أَرِيكَةٌ

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أَرِيكَةٌ A raised couch (سَرِير) in a حَجَلَة, which is a tent, or pavilion, or chamber, (بيت,) adorned with cloths and curtains, [or a kind of curtained canopy or alcove or the like,] for a bride; a raised couch (سرير) in a حَجَلَة, and having before it a curtain; when alone, not thus called: or a bed, or thing spread upon the ground to sit or lie upon, in a حَجَلَة: or a raised couch (سرير), absolutely, whether in a حجلة or not: or [in the CK “ and ”] anything upon which one reclines such as is termed سَرِير or منَصَّة or فِرَاش: or [in some copies of the K “ and ”] a raised couch (سرير) ornamentally furnished and decorated, in a [tent, or pavilion, or the like, such as is termed] قُبَّة, or in a chamber, or an apartment, بَيْت, [or by this may be meant here a tent of any kind, though I think that in this instance it more probably denotes an inner apartment, or an alcove,]) which, when there is not in it a سرير, is termed حَجَلَة: accord. to Er-Rághib, so named because originally made of [the wood of] the أَرَاك; or because it is a place of abode; from أَرَك بِالمَكَانِ “ be abode in the place: ” pl أَرَائِكُ and [coll. gen. n.] أَرِيكٌ .

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