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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a rolling or unsteady gait, often associated with cowardice or a specific physical characteristic. It also extends to the cooing sound of doves and a specific way of wearing a garment.

Derived headwords

الوكوكةnoun
  1. 1.
    rolling gaitboth

    The act of rolling or stumbling while walking.

  2. 2.
    flight from battleclassical

    A retreat or escape from a war or conflict.

  3. 3.
    cooing of dovesclassical

    The characteristic sound made by doves.

توكوكverb
  1. 1.
    to walk unsteadilyboth

    To walk in a rolling or stumbling manner, as if about to fall.

وكواكadjective
  1. 1.
    rolling walkerclassical

    Describing someone who walks with a rolling or unsteady gait, as if they might fall over.

  2. 2.
    cowardclassical

    A person who is cowardly, especially one who flees from battle.

الوكواكnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardclassical

    A person who is cowardly, particularly one who flees from war.

كوكوكةnoun
  1. 1.
    cooing soundclassical

    The sound of cooing, specifically attributed to doves.

الوكواكةnoun
  1. 1.
    woman with large buttocksclassical

    A descriptive term for a woman who has large buttocks.

الوكnoun
  1. 1.
    pushclassical

    The act of pushing or shoving.

الكوnoun
  1. 1.
    concealmentclassical

    The act of hiding or concealing something.

عك وكother
  1. 1.
    wearing a garment looselyclassical

    A manner of wearing an izar (a type of garment) such that its ends hang down loosely.

Parallel reading

الوكوكة في المشي: التدحرج
Al-wakookah in walking: rolling.
وقيل: هو مثل الزكيك
And it was said: it is like al-zakik (unsteady).
إذا مشى كذلك فهو وكواك
If he walks like that, he is a wakwak.
رجل وكواك: إذا كان كأنه يتدحرج من قصره
A wakwak man: if he is as if he is rolling from his height.
والوكوكة: الفرار من الحرب
And al-wakookah: fleeing from war.
ومنه الوكواك للجبان
And from it is al-wakwak for the coward.
والوكوكة: هدير الحمام
And al-wakookah: the cooing of doves.
كوكوكة الحمائم في الوكون
The cooing of the doves in the resting places.
والوكواك: الجبان
And al-wakwak: the coward.
ولست بوكواك ولا بزونك
And you are not a coward nor a shirker.
الوكا: الدفع
Al-wakk: the push.
والكو: الكن
And al-kunn: the concealment.
ائتزر فلان إزرة عك وك
So-and-so wore an izar in the manner of 'akk wa k.
وهو أن يسبل طرفي إزاره
And it is to let the ends of his izar hang down.
إن زرته تجده عك وكا مشيته في الدار هاك ركا
If you visit him, you will find him 'akk wa ka, his gait in the house is like this, unsteady.