اعتركوا
Root: عرك
Form: 8
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اعتركواVIII
, or اعتركوا فِى المَعْرَكَةِ, [and
, mentioned by Freytag, and agreeable with analogy, but I do not find any authority for it,] They pressed, straitened, or crowded, one another, and rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, one another, or strove together, and fought one another, in the place of fight, or battle; and فِى الخُصُومَةِ [in altercation].
2 And اعتركتِ الإِبِلُ فِى الوِرْدِ The camels pressed, or crowded, one another, in the coming to water. [See also 3.]
3 اعتركت مِعْرَكَةً, or بِمِعْرَكَةٍ, said of a woman [menstruating] She stuffed her vulva with a piece of rag.
2 And اعتركتِ الإِبِلُ فِى الوِرْدِ The camels pressed, or crowded, one another, in the coming to water. [See also 3.]
3 اعتركت مِعْرَكَةً, or بِمِعْرَكَةٍ, said of a woman [menstruating] She stuffed her vulva with a piece of rag.
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