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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of heat, illness, and physical distress, often associated with fever. It extends to meanings of intense struggle, crushing, and vigorous movement, particularly in the context of combat or animal behavior.

Derived headwords

الوَعْكnoun

1.
heat and stillness of windclassical
The primary meaning refers to the stillness of the wind combined with intense heat.
2.
feverish ailmentboth
It is used to denote the distress or pain caused by a fever.
3.
feverishnessboth
It can also refer to the general feeling of malaise or sickness associated with a fever.
4.
fatigue painboth
It can refer to pain resulting from extreme tiredness.
5.
mild illnessboth
It may also refer to a mild illness in general.

وَعَكَverb

1.
to be feverishboth
The fever afflicted him.
2.
to crushclassical
He crushed it, like crushing something thoroughly.
3.
to rub/tumbleclassical
He rubbed it in the dirt, similar to 'ma'k'.

وعكته الحمى وعكا — The fever afflicted him.

وعكه في التراب وعكا — He rubbed it in the dirt.

مَوْعُوكadjective

1.
feverishboth
Describing someone who is suffering from a fever.

ورجل وعك فهو موعوك — And a man who is feverish, he is feverish.

وَعَكadjective

1.
feverishboth
A man who is feverish, named by the مصدر (verbal noun).

ورجل وعك تسمية بالمصدر — And a man who is feverish, named by the verbal noun.

وَعَكadjective

1.
feverishclassical
A man who is feverish, in the pattern of 'katif', possibly implying a state like 'alam' (pain) or a relation like 'ta'm' (taste).

ورجل وعك ككتف — And a man who is feverish, like 'katif'.

أَوْعَكَverb

1.
to rub/tumbleclassical
Used for dogs when they catch prey, meaning they rub it around.
2.
to crowd/jostleclassical
When camels crowd each other at the watering place.

الكلاب إذا أخذت الصيد أوعكته: أي مرغته — The dogs, when they catch prey, they rub it around: meaning they tumble it.

أوعكت: إذا ازدحمت فركب بعضها بعضا عند الحوض — They crowded: meaning they jostled and one rode upon another at the trough.

الوَعْكَةnoun

1.
battleclassical
A fierce battle, especially one involving intense struggle between heroes.
2.
intense run/fallclassical
A severe incident or fall during a race.
3.
camel crowdingclassical
The crowding of camels at a watering place.

والوعكة: المعركة — And the 'wa'kah': the battle.

والوعكة: الوقعة الشديدة في الجري، أو السقطة فيه — And the 'wa'kah': the severe fall in a race, or the fall therein.

والوعكة: ازدحام الإبل في الورد — And the 'wa'kah': the crowding of camels at the watering place.

وَعَكَتْverb

1.
to rub/tumbleclassical
The dogs rubbed the prey, a variant of 'aw'katuhu'.

وعكت الكلاب الصيد: مرغته، لغة في أوعكته — The dogs rubbed the prey: they tumbled it, a variant of 'aw'katuhu'.

Parallel reading

الوعك بالفتح، قال شيخنا: وأجاز بعضهم فتح العين قيل: لمكان حرف الحلق، وهي لغة مشهورة: سكون الريح وشدة الحر هذا هو الأصل في الوعك، كما قاله ابن دريد والراغب!

Al-wa'k with fatha, our sheikh said: and some allowed fatha on the 'ayn, it was said: due to the throat letter, and it is a famous language: stillness of the wind and intensity of heat. This is the origin of al-wa'k, as stated by Ibn Durayd and Al-Raghib!

وقد سمي أذى الحمى، وقيل: وجعها، وقيل: مغثها في البدن {وعكا بهذا الاعتبار، وقد} وعكته الحمى وعكا، {ووعك فهو} موعوك.

And it is named the harm of the fever, and it was said: its pain, and it was said: its nausea in the body, 'wa'kan' in this consideration, and the fever afflicted him 'wa'kan', and he is feverish 'maw'ook'.

وقيل: الوعك: ألم من شدة التعب، وقد يراد به المرض الخفيف مطلقا، وقال الحافظ أبو عمرو بن عبد البر: الوعك لا يكون إلا من الحمى دون سائر الأمراض.

And it was said: Al-wa'k is pain from extreme fatigue, and it may be intended to mean a mild illness in general. And Al-Hafiz Abu Amr bin Abd al-Barr said: Al-wa'k only occurs from fever, not from other illnesses.

ورجل {وعك تسمية بالمصدر} ووعك ككتف، وهذه الصيغة على توهم فعل كألم، أو على النسب كطعم.

And a man 'wa'k' named by the verbal noun, and 'wa'k' like 'katif'. This pattern is based on the assumption of a verb like 'alam' (pain), or on relation like 'ta'm' (taste).

{ووعكه، كوعده وعكا: دكه دكا، وهو مجاز.

And he crushed it, like 'wa'adahu' 'wa'kan': crushing it thoroughly, and this is metaphorical.

(و) } وعكه في التراب وعكا، مثل معكه، {كأوعكه قال الليث: الكلاب إذا أخذت الصيد} أوعكته: أي مرغته.

And he rubbed it in the dirt 'wa'kan', like 'ma'akahu'. Like 'aw'katuhu'. Al-Layth said: When dogs catch prey, they 'aw'katuhu': meaning they rub it around.

{والوعكة: المعركة وفي التهذيب: معركة الأبطال إذا أخذ بعضهم بعضا.

And Al-wa'kah: the battle. And in Al-Tahdhib: the battle of heroes when they seize each other.

(و) } الوعكة: الوقعة الشديدة في الجري، أو السقطة فيه، وفي التهذيب: الدفعة الشديدة في الجري.

And Al-wa'kah: the severe fall in a race, or the fall therein. And in Al-Tahdhib: the strong push in a race.

والوعكة: ازدحام الإبل في الورد، وقد {أوعكت: إذا ازدحمت فركب بعضها بعضا عند الحوض، وقال أبو زيد: إذا ازدحمت الإبل في الورد واعتركت فتلك الوعكة.

And Al-wa'kah: the crowding of camels at the watering place. And 'aw'kat': when they crowd and one rides upon another at the trough. And Abu Zayd said: When camels crowd and jostle at the watering place, that is Al-wa'kah.

وقال أبو عمرو:} وعكة الإبل: جماعاتها، وأنشد ابن بري لأبي محمد الفقعسي: (قد جعلت {وعكتهن تنجلي ... عني وعن مبيتها الموصل)

And Abu Amr said: The 'wa'kah' of camels: their groups. And Ibn Bri narrated for Abu Muhammad Al-Fuq'asi: (Their groups began to clear... from me and from their connected resting place)

وعكت الكلاب الصيد: مرغته، لغة في أوعكته.

The dogs rubbed the prey: they tumbled it, a variant of 'aw'katuhu'.