اِتَّكَأَ
Root: وكأ
Form: 8
Full Definition
2 اِتَّكَأَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ, and توكّأ , and ; and تَكِئَ , [in which ت is substituted for و,] Present.T يَتْكَأُ, Verbal.Noun تَكْءٌ; and ; He leaned, or reclined, upon a thing; supported, propped, or stayed, himself upon it.
3 اِتَّكَأَ He reclined upon a cushion, &c.
4 اِتَّكَأَ He made for him [i. e., app., for himself,] a thing upon which to lean, or recline: or he made him to be a thing upon which to lean, or recline. [The latter seems to be wrong, unless the verb be read أَتْكَأَ.]
5 اِتَّكَأْنَا عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ
def.2 اِتَّكَأَتْ and She was taken with the pains of labour, and cried out. Accord. to Lth, تَوَكُّؤُ النَّاقَةِ signifies تصلّفها عند مخاضها: [but it is evident that the right reading is تصلّقها; and the sense agreeable with the above explanation].
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