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وت ك

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a specific type of date, referred to by various names. It also touches upon the concept of hardness or dryness associated with certain things, possibly related to the dates or the ground.

Derived headwords

الأوتكnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of dateclassical

    A specific type of date, possibly a variety known as 'shahriz' or 'qati'a'.

الأوتكىnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of dateclassical

    Another name for a specific type of date, possibly the 'sawadi' variety, attributed to the people of Bahrain.

أوتكىnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardnessclassical

    Refers to a hardness or dryness, possibly of the ground or a substance.

Parallel reading

والأوتكى، مقصورا كأجفلى أهمله الجوهري
And al-awtakā, shortened like ajfalā, was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو التمر الشهريز وهو القطيعاء أو هو السوادي
Ibn al-A'rābī said: It is the shahriz date, and it is al-qati'ā, or it is al-sawādī.
ونسبه الأزهري للبحرانيين
And Al-Azhari attributed it to the Bahrainis.
مصلبة من أوتكى القاع كلما ... زهتها النعامى خلت من لبن صخرا
Hardened from the dryness of the ground, whenever the ostriches stirred it, it seemed like rock instead of milk.
فما أطعمونا الأوتكى عن سماحة ... ولا منعوا البرني إلا من اللؤم
They did not feed us al-awtakā out of generosity, nor did they withhold al-barnī except out of stinginess.
وجعله كراع فوعلاء
And Kura' made it faw'alā.
وزيادة الهمز عندي أولى
And the addition of the hamza is more appropriate in my opinion.