangled, like 'faraha': it became twisted and matted.

وكل شيء لزم بعضه بعضا فقد تعكش

And everything that clung to another has become entangled.

وعكش النبت: كثر والتف، كتعكش أيضا

And plants tangled: they became numerous and intertwined, also like 'ta'akkasha'.

والعكش من الشعر، ككتف: الجعد المتلبد الأطراف

And 'al-'aksh' of hair, like 'katif': the curly, matted-ended.

ومن المجاز: العكش: الرجل لا يخرج من نفسه خيرا، وقد عكش، إذا قل خيره

And from metaphor: 'al-'aksh': a man from whom no good comes out of himself, and he has become 'aakish' if his goodness is little.

وشجرة عكشة: كثيرة الفروع ملتفة الأغصان متشنجة

And a 'akkasha' tree: abundant in branches, intertwined in limbs, and gnarled.

وعكش عليهم يعكش، من حد ضرب، عكشا: عطف أو حمل

And he 'akasha' upon them 'ya'kush', from the verb 'daraba', 'akshan': he inclined or carried.

وعكشت العنكبوت: نسجت

And the spider 'akashat': it wove.

وعكش الشيء عكشا: جمعه، عن ابن دريد

And he 'akasha' the thing 'akshan': he gathered it, from Ibn Duraid.

وعكشت الكلاب بالثور: أحاطت به

And the dogs 'akashat' the bull: they surrounded it.

وعكش فلانا: شد وثاقه، والمعروف فيه عكبش، بزيادة الموحدة

And he 'akasha' someone: he tightened his bonds, but 'akbash' is more common for it, with an added 'ba'.

والعكاش، والعكاشة، كرمان ورمانة: العنكبوت

And 'al-'akkash', and 'al-'akkasha', like 'rumman' and 'rummana': the spider.

وعكشها: نسجها، أو بيتها عكاشة، عن أبي عمرو

And she 'akashat' it: she wove it, or her house is 'akkasha', from Abu Amr.

والعكاش: اللواء، هكذا بكسر اللام في سائر النسخ، والصواب اللواء، ككتان: الذي يلتوي على الشجر وينتشر

And 'al-'akkash': the banner, thus with a kasra on the 'lam' in all copies, and the correct reading is 'al-liwaa'', like 'kittan': that which twists around trees and spreads.

عكش الخبز تعكيشا: يبس وتكرج، عن ابن عباد، مثل عشش تعشيشا

Bread 'akasha' 'ta'keeshan': it dried and became hard, from Ibn Abbad, like 'ashasha' 'ta'sheeshan'.

وتعكش الأمر: تعسر

And the matter 'ta'akkasha': it became difficult.

وتعكشت العنكبوت: قبضت قوائمها كأنها تنسج، قال ابن دريد: ومنه اشتقاق عكاشة

And the spider 'ta'akkashat': it contracted its limbs as if weaving, Ibn Duraid said: from this is the derivation of 'Ukkasha'.

وتعكش الشيء: تقبض وتداخل بعضه في بعض

And the thing 'ta'akkasha': it contracted and intertwined with itself.

وقال ابن شميل: العوكشة: أداة للحراثين تذرى بها الأكداس المدوسة، وهي الحفراة أيضا

And Ibn Shumayl said: 'al-'awkasha': a tool for farmers with which threshed piles are winnowed, and it is also 'al-hafrah'.

والعكشة: شجرة تلوى بالشجر، وهي طيبة تباع بمكة وجدة، دقيقة لا ورق لها

And 'al-'akshah': a tree that twists around trees, it is fragrant and sold in Mecca and Jeddah; it is thin and has no leaves.

فقال المتنبي: (فيالك ليل على أعكش ... أحم البلاد خفي الصوى)

So Al-Mutanabbi said: (Oh, what a night upon 'A'kash... protecting the land, its landmarks hidden).

عكاش كسحاب: موضع، وكرمان أبو عكاشة الهمداني، روى عنه أبو ليلى الخراساني

'Akkash' like 'sahab': a place, and Kirman is Abu 'Ukkasha al-Hamdani, Abu Layla al-Khurasani narrated from him.

وعكاشة بن أبي مسعدة: شاعر واسم ماء لبني نمير، كما في الصحاح

And 'Ukkasha bin Abi Mas'ada: a poet and the name of a water source for Banu Numayr, as in Al-Sihah.

وعكشتك: سبقتك، مأخوذ من حديث سبقك بها عكاشة كما في الأساس

And 'akashatuk': I outran you, taken from the hadith 'Ukkasha outran you with it', as in Al-Asas.