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ي ك ك

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses the word 'yakk' (يك), primarily in its Persian origin meaning 'one' or 'single'. It explores variations in pronunciation and grammatical treatment, particularly when used in poetry. The entry also mentions place names derived from this term.

Derived headwords

يَكّother
  1. 1.
    one (Persian)classical

    The word 'yakk' (يك) is of Persian origin, meaning 'one' or 'single'. It is noted that the doubled 'k' (تشديد) might be a poetic necessity.

يَكother
  1. 1.
    one (Persian)classical

    The un-doubled 'k' form of the Persian word for 'one'.

يَكّname
  1. 1.
    Yakk (place name)classical

    A place name in the lands of the Arabs.

يَكِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Yikki (person's name)classical

    A nisba (attribution) to a place called 'Yakk', referring to Abu Bakr Yahya bin Sahl Al-Yikki.

Parallel reading

وقد أقاسي حجة الخصم المحك تحدي الرومي من {يك} ليك
And I endure the argument of the opponent, the 'muhakk' (one who argues with 'yakk'), the challenge of the Roman from 'yakk' (one) to 'yakk' (one).
يروى من يك بالكسر منونا، وبالفتح ممنوعا أيضا، أي: من واحد لواحد
It is narrated from 'yakk' with a kasra, inflected, and also with a fatha, prohibited, meaning: from one to another.
ثم إن الذي بالفارسية يك بتخفيف الكاف، وإنما شدده الراجز ضرورة
Then, that which is Persian is 'yak' with a lightened kaf; the poet only doubled it out of necessity.
فلا يقال في مصدره {يكك بكافين، كما فعله الصاغاني وصاحب اللسان، فتأمل.
So it is not said in its masdar (verbal noun) 'yakk' with two kafs, as Al-Saghani and the author of Al-Lisan did, so ponder.
ويك: بالمغرب وهو حصن من حصون مرسية على خمسة وأربعين ميلا منها.
Yakk: in the Maghreb, and it is a fortress among the fortresses of Murcia, forty-five miles from it.
نسب إليه هجاء العرب أبو بكر يحيى بن سهل اليكي، توفي سنة ذكره المقريزي في بعض تذاكره.
Attributed to him is the satirist of the Arabs, Abu Bakr Yahya bin Sahl Al-Yikki, who died in the year mentioned by Al-Maqrizi in some of his notes.
ويكك، محركة: آخر في بلاد العرب.
Yakk, with harakat: another (place) in the lands of the Arabs.