Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَرْكَةٌ

Root: عرك

Full Definition

عَرْكَةٌ as meaning A war, or battle, is postclassical.
2 لَقِيتُهُ عَرْكَةً, and عَرْكَةً بَعْدَ عَرْكَةٍ, and عَرْكَتَيْنِ, and عَرَكَاتٍ, mean I met him once, and time after time, and twice, and several times: the noun not being used otherwise than adverbially.


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