عَبَكَةٌ
Root: عبك
Full Definition
عَبَكَةٌ
A morsel of
سَوِيق [or meal of parched barley]; i. q.
حَبَكَةٌ; but this last word was not known to Az on any other authority than that of Lth. (TA in art. حبك.) One says, مَا ذُقْتُ عَبَكَةً وَلَا لَبَكَةً, meaning I tasted not a morsel of
سَوِيق
nor a bit of
ثَرِيد [or crumbled bread moistened with broth].
2 And Somewhat of clarified butter; like عَبَقَةٌ: so in the phrase, مَا فِى النِّحْىِ عَبَكَةٌ [There is not aught remaining of clarified butter in the skin]: and hence the saying, مَا أُبَالِيهِ عَبَكَةً [I do not care for him as for a little clarified butter; meaning, at all]. And, accord. to IAar, Feculence (وَضَرٌ) [of clarified butter (IDrd and O voce عَبَقَةٌ)] adhering to [the interior of] a skin.
3 And A fragment of a thing: or a piece of جبس [app. جِبْس, which means gypsum, but probably a mistranscription for جُبْن, i. e. cheese].
4 And A portion of compacted dung and urine that has clung to the wool, or tail, &c., of a sheep, and dried thereon.
5 And A paltry, despicable, thing. Hence the saying, مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّى عَبَكَةً [It did not stand me in stead of a paltry thing; meaning, in any stead].
def.2 Also Impotent in speech or actions; heavy, dull, or stupid.
def.3 And A knot that remains in a rope when the latter becomes old and worn out.
2 And Somewhat of clarified butter; like عَبَقَةٌ: so in the phrase, مَا فِى النِّحْىِ عَبَكَةٌ [There is not aught remaining of clarified butter in the skin]: and hence the saying, مَا أُبَالِيهِ عَبَكَةً [I do not care for him as for a little clarified butter; meaning, at all]. And, accord. to IAar, Feculence (وَضَرٌ) [of clarified butter (IDrd and O voce عَبَقَةٌ)] adhering to [the interior of] a skin.
3 And A fragment of a thing: or a piece of جبس [app. جِبْس, which means gypsum, but probably a mistranscription for جُبْن, i. e. cheese].
4 And A portion of compacted dung and urine that has clung to the wool, or tail, &c., of a sheep, and dried thereon.
5 And A paltry, despicable, thing. Hence the saying, مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّى عَبَكَةً [It did not stand me in stead of a paltry thing; meaning, in any stead].
def.2 Also Impotent in speech or actions; heavy, dull, or stupid.
def.3 And A knot that remains in a rope when the latter becomes old and worn out.
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