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ائتكل

Root: اكل

Form: 8

Full Definition

ائتكلVIII [with the disjunctive alif اِيتَكَلَ]: see 1, latter part, in two places.
2 أَمَا تَنْفَكُّ تَأْتَكِلُ Dost thou not cease to eat our flesh, [i. e., to wound our reputations, ] and to defame us? But see below.
3 ائتكلتِ النَّارُ The fire flamed, or blazed, vehemently; as though one part thereof devoured another.
4 ائتكل غَضَبًا, or مِنَ الغَضَبِ, He burned, or burned fiercely, with, or by reason of, anger. The phrase mentioned above, اما تنفكّ تأتكل, is also cited as an ex. of this meaning. You say likewise, ائتكل مِنْهُ He was, or became, angry with him, and excited, or provoked, against him, and vehement, or severe; as also منه.
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