اعقى
Root: عقى
Form: 4
Full Definition
اعقىIV
It was, or became, bitter, or intensely bitter.
2 And اعقاهُ He removed it from his mouth because of its bitterness: like as one says أَشْكَيْتُهُ meaning “ I removed him from that of which he complained, ” [or “ I removed from him that of which he complained, ”] the hemzeh having a privative effect. It is said in a prov., لَا تَكُنْ حُلْوًا فَتُسْتَرَطَ وَلَا مُرًّا فَتُعْقَى, or فَتُعْقِىَ, accord. to different relaters. (TA. [See 1 in art. سرط, where both these readings are expl., and where the reading فَتُسْرَطَ is given instead of فَتُسْتَرَطَ.])
2 And اعقاهُ He removed it from his mouth because of its bitterness: like as one says أَشْكَيْتُهُ meaning “ I removed him from that of which he complained, ” [or “ I removed from him that of which he complained, ”] the hemzeh having a privative effect. It is said in a prov., لَا تَكُنْ حُلْوًا فَتُسْتَرَطَ وَلَا مُرًّا فَتُعْقَى, or فَتُعْقِىَ, accord. to different relaters. (TA. [See 1 in art. سرط, where both these readings are expl., and where the reading فَتُسْرَطَ is given instead of فَتُسْتَرَطَ.])
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