وكي

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of tying or binding, specifically the knot or tie used to close containers like waterskins, bags, or pouches. It extends metaphorically to concepts of holding back, withholding, or being stingy, and also to fullness and abundance, particularly in the context of fatness or a full stomach.

Derived headwords

الوكاءnoun

1.
tie, knotboth
The tie or knot used to secure the opening of a waterskin, bag, pouch, or similar container.
2.
container openingclassical
Metaphorically, the opening of a container, representing the point of closure or retention.

وكاهاverb

1.
tied itclassical
To tie the opening of a container with a tie or knot.

أوكاهاverb

1.
tied itclassical
To tie the opening of a container with a tie or knot. This form is considered more eloquent than the triliteral form.

أوكىverb

1.
tied itclassical
To tie the opening of a container with a tie or knot.
2.
was stingyclassical
To be stingy or withhold something.
3.
filled the fieldclassical
For a horse to fill a field with its running speed.

موكىadjective

1.
tiedclassical
A container, especially a waterskin, whose opening has been tied shut.

توكيverb

1.
withholdclassical
To withhold or hoard what one has, implying a refusal to give or share.

استوكتverb

1.
became full of fatclassical
For a female camel to become very fat or plump.
2.
became fullclassical
For a waterskin to become full.

استوكىverb

1.
became full of fatclassical
To become very fat or plump, used for camels and other animals.
2.
stomach did not emptyclassical
For a stomach to be so full that nothing is expelled.
3.
became fullclassical
For a waterskin to become full.

لوكاءadjective

1.
stingyclassical
Extremely stingy or miserly.

الإيكاءnoun

1.
intense effortclassical
Running with great speed and intensity.

الموكيadjective

1.
stiff in gaitclassical
One who walks with a stiff or rigid gait.

التوكيةnoun

1.
intense effortclassical
Running with great speed and intensity; synonymous with الإيكاء.

المواكاةnoun

1.
intense effortclassical
Running with great speed and intensity; synonymous with الإيكاء.

الوكاءnoun

1.
lifting hands in prayerclassical
The act of supporting oneself on the hands and lifting them during supplication.

Parallel reading

رباط القربة وغيرها الذي يشد به رأسها

The tie of a waterskin and other things with which its opening is secured.

احفظ عفاصها ووكاءها

Guard its wrapper and its tie.

كالوعاء والكيس والصرة

Like a container, a bag, and a pouch.

إن العين وكاء السه، فإذا نام أحدكم فليتوضأ

Indeed, the eye is the tie of the arrow's shaft; so when one of you sleeps, let him perform ablution.

جعل الوكاء هنا كالجراب

He made the tie here like a sack.

إذا نامت العين استطلق الوكاء

When the eye sleeps, the tie loosens.

و شدها في وكاء

And tied it in a tie.

وقد وكاها وأوكاها وأوكى عليها

And he tied it, and tied it, and tied it shut.

وأوكى على ما في سقائه إذا شده بالوكاء

And he tied shut what was in his waterskin when he secured it with the tie.

أوكوا الأسقية

Tie the waterskins shut.

سقاء موكى

A tied waterskin.

عليكم بالموكى

You should use the tied waterskins.

لا توكي فيوكى عليك

Do not withhold, lest you be withheld from.

فأوكى عليه

So he was stingy with him.

استوكت الناقة: امتلأت شحما

The she-camel became full of fat.

استوكى البطن: لا يخرج منه النجو

The stomach is full, nothing is expelled from it.

استوكى السقاء: امتلأ

The waterskin became full.

إن فلانا لوكاء ما يبض بشيء

Indeed, so-and-so is stingy, he does not give anything.

أوك حلقك: أي سد فمك واسكت

Tie your throat: meaning, close your mouth and be silent.

وهو يوكي فلانا: يأمره بسد فمه

And he is making so-and-so tie his mouth: ordering him to close his mouth.

والإيكاء: السعي الشديد

And Al-Ikaa': intense running.

الزوازية الموكي: الذي يتشدد في مشيه

The stiffly walking one: he who walks rigidly.

أوكى الفرس الميدان جريا: ملأه

The horse filled the field with its running.

والوكاء: التحامل على اليدين ورفعهما عند الدعاء

And Al-Wikaa': leaning on the hands and lifting them during supplication.